Events Calendar

OCTOBER 2019

• Our first HOUSING CLINIC of the new season will be Wednesday, Oct 2nd. We have a new location and time in the weekly schedule below! You can access our Housing Clinic FLYER here.
• October is Participatory Budget Idea Collection Month! To submit an idea or if you have questions about the types of projects that qualify, please click here. Ideas may be submitted until November 1.
• Save the Date for our next SENIOR RESOURCE FAIR - Oct 29th!  My office will sponsor a Senior Resource Fair, with Council Speaker Corey Johnson, at Clinton Community Center at 530 W 55th st , Oct 29th from 3:30-5:30pm. Thank you to Project FIND - Clinton Senior Center for hosting the Fair and we will send out a Flyer separately.
• Our Senior Food Bag Program Continues! Please spread the word that low-cost, local, fresh produce will be available to seniors through mid-November via my and Borough President Brewer's Fresh Food for Seniors Program. Click here for the delivery schedule and additional information.
• NYC Charter revision proposals will be on the November Ballot. Come out and learn about Charter revision proposals on Oct 17th at John Jay College, 6:30-8pm  or go online to charter2019.nyc/ballot-proposals Proposals include:
  • Make changes to Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP).  
  • Require that a Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprise Office be created, 
  • Guarantee minimum budgets for the Public Advocate and Borough Presidents. 
  • Create a city “Rainy Day” Fund. 
  • Restructure the Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB). 
  • Establish Ranked Choice Voting.  
• Our Annual E-Waste Recycling event will be Sunday October 27th, 10-4pm  in front of the JCC on Amsterdam Ave between 76-77th st. Bring your electronics (which can no longer be thrown out in the trash) large and small. 

Tuesday, Oct 1 - Sunday, Oct 6

Ongoing Events/Opportunities

Sundays at JASA is a one-of-a-kind, college-level continuing education program for adults 50+. Join us this fall at John Jay College for courses in politics, current events, acting, drawing, creative writing, crossword puzzle construction, exercise, film, opera appreciation and much more! Sundays at JASA Lunchtime Lecture Series will include journalist Craig Unger and bestselling author Charles Kaiser, among others. Classes begin on Sunday, September 22nd. Registration information, location details, and a full description of courses available here. Contact Alexandra Collier at 212-273-5304 or [email protected] for more information.

InTandem Cycling for the Vision Impaired in Central Park!
Thursdays at 6:30pm and Saturdays 9:30am
Location: cyclists with a disability should go to the Engineers' Gate, 2 East 90th Street
Come ride with us! InTandem provides free tandem cycling programs to people who are blind, have low vision, or cannot ride independently due to other disabilities. No prior experience in tandem riding is necessary. We’ll set you up with a partner, adjust the bike the way you like it, and before you know it you’ll be zooming around the Central Park loop! We ride as long as it's not raining and above 40 degrees. Rides are ongoing until November. For more information click here, or email Matthew Nidek at [email protected]. 

Upper West Side Recycling provides a comprehensive listing of environmental events in Manhattan that will take place over the next two to three months. This listing is part of their free bi-monthly UWSR Eco Letter. To receive the events listing, click here to to sign up.

Caring Kind Seminars on Aging, Dementia & Caregiving
If you are caring for a loved one with Alzheimer's or dementia, you are not alone. Support is available. Contact Caring Kind's 24-hour Helpline at 646-744-2900 or visit www.caringkindnyc.org to learn more about free educational workshops throughout the month. Seating is limited and registration is required.

Free Cultural Events All Year Long at the David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center. Learn more here.

Free Music Fridays
Location: American Folk Art Museum, 2 Lincoln Square
Every Friday, 5:30-7:30pm.
Music featured at the Free Music Fridays series thematically reflects the spirit of the self-taught art on view at the museum. Support the proceedings with a donation-based cash wine bar. Admission is always free. 

79th Street Greenmarket
Sundays year-round, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
Food scrap drop-off 8am-1pm
Location: Columbus Avenue between 77th & 79 Streets
Access A Ride Drop-Off Point: 441 Columbus Avenue (at 81st Street). For more information, click here or call Margi Trapani (646) 442-4154
At the 79th Street Greenmarket, shoppers can find grass fed beef, New York’s freshest fish, duck, chicken, ostrich, goat cheese, fresh flowers, eggs, honey, baked goods, apple cider, and a large variety of fruit and vegetables. Cash, EBT/Food Stamps, Debit/Credit cards, WIC Vegetable & Fruit checks & FMNP coupons are all accepted.

97th Street Greenmarket
Fridays year-round, 8:00 am - 2:00 pm
Food scrap drop-off available
Location: 97th Street between Columbus & Amsterdam
Access A Ride Drop-Off Point: 775 Columbus Avenue (at 97th Street). For more information, click here or call Margi Trapani (646) 442-4154
The 97th Street Greenmarket has been serving the diverse population of the Upper West Side for over 25 years. Come shop for produce, eggs, grass-fed meat, fish, cheese, and more. Cash, EBT/Food Stamps, Debit/Credit cards, WIC Vegetable & Fruit Checks, and FMNP Coupons are all accepted.

Tucker Square Greenmarket
Thursdays & Saturdays, year-round, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Food scrap drop-off available
Location: West 66th Street & Broadway
Greenmarket's gateway to the Upper West Side, the Tucker Square Greenmarket offers locally grown produce just across the street from Lincoln Center. Orchards boast sweet berries, stone fruit, and over 80 varieties of apples. Farmstead cheeses, fresh seafood, grass fed beef, duck and duck charcuterie, eggs, artisan baked goods, and New York's only producer of both sorghum and maple syrup round-out the offerings.

Grand Bazaar NYC
Every Sunday from 10:00 am to 5:30 pm
Location: 100 West 77th Street at Columbus Avenue
All year-round, indoors and outdoors, over one-hundred merchants set-up their stands to sell the finest and most distinctive antique watches, vintage collectibles, art and photography, handmade jewelry and furniture, and delicious macaroons and other artisan foods. Grand Bazaar NYC donates 100% of its net revenue to four neighborhood public schools, benefiting over 4,000 children, while building and supporting a vibrant community of talented artists, designers, artisans, and entrepreneurs.