• TL;DR: Participatory Budgeting vote week is 4/6-4/14, vote in-person or online, and spread the word!

  • Saturday Volunteers Needed: Do you want to lend a hand and meet your neighbors? Help distribute free produce, including fresh, seasonal fruits and vegetables to public housing residents at Gowanus Houses, Wyckoff Gardens, and Warren Street Houses. We need volunteers to unload, bag, and distribute produce every other Saturday morning starting May 6th. Sign up here for a shift. More questions? Email [email protected].

  • We are still unable to offer in-person appointments with extremely limited exceptions. If you need help, call us at (718) 499-1090 or send us an email at [email protected].  


Time to Vote!

Participatory Budgeting (PB) vote week is here! We kicked off with a PB expo at Powerhouse Arts, bringing neighbors together to learn about this year’s projects in art gallery format. Thank you to our PB volunteers for creating fun and inspired posters that masterfully highlight each project for this exhibit. We are grateful to have partnered with NOCD-NY at the Old Stone House to encourage art as part of community building and local democracy.


PB Poster Making Event with Volunteers at the Old Stole House

Vote today on how to spend $1.5 million on local projects that impact our local community. The projects on both ballots have been submitted and developed by neighbors living or working in the 39th District. PB is accessible. Everyone, ages 11 and over, regardless of citizenship status, living in and with connection to District 39 can vote! PB is a unique opportunity to get involved locally and engage in community decision-making. This is local democracy in action. My team and I will be all around the district, we look forward to seeing you vote.


How to Vote!

Vote online at vote.pbnyc.org. Share this with your District 39 networks.


Vote in-person! See in-person voting locations:

TUESDAY, APRIL 9TH

Windsor Terrace Library, 160 E 5th Street

6 PM – 8 PM


SATURDAY, APRIL 13th

Kensington Plaza, 118 Beverley Road

12 PM – 4 PM


SUNDAY, April 14th

Old Stone House, 336 3rd Street

11 AM – 3 PM


What’s on the Ballot?

This year we have 18 projects! You can select up to 3 projects per ballot (expense and capital). We recommend you take a look what each ballot has to offer in advance:


Expense Projects:

  1. Intergenerational Cultural Dance Classes by Dancewave

  2. Send the BCS RoboSharks to the FIRST Robotics Competition

  3. Street Tree Stewardship in Kensington

  4. Gardening Workshops at Wyckoff

  5. Our Park Slope Neighbors, 1950s-1970s: An Exhibit

  6. Kensington Community Art Center

  7. Worker Cooperatives 101

  8. Farm to Brooklyn: Connect CHiPS to Regional Produce

  9. Community-led Standards Board for Domestic Workers

  10. Safety Trainings for School Communities

  11. Housing Policy Lab for District 39 Youth


Capital Projects:

  1. Improve the Peristyle Pathways and Lawn

  2. New Vision for Pacific Library on 4th Ave

  3. BCS/BNS Auditorium AC at Last!

  4. Handrails and Lighting for Prospect Park Paths

  5. Laptops for Community Adult Literacy Program

  6. Decades Old High School Bathroom Improvements

  7. New Cafeteria for PS 154


Community Bulletin

  • There will be closures on the BQE between Atlantic Avenue and Sands Street on 4/13-4/15 for necessary repair work. Please see the DOT website for full details and detour information.

  • Forth on Fourth Avenue (FOFA), the local community group that has been advocating for a safer, cleaner, greener, and more vibrant 4th Ave, wants to know what you think of Fourth Avenue – survey here.

  • Do you love biking and want to start a bike club? Ride Leader Academy applications are now open through 4/7 and will provide you with the training and skills to become a local ride leader in your community. Learn safety protocols, how to pick routes, how to manage a group of cyclists, and more.

  • South Brooklyn Sanctuary is offering free legal help for TPS applications and Work Authorization permits. Sign up for their resources in Arabic, French, and Spanish.

  • The Climate Reality Project NYC Metro Chapter is hosting leadership training free of charge (and features former VP Al Gore) 4/12 - 4/14 – sign up here.


In Solidarity,

Shahana