In December, we celebrate Hannakuh and Christmas with many menorah and tree lightings for you to join. This month we’ll be opening the “Girl Puzzle” monument to Nellie Bly on Roosevelt Island and hope you’ll visit. Last month we broke ground on a $650,000 renovation at John Jay Park. Last month we cut the ribbon on a $1.75 million green roof PS/IS 217 on Roosevelt Island, broke ground on a play roof for PS 151, announced funding for a maker space and dance studio at East Side Middle School.Īs a new parent, I spend more time in parks than I ever thought possible, and I am so glad that we’ve invested nearly a billion in parks. Catherine’s Park and Julia Richman Educational Complex, we did not have the votes to force the developer to limit the building height by cutting ceiling heights, and I kept my promise to vote NO.ĭuring my time as your Council Member, funding and improving our schools and parks have been two of my top priorities. While our advocacy was able to reduce the height by 100 feet and secure $13 million for St. This past month the fight over the Longfellow Commercial Tower proposed by the Blood Center came to a vote in the City Council. We won a rezoning to stop Billionaire’s Row from expanding into our residential neighborhood and a boroughwide rezoning to block supertall towers propped up on empty spaces that gave billionaires helicopter views. Over the years we took on the biggest industry in our city, real estate, who have run this town long before I was elected, and despite our fights, seem primed to continue to do so. Our work has left an indelible mark on our city, on politics, on affordable housing, on our children, and on our skyline.
None of this would have been possible without your partnership and support. In the neighborhood we won pre-kindergarten for 4-year-olds and 3-years-olds, secured half a billion to revitalize our parks, and cleaned up our streets with a new trash can on every corner. Representing you over the past 8 years has been the honor and opportunity of a lifetime. December marks my last month as your City Council Member, our last monthly newsletter, and final First Friday.
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