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Urgent Action Needed! Town Hall Meeting, June25th, 7pm
Crown Heights – Bed-Stuy – Clinton Hill – Prospect Heights
Tell Mayor Bloomberg: Brooklyn is not Manhattan’s dumping ground!
Tell Mayor Bloomberg: Live up to your commitment to New York City’s homeless!
Say “No!” to the Bloomberg Administration’s plan to relocate Manhattan’s homeless to our neighborhoods by putting a major intake center for homeless men at the Bedford-Atlantic Armory at the intersection of Crown Heights, Bed-Stuy, Clinton Hill and Prospect Heights.
Our neighborhood already does its part, with 6X the median social service beds of any other neighborhood in Brooklyn. Enough is Enough!
JOIN US at a special town hall meeting
What: As we discuss the future of our communities and neighborhoods. Hear from our elected officials and other experts about the Mayor’s terrible plan and what our community is doing about it.
When: Thursday, 7 PM, June 25th 2009
Where: Auditorium at St. Peter Claver, Roman Catholic Church, 11 Claver Place (The block off of Fulton Street, between Classon and Franklin)
Bring your family and neighbors! Make your voice heard!
Join Your Neighbors in Opposing the Plan
Contact us at
crownheightsrm@gmail.com
Write Letters to the Mayor
CHRM needs you to join our letter writing campaign. CHRM is collecting letters from concerned citizens and is mailing them in bulk to over 10 elected officials.
To Participate:
1. Download and print the letter. Of course you are welcome to modify it.
2. Sign the letter and print your name and address.
3. Click here to email CHRM at crownheightsrm@gmail.com to request CHRM's mailing address.
Please print letters for your neighbors, email us to arrange for us to get them.
Volunteer
CHRM needs everyone—no matter how much or how little time you can spend. You can attend a Planning Meeting, spearhead an outreach effort, talk to your neighbors, design posters and fliers, or make telephone calls. To volunteer, contact CHRM and tell us what you would like to do.
Donate
CHRM is an all-volunteer effort. We need funding for postage, printing, and other costs. Every every dollar is sincerely appreciated. To make a financial donation, click here.
Spread the word and mobilize our community!
Do you belong to a church, a mearchants group, a block association, or any other organization in the neighborhood? Are you willing to knock on doors, join the letter-writing campaign, and speak to groups? Contact CHRM, and we will provide you with letters, fliers, and speakers.
June 2009 Status Update: Promises Broken!
The Bloomberg Administration doesn’t care about keeping its promises to New Yorkers:
Promise made: New York City will provide adequate and accessible services to all needy homeless New Yorkers.
Promise broken: The Bloomberg administration now plans to close it’s only intake center in Manhattan, and require homeless men seeking shelter to travel long distances to an inadequate facility in Crown Heights.
Promise made: No New York neighborhood will be required to absorb more than its fair share of City social services facilities.
Promise broken: The Bloomberg administration now plans to locate its major homeless male intake center in North Crown Heights – a neighborhood that is already the borough leader in social service beds.
Promise made: To ease the burden of the new intake center, the City will close the Peter Young Shelter across the street.
Promise broken: Tell The Bloomberg Administration: 'No expansion of Peter Young!'
Promise made: The City will commit $7 million to building a track and field in the Armory for the Central Brooklyn community.
Promise broken: The Bloomberg Administration has cancelled the track and field – apparently only Manhattan and Park Slope deserve these facilities.
