We were reading down a long list of luminaries being inducted into the New York City Hall of Fame this weekend, including names like chef Lidia Matticchio Bastianich and musician Tito Puente, when we came across a very figure from South Brooklyn: Craig Hammerman. Mr. Hammerman is the District Manager of Community Board 6 and [...]

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Here are some upcoming Brooklyn Community Board meetings, from a list compiled by the Daily News:

Community Board 7 will hold its monthly meeting on Nov. 28 at 6:30 PM at the district office, 4201 Fourth Ave.
Community Board 9 will have its general meeting on Nov. 27 at 7 PM at Middle School 61, Empire Blvd. [...]

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Here is a list of upcoming Brooklyn Community Board general and committee meetings, from a list compiled by Denise Romano in the Daily News:

Community Board 14 will hold a meeting of its Environment, Public Safety and Youth Committee on Wednesday, Nov. 14, at 7 p.m. at the district office, 810 E. 16th St.
Community Board 1 [...]

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New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer has signed a measure that will help Community Boards to do planning under the state’s brownfield program. The measure, introduced by Sen. Velmanette Montgomery and Assemblywoman Joan Millman allows Community Boards to apply for certain planning grants from the Brownfield Opportunity Areas program. The measure had previously been vetoed by [...]

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Q: When are planning bodies not eligible for certain planning grants?
A: When they’re community boards in New York City.
From Community Board 6 comes a reminder that a measure that will help these entities do planning is awaiting NY Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s signature. An email says:
You may recall that two years ago Senator Velmanette Montgomery and [...]

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The purge of Community Board 6 members several weeks ago by Borough President Marty Markowitz and City Council Members David Yassky and Bill deBlasio continues to reverberate a bit. It’s worth noting that some people are now calling for board members to be elected in order to end the kind of political control that led [...]

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Community Board 6 held its first meeting since the Atlantic Yards/Gowanus Massacre by Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz and City Council Member David Yassky that ended the service of nine longstanding members. The Board voted down a resolution criticizing the dismissals and suggesting that the “independence and, indeed, the fundamental value of Community Boards are [...]

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We’ve mentioned this before, but Community Board 6 is having its general board meeting tonight at 6:30 PM. The location is the auditorium John Jay High School at 237 Seventh Avenue in Park Slope, which is located between Fourth and Fifth Streets. The last monthly meeting was marked by acrimony over DOT’s plan to install [...]

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Participatory democracy is a great thing. We prepared this post a long time ago and have left it sitting in our holding pattern. Two stories in the last two weeks–the Battle of 360 Smith Street and the threatened eviction of the Latino Food Vendors in Red Hook–reminded us of the need to sometimes get in [...]

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The CB6 story reverberates today with Borough President Marty Markowitz’s first official statement since he, Council Member David Yassky and Council Member Bill de Blasio purged nine members over (a). their votes on Atlantic Yards or (b). the upcoming Gowanus rezoning. Jotham Sederstrom has Mr. Markowitz’s comments in today’s Daily News:
You can cross Marty Markowitz [...]

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Purges aside, Community Board 6 will be continuing its important work in the community. Here are some upcomings CB6 meetings and hearings. (You can always check out the full calendar of events here.):
May 31 Landmarks/Land Use Gowanus Hearing–Continued discussion with representatives of the Department of City Planning on topical issues for [...]

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Was Atlantic Yards the only thing behind the purging of Community Board 6 by Borough President Marty Markowitz, Council Member David Yassky and Council Member Bill de Blasio? It was probably a major factor, given what the New York Times described as the BP’s “red-faced eruptions” of anger over opposition to Atlantic Yards, but it [...]

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The final death toll of the Community Board 6 Atlantic Yards Massacre is nine, which is a little less than had been predicted, but a stinging blow to an institution that had raised legitimate questions about the big development and its impact. The list of members that were not reappointed was circulated late yesterday. Together [...]

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