How Will the Next Brooklyn Borough President Improve Community Boards?
Candidates want to give the boards more money, training and power.
“Look, I think community boards have huge issues with them that need a lot of reform.”
That’s how Brooklyn Borough President candidate Antonio Reynoso began his response to a question about community boards at a virtual forum last night.
The borough president has relatively limited power, but the office does directly control the appointment of members to the borough’s 18 community boards, neighborhood bodies that take advisory votes on issues ranging from rezonings to bike lanes to liquor licenses.
Dashawn Garland, 28, was busted by the NYPD’s Violent Felony Squad at his home in Inglewood, Calif. after he was identified as the triggerman who killed 33-year-old Michael Ingram outside a BP gas station on April 19, cops said.
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WILLIAMSPORT UPMC Hillman Cancer Center welcomes Saul Arber, MD, radiation oncologist, to the provider team in Williamsport.
“A cancer diagnosis is life altering as it not only affects the patient, but also their family and loved ones,” said Dr. Arber. “When diagnosed, patients have a lot of questions and concerns, and our multi-disciplinary team is here for them during those challenging and uncertain times. We offer the highest quality care with the utmost compassion tailored toward each patient’s needs. Our services bring the specialty care many patients historically had to travel for, right here to northcentral Pennsylvania, allowing them to stay close to home and close to their support systems which research attributes to improving outcomes.”