Adams introduces online community board applications
Beep urges residents to apply for memberships
Borough President Eric Adams is encouraging civic-minded Brooklyn residents to apply for memberships on their neighborhood community boards and in an effort to entice them, he has made the application process easier.
For the first time in the borough’s history, residents will be able to apply online. Applications for community board appointments are now available at www.brooklyn-usa.org. The deadline to apply is Monday, Feb. 15. Applicants must be New York City residents and must live, work in or have a professional or other significant interest in the neighborhood the community board represents.
Community boards, which have existed in their current form for 40 years following the Charter Revision of 1975, are composed of 50 unpaid members who serve as neighborhood watchdogs and advise city government on such issues as zoning and land use. Each community board maintains an office in their neighborhood. The boards are allowed to hire a district manager, a paid staffer whose job entails handling constituent complaints and working with city agencies to ensure the smooth delivery of city services such as sanitation pick-ups. There are 18 community boards in Brooklyn.