Newsletters

1. Best City Council Members
2. Annual Town Hall
3. Annual Emergency Prepardness

TRANSPORTATION

4. Launching the Roosevelt Island Ferry Service
5. Improving Your Commute
6. New Bus Countdown Clocks

FIGHTING FOR TENANTS

7. Tenant Safety Law
8. Right to Counsel Signed into Law

INVESTING IN OUR ECONOMY

9. Cornell Tech Roosevelt Island Community Day
10. 7 Open Source Myths Debunked Gov Loop
11. Bridging the Digital Divide Personal Democracy Forum 2017
12. Legislation to Respond to Noise
13. Chasing News on Scaffolding
14. National Night Out Against Crime
15. Protecting the East 91st Street Plaza
16. Protecting and Strengthening the Affordable Care Act with Congress Member Maloney

RESOURCES

17. Here to Help
18. Free Legal Clinics
19. Mobile Office Hours
20. Resource Guide
21. Ben in Your Building

EVENTS

22. City Council Events

In July, the New York Times covered legislation to quiet noise in our city, scaffolding and our communty's efforts to fight overdevelopment.

We also broken ground on the reconstruction of the East River Esplanade with $35 million that I secured as co-chair of the East River Esplanade Taskforce with Congress Member Carolyn Maloney.

When the MTA proposed service cuts of up to 33% to the M31, M57, M66 and M72, over Father's Day Weekend, I authored a letter with fellow elected officials which was followed by maintained service levels on the M57. Join us in fighting for crosstown bus service at BenKallos.com/share/CrosstownBus

Ben Kallos 

Council Member 

1. Groundbreaking on East River Esplanade
2. Stop Work Order on Sutton Superscraper
3. Fighting Cuts to Crosstown Bus Service

QUALITY OF LIFE

4. New Legislation for a Quieter Neighborhood
5. Scaffolding Almost Old Enough to Vote

NATIONAL

6. Resistance: Saving Medicaid and Affordable Care Act and Standing with Transgender Military and Immigrants
7. Fighting for Net Neutrality, Again

JOBS

8. Fighting for Jobs
9. Supporting Our Small Businesses

ENVIRONMENT

10. Launching Weekly Compost Drop Off On Your Morning Commute
11. Fresh Food Box
12. Compost in Your Building

LOCAL

13. New Community Board 8 Members Appointed
14. Bike Safety
15. Helping the Homeless
16. In the Neighborhood

RESOURCES

17. Here to Help
18. Free Legal Clinics
19. Mobile Office Hours
20. Resource Guide
21. Ben in Your Building

EVENTS

22. City Council Events

Table of Contents

Housing

1. Rezoning Victory at CB6, Now on to City Planning
2. Low Increases for Rent Stabilized Apartments and Rent Freeze for Seniors and Disabled

Parks

4. Tennis Bubble Now Open to the Public
5. Theatre in Carl Schurz Park

Health

6. Upper East Side Legionnaires Cluster Update
7. Automatic Benefits Hearing
8. Global Sampling Day
9. Rat Academy
10. Buy Produce from the Farm and Cooking With Kallos

Education

11. Celebrating Pride with Legislation to Encourage Gender Sexuality Alliances
12. Eleanor Roosevelt High School's New Music Room and Retirement of Parent Coordinator
13. Recognizing Parent-Teacher Association Leaders
14. Graduations

Transportation

15. Opposing Cuts to East and West Side Bus Service
16. Bike Safety: Ebikes, Free Helmets, and Inspring Barcelona

Good Government

17. Open Budget Hearing

Community

18. June Events
19. Here to Help
20. Free Legal Clinics
21. Mobile Office Hours
22. Resource Guide
23. Ben In Your Building

Events

24. Council Events
25. Events Supportted with Funding from My Office
26. Community Meetings
27. Community Events for Kids
28. Community Events for Adults

Dear Neighbor,

New York City’s $85.2 billion budget for the coming fiscal year funds the programs and services that we rely on in our neighborhoods and keeps our city running, including public schools, transit, parks, youth and senior centers, quality of life enforcement, and of course the programs my office brings to serve you directly.

Over the years, I am proud to have secured or allocated funding for priorities in our community:

• $100 million in additional funding secured for the East River Esplanade
• $100 million in capital funding for improvements to public library systems
• $50 million for 79 new buses on the M15, M101, M102, and M103 for delivery by end of 2018 and $1.7 million for Select Bus Service on the M79
• $30 million to operate three new ferry stops that will open on Roosevelt Island this summer and East 60th and East 90th Streets in 2018
• $22.9 million to support our seniors
• $16 million to maintain youth afterschool programs
• $12.5 million to expand free lunch from middle schools to include grade schools students
• $200 million for NYCHA maintenance and repairs
• $200,000 from the NYC Clean Up Initiative used for new large trash cans to keep our neighborhood clean

To get involved and active on issues that have a direct impact on your community and make your voice heard in local government, please sign up for our monthly newsletter at BenKallos.com/Subscribe

Sincerely,

Ben Kallos
Council Member, District 5

Over the past 11 days, seven cases of legionnaires disease have been reported in the Lenox Hill area of the Upper East Side, according to the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Of the seven cases, four patients are recovering and two have already been discharged from the hospital. Sadly, one member of our community has died, and my thoughts and prayers are with their loved ones.

Upper East Side Legionnaires' Disease
Information Session with Department of Health
Monday, June 19 at 6PM
Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, 331 East 70th Street
Event details subject to change so please RSVP

Please be on the lookout for respiratory symptoms, which may be a sign of the disease, including:

• Cough
• Shortness of breath
• Fever
• Muscle aches
• Headaches

If you are experiencing these symptoms, seek medical attention immediately.

Legionnaires’ disease cannot be spread from person to person. Those at high risk include people aged 50 or older, especially cigarette smokers, people with chronic lung disease or with weakened immune systems.

In 2015, following the outbreak in the Bronx I co-sponsored legislation introduced by Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, which was signed into law as Local Law 77 of 2015 to require registration, inspection, cleaning, disinfecting, testing, and annual certification in order to reduce and contain the growth of Legionella in cooling towers, which causes Legionnaire's.

I am in close contact with the Health Department as they identify the source of the cluster and eliminate it as quickly as possible.

Learn more:

• Press Release from the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Sign and Symptoms
• NYC Health Department Information on Legionnaires' Disease

You can get more timely updates on Twitter at @BenKallos or @nycHealthy.

Sincerely,

Ben Kallos
Council Member