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| Posted by: 23rd Street Association |
6/10/2009 4:28 PM |
Stringer confirms intent to help diversity community boards
Also Said State Senate Democrats Got What They Deserved
By Rachel Schwartz
On June 10th Manhattan Borough President, Scott M. Stringer, spoke
at a Flatiron/23rd Street Partnership and TD Bank Spring Speaker Series
event which was held at the Bank branch at 260 Park Avenue South. The
event was well attended and the audience proved very interactive.
Stringer spoke about several important initiatives he's undertaken,
like diversifying Community Boards by bringing in a more representative
group of people in each neighborhood. He is also working on an Urban
Planning Graduate school program that will link Urban Planners with the
Community Boards to in order to improve the development of Manhattan
neighborhoods.
With
respect to the environment, Stringer feels that Manhattan is still a
food desert and that things need to change dramatically if we are to
address the growing prevalence of asthma and other health-related
issues that are the result of continuing pollution. Stringer has helped
launch green initiatives like Go Green East Harlem, which helps
establish urban gardens and provide locally grown produce to those in
neighborhoods where fresh, healthy food is not affordable.
The
audience's major question for the Borough President was his thoughts on
what is happening in Albany and the dramatic events in the Senate. He
said that, as a member of the party, he thinks the Democrats got what
they deserved in addition to being played; not standing strong on
Democratic principles, i.e. behaving like Republicans, is what caused
the coup to happen.
If you are interested in learning about
other free events sponsored by the Flatiron/23rd Street BID, please
check our newsletters regularly or visit http://www.flatironbid.org/. |
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