Social Service Facility Moratorium
"In response to a number of initiatives to place social service facilities within the boundaries of District 8, members and residents participated in a study to determine the validity of complaints that the District was over-saturated with such facilities. The results of the study illustrated that our complaints of over-saturation are indeed grounded in reality, as they show that North Crown Heights, which is the area covered by Community Board No. 8, has the highest density of residential service beds in Brooklyn. In fact, North Crown Heights, as supported by data from the NYC Dept. of City Planning, has more than five times the number of social beds than the average community in Brooklyn.
As a result of the study's findings, members voted at the November 8, 2007 Community Board general meeting, to support enacting a moratorium on social service supportive housing in the district. The resolution: To better serve our own residents, we are calling on all City and State agencies to impose a moratorium on all new residential social service facilities in Community District 8 until parity with other Brooklyn Community Districts has been achieved, passed with a final tally of twenty-seven members in favor, six opposed, with two abstentions."
"In response to a number of initiatives to place social service facilities within the boundaries of District 8, members and residents participated in a study to determine the validity of complaints that the District was over-saturated with such facilities. The results of the study illustrated that our complaints of over-saturation are indeed grounded in reality, as they show that North Crown Heights, which is the area covered by Community Board No. 8, has the highest density of residential service beds in Brooklyn. In fact, North Crown Heights, as supported by data from the NYC Dept. of City Planning, has more than five times the number of social beds than the average community in Brooklyn.
As a result of the study's findings, members voted at the November 8, 2007 Community Board general meeting, to support enacting a moratorium on social service supportive housing in the district. The resolution: To better serve our own residents, we are calling on all City and State agencies to impose a moratorium on all new residential social service facilities in Community District 8 until parity with other Brooklyn Community Districts has been achieved, passed with a final tally of twenty-seven members in favor, six opposed, with two abstentions."
Get Involved
There are several things you can do to get more involved in CB #8:
1.Report a complaint or request for service by contacting the District Office.
2. Attend meetings of the Community Board and ask to be put on the mailing list to get meeting notices.
3. Apply to become a Community Board Member. You can do so either by picking up an application at the Community Board's Office, contacting the Brooklyn Borough President's Office at 718-802-3700, or by contacting your local Council Member.
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1.Report a complaint or request for service by contacting the District Office.
2. Attend meetings of the Community Board and ask to be put on the mailing list to get meeting notices.
3. Apply to become a Community Board Member. You can do so either by picking up an application at the Community Board's Office, contacting the Brooklyn Borough President's Office at 718-802-3700, or by contacting your local Council Member.
Click Here to find out more!
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Community Board 8
1291 St. Marks Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11213
Tel: (718) 467-5574
1291 St. Marks Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11213
Tel: (718) 467-5574
Email: info@brooklyncb8.org