Be sure to head on over to the Brooklyn Heights Blog and check out a really well done video that chronicles the history of the Heights, Cadman Plaza, and much more. We will be trying to put together some videos shortly.
Friday, December 18, 2009
Cuts to Community Board Funding Possible?
New York City Community Boards do play an important role in local governance. Although not vested with any real authority, they do allow for concerns of residents to be at least aired. Community Boards do tend to generally be anti-development and don't really follow adopted rules and laws for ULURP proceedings, but providing a voice for community members is a valuable service, as well as disseminating information. From the New York Post:
"The cuts could amount to about 20 percent of each of the board’s budgets, an amount that advocates say could potentially cripple community boards, which represent the most local level of city government, and which advocates fear are under assault, possibly targeted for elimination when a new Charter Revision Commission is convened.
There are 59 community boards in the five boroughs, 18 in Brooklyn, and, this year, each has had a budget of around $200,000, to cover staff, rent and office expenses."
It would really be a shame to see these cuts made, not because the Community Boards need massive budgets, since the service they provide is not essential, but because the amounts are so trivial compared to other items in the budget.
"The cuts could amount to about 20 percent of each of the board’s budgets, an amount that advocates say could potentially cripple community boards, which represent the most local level of city government, and which advocates fear are under assault, possibly targeted for elimination when a new Charter Revision Commission is convened.There are 59 community boards in the five boroughs, 18 in Brooklyn, and, this year, each has had a budget of around $200,000, to cover staff, rent and office expenses."
It would really be a shame to see these cuts made, not because the Community Boards need massive budgets, since the service they provide is not essential, but because the amounts are so trivial compared to other items in the budget.
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