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Regards,

Ben Kallos
Council Member

P.S. First Friday is canceled this month in observance of Passover.

Special Events

4/7 - 4/15
Participatory Budgeting

4/12, 6:30pm – 8pm
Homelessness Forum, CB 8

4/19, 6pm – 8pm
Earth Day Forum, Free Reusable Bags

4/21, 10am – 2pm
Shred-A-Thon


Monthly Events

First Friday  
Canceled Due to Religious Observance

4/10, 5pm – 6pm
Brainstorm with Ben
By Appointment Only

For those who celebrate, Happy Purim, as the weather gets warmer and you may be preparing for the celebrations of Passover and Easter we wish you the best.

My wife and I were blessed this month with a baby girl. Thank you to everybody who has sent congratulations. Your support has meant a lot to me and my new family. I believe every New Yorker should have access to paid family leave, and I hope more men who often don't will start to take full advantage of their leave, which is why I joined with Brooklyn Council Member Antonio Reynoso, who is also on paternity leave, to publish an op-ed in City and State and lead by example. I look forward to returning from the first half of my family leave on March 12 and will complete my leave over the summer. Please remember our city’s conflicts of interest rules prohibit any gifts.
 
Even while on paternity leave you might be surprised with the work my office has gotten done during the month of February. We reintroduced legislation to get scaffoldings down and protect tenants from reporting companies that create blacklists of people exercising their right to take a landlord to Housing Court. And we cut the ribbon on 21 units of 100% permanently affordable middle-income housing right here on the Upper East Side.

As our nation struggles with the scourge of gun violence in our schools, I continue to fight alongside our Congress Member Carolyn Maloney who has been fighting for common sense gun control for decades. I also encourage residents to join victims of gun violence and activists at the March for Our Lives scheduled for March 24th in Washington D.C. 

Please join me for our annual Sotheby’s Student Art Show or compete in the Ben Kallos Chess Challenge.

Regards,

Ben Kallos
Council Member

Special Events

3/6, 5:30PM
Sotheby's Student Art Show

3/8, 6:30PM
New John Jay Park Senior Space Scoping

3/17, 8:15AM
Ben Kallos Chess Challenge

3/26, 1PM-2PM
Himan Brown Senior Program at the 92Y

Monthly Events

First Friday  
Canceled for Paternity Leave

3/13, 5PM
Brainstorm with Ben
By Appointment

It is with great joy that I am able to share that my wife and I are expecting a child this week. As I fight to ensure every New Yorker have access to paid family leave, we must ensure those who can take leave particularly men who don't take their full leave, actually do take it. The best way to do so is for each of us to seek to erase the stigma, lead by example and take paternity leave. I look forward to seeing you in March.

Ben Kallos
Council Member

P. S. First Friday and Brain Storm with Ben are canceled due to my paternity leave in February and March, my office remains open Monday – Friday 9 a.m to 5 p.m except on Federal holidays.

2/8, 6:30PM
John Jay Park Senior Space

2/17, 10 AM-4:30PM
NO COST Mammogram Van

Monthly Events

First Friday & Brainstorm with Ben
Canceled for Paternity Leave