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Announcements From the Public Officials of District 6



Councilmember Gale Brewer - $500,000 for P.S. 191 and half a dozen other budget items.

As part of the city’s $47 billion budget, individual City Council members lobby for money for specific projects in their district, often called “member items.” For more about the budget and member items, read Bringing Budget Dollars Back to the Neighborhood.

The following is a list of local budget items provided by Gale Brewer, City Councilmember for the Upper West Side.

“I’m most proud of education and the projects that make a difference in people’s lives.”

$500,000 for PS 191 on Amsterdam Avenue and 61st street for an auditorium.

$590,00 John Jay College for communications

$700,000 The Museum of Natural History

$75,000 Museum of Arts and Design

$3,000 Women’s Project and Product

Also funding for computers for day care centers, the New York Historical Society, and a group renovating a food pantry.



HUD Grant Awarded to Striker's Bay Neighborhood Council

Strycker’s Bay Neighborhood Council (SBNC) is pleased to announce that in November 2003 the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded our Certified Housing Counseling Program a grant in the amount of $35,169, increasing our overall budget by 15 percent. Most importantly, the HUD grant allows SBNC to improve the programs and services we provide to the low-income families and individuals of the Upper West Side and New York City.

SBNC used the grant monies to hire a part-time Housing Counselor, increasing the capacity of our Housing Counseling Program. Since December 1, approximately 75 percent of these services fall under the provisions of the HUD grant. These include eviction prevention assistance, fair housing activities, housing searches, temporary rental relief through referrals, home renting, and other issues regarding housing conditions and tenancy. We also plan on conducting a series of informative workshops on topics such as Housing Court and New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) residences and regulations.

For more information on any of the elements of SBNC’s HUD-Certified Housing Counseling Program, please contact:

Ramon Cuevas, Director of Youth and Community Services
Strycker’s Bay Neighborhood Council, Inc.
63 West 87th Street, Lower Level New York, NY 10024
Phone: (212) 874-7272 Fax: (212) 874-2730
rcuevas@stryckersbay.org
http://www.stryckersbay.org



Education: Opening of Eleanor Roosevelt HS

Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein...celebrated the opening of Eleanor Roosevelt High School at a ribbon-cutting ceremony on the Upper East Side. Chancellor Klein was joined by U.S. Representative Carolyn Maloney, City Council Speaker Gifford Miller, Council Member Eva Moskowitz, Manhattan Borough President C. Virginia Fields, and Assembly Member Jonathan Bing.  Eleanor Roosevelt High School, which currently has 239 students in its college preparatory program, will ultimately host 500 students in grades 9 through 12.

"Eleanor Roosevelt High School is an exemplary academically rigorous school on the East Side," Chancellor Klein said.  "The parents and members of this community worked hard to create a high school that is focused on college preparatory coursework.  I commend the efforts of those who made this school possible, especially the SCA, which completed the work in time for the fall semester…"

Eleanor Roosevelt High School welcomed 239 ninth and tenth grade students to its new facility on the Upper East Side on September 8, 2003, the first day of school.  The small high school is a college preparatory program that will eventually have 500 students in grades 9 through 12.  The school opened last year with a class of ninth grade students and was temporarily housed at the O'Henry Learning Complex before moving to the new facility for the start of the 2003-2004 school year.  Construction for the new facility was completed over 15 months at a total cost of $17.8 million.



Brewer and Stringer Welcome Students Back To School with Education Guide

City Councilmember Gale Brewer, Assemblyman Scott Stringer and friends gather at PS 9 at 100 West 84 Street to welcome students and parents back to school. Brewer's new guide to education, Public Schools from A-Z, will be on display with copies of Stringer's recent education report



Gale Brewer: AOL Jobs for Residents

With much thanks to the efforts of a public-private partnership, we have worked to secure jobs for West Side (and other) residents at the AOL Time Warner Center at Columbus Circle, 59th Street, Manhattan. We thank the Department of Employment (now part of the Department of Small Business Services), Human Resources Administration, New York City Housing Authority, and the Department of Labor for their leadership on meeting so often to create the first on-line application process for a large private development; and for working with clients of the agencies and human service contractors who are now helping people to complete the applications. Anyone can apply but as a community we made a commitment to be of assistance to those who might not otherwise know about the jobs. Recently, the New York State Department of Labor hosted a training session on how to effectively use the on-line application. Representatives of scores of agencies attended, way beyond our projections. For job information, visit http://www.columbuscentrejobs.com/



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THE OFFICIAL WORD
FOR DISTRICT 6

Councilmember Gale Brewer - $500,000 for P.S. 191 and half a dozen other budget items.
(Jul 02, 2004)

HUD Grant Awarded to Striker's Bay Neighborhood Council
(Apr 14, 2004)

Education: Opening of Eleanor Roosevelt HS
(Nov 04, 2003)

Brewer and Stringer Welcome Students Back To School with Education Guide
(Sep 08, 2003)

Gale Brewer: AOL Jobs for Residents
(Aug 11, 2003)

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