Updates on the latest happenings in Brooklyn’s Community Board 9.
We Demand Chairman Fred Baptiste Resign! Brooklyn Community Board 9 is a classic example of how politics work against a community. For example: A lot of Chairs of community boards are hired within the city government and it is there they are “brought” to ensure the political will, not of the people, but outside entities Read more…
October 8, 2024 Jocelyn E. Sträuben, DOI Commissioner NYC Department of Investigations 180 Maiden Lanes 16th Floor New York, New York, 10038 Online Application at https://www.nyc.gov/site/doi/contact/email-the-commissioner…. Re: Chairman Fred Baptiste and Borough President Reynoso: Dear Commissioner Jocelyn E. Sträuben: What can only be described as Mayor Eric Adams’ Playbook on Read more…
In January 2024 Brooklyn’s Community Board 9 released the following to explain their vote against the proposed City of Yes for Economic Opportunities text amendments. We at Community Board 9 oppose the City of Yes for Economic Opportunity text amendments in their entirety. These are city-wide text amendments which will Read more…
The board was served a lawsuit at the general community board meeting last Monday for alleged conflicts of interest and violating the Open Meetings Law. See Full BK Reader Article
For the past year “CB9” has been engaging in Conflicts of Interest, as well as Violations of the Open Meeting Law, New York City Charter and its own Bylaws by engaging in secret meetings, refusing to address conflicts of interest of Board members and refusing to allow residents who reside Read more…
We Demand! We demand that CB9 disapprove the proposal to install and activate the Link 5G towers in City Council District 35 in Brooklyn Community Board 9! That a moratorium be placed on the construction and planning of Link 5G towers and other devices in Community District 9 in Brooklyn! Read more…
We need to understand the potential impact the Link5G Kiosks/Cell Towers popping up around our community will have and our rights to express concerns/ push back. This Whitepaper, written by Wired Broadband, Inc. provides background and insights regarding the Link5G Tower deployment and points of consideration for Community Boards. Read more…
We continue to monitor activities at Community Board 9. The Community Board Chair, Fred Baptist is currently driving the charge to make changes to Community Board 9 bylaws with little to no community input! Why are changes required now!?! Please review the tracker listing changes proposed by Community Board members Read more…
Michael Haskins invited Alicia Boyd to give a community update to Kick Off 2022. https://archive.org/details/2-nd-alicia-boyd-seg-1-05-22
… “The Board first considered the Fenimore Block Association proposal. Acting Secretary Scott Mathews-Novelli asked what authority will the Board have in process, what are the administrative requirements for the Board, who will represent the Board in the matter, can the Board opt-out in the process and what is the Read more…