Borough President Adams took part in the "ALS Ice Bucket Challenge" to raise awareness of the disease with help from Sarah Pattison of the Greater New York Chapter of the ALS Association outside his office at Brooklyn Borough Hall on Monday, August 11th.

Photo Credit: Kathryn Kirk/Brooklyn BP's Office
Sharing a Laugh with NYPD Commissioner Bratton 



Borough President Adams had a chance to stop and chat with NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton on Tuesday, August 5th, as he visited several of the borough's police precincts as part of "National Night Out." 


Photo Credit: Kathryn Kirk/Brooklyn BP's Office


Awarding the "Greenest Block in Brooklyn" in Bed-Stuy

Photo Credit: Kathryn Kirk/Brooklyn BP's Office


Borough President Adams announced his capital budget funding for affordable housing on Thursday, August 14th at Phase III of the Gateway Elton Street development 
in East New York with funding recipients. 

Photo Credit: Kathryn Kirk/Brooklyn BP's Office 
Honoring August's "Heroes of the Month"


On Wednesday, August 13th, Borough President Adams honored the men and women of Engine 225, Ladder 107,  Battalion 39, and EMS Stations 39 and 58 as the inaugural "Heroes of the Month" for saving the lives of three children during a fire in East New York.

 
Photo Credit: Kathryn Kirk/Brooklyn BP's Office 


Hosting a Community Forum on Youth Basketball in Brooklyn

Photo Credit: Perry Wong/Brooklyn BP's Office


Borough President Adams welcomed a visiting group of Japanese youth and officials to Brooklyn Borough Hall as part of a Brooklyn-Japan Baseball exchange, which established a connection between the two cultures impacted by natural disasters, the  Japanese earthquake and tsunami in 2011 
and Hurricane Sandy in 2012, on Thursday, July 24th. 

Photo Credit: Kathryn Kirk/Brooklyn BP's Office 

Thank you for taking your time out to read my newsletter.


Let's keep moving forward as One Brooklyn.


-Eric

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209 Joralemon Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201

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