Climate Change and the NESE Williams Pipeline

9/19/2019

On the eve of the Global Climate Strike, environmental activist and 350 Brooklyn member Robert Wood speaks about climate change and why all Brooklynites should be fighting the NESE Williams pipeline project.

Ranked Choice Voting

4/16/2019

Speakers from Brooklyn Voters Alliance talking about Ranked Choice Voting. Brooklyn Voters Alliance

Resources for Ranked Choice Voting Document

Healthcare for All and the New York Health Act

3/24/2019

"How are we going to pay for it?"
A New York Health Act forum on Costs, Benefits, Savings . . . and Your Pocketbook. 
Hosted by NYSD 17 for Progress & PAYS

Presentation by: 
Leonard Rodberg, PhD 
Professor Emeritus of Urban Studies Queens College/CUNY and Co-Director Community Studies of New York, Inc.

PRESENTATION: 

Savings and Spending Under the New York Health Act FAQ  (March 2019)

From Obamacare to The New York Health Act (March 2019) 

Affordable Housing

2/24/2019

Andrea Shapiro, Program Manager and Member Organizer of the Metropolitan Council on Housing talks about:
- Our rent stabilization laws (they are expiring this year!)
- How the current system incentivizes landlords to kick tenants out and make unnecessary improvements instead of needed repairs, and
- How the Met Council on Housing and others are organizing to improve the life of tenants throughout *all* of New York.

Find out more:
http://metcouncilonhousing.org/

From our 2/24/2019 meeting.

https://www.facebook.com/nysd17forprogress/videos/569187093563417/