Join DL21C on Monday night and meet Julie Menin, the Chairperson of CB1, who has been at the forefront of some of the biggest issues in our city this past year: the Islamic cultural center and mosque near Ground Zero, school reform, and the 9/11 terror trial location selection.
NYC has 59 Community Boards, each with 50 appointed members. In Manhattan specifically, Borough President Scott Stringer has made the Community Boards a priority of his administration, and has sought to empower citizens by giving them a direct role in matters related to related to local finance, development, land use, zoning, education, parks, preservation, transportation, and business/consumer issues affecting their neighborhoods.
Julie will speak about her experiences on CB1, her efforts to revitalize lower Manhattan's small businesses in the wake of September 11, and much more.
Co-sponsored with WomenElect
Note: Community Board applications for Manhattan are due January 14. Representatives from local boards and Borough Presidents' offices will be on hand Monday night to speak one-on-one with potential applicants. We encourage all interested DL21C'ers to apply.
See you Monday night!
About Julie Menin
Julie Menin is the Chairperson of Community Board 1 in Lower Manhattan and host of NBC's Give and Take. She was elected Chairperson of CB1 in 2005 and unanimously reelected in 2006, 2008 and 2010. Julie is a former regulatory lawyer and the Founder and former President of Wall Street Rising, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to revitalizing Lower Manhattan in the wake of the events of September 11th. She served as a Redistricting Commissioner under Mayor Michael Bloomberg and is currently a board member of the Women's Campaign Forum, one of the country's largest organizations dedicated to electing pro-choice women to office.
About the Community Boards
NYC Community Boards are the appointed advisory groups from various districts throughout each of the five boroughs. All of the boards consist of fifty volunteer individuals named by the relevant Borough President and sitting City Council members. Board members serve on a volunteer basis and play a critical advisory role in the city, in identifying community needs as part of the City's budget process, and working with government agencies to improve the local delivery of services. There are currently fifty-nine community districts, including twelve in Manhattan, twelve in the Bronx, eighteen in Brooklyn, fourteen in Queens, and three in Staten Island.
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http://www.nyc.gov/html/cau/html/cb/directory.shtml
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