Bklyn Lawmaker Roundup Jan. 20

Deutsch Mobilizes Trump Village Residents

Coney Island City Councilman Chaim Deutsch is telling Trump Village residents tomorrow’s forum regarding the demolition and redevelopment of the nearby Trump Village Shopping Center is still on and is urging to show up.

The meeting comes as plans for the shopping hub at 520 Neptune Avenue are that it will be demolished and rumored to be replaced with up to a 40-story residential building. Real estate developer Rubin Schron bought the shopping center more than a decade ago from Robert S. Trump, the inarguably less-famous younger brother of the real estate personality, Donald.

The Trumps father, Fred, built the 1,600-unit Trump Village in the 1960s as part of the state’s Mitchell Lama program geared toward affordable middle-income housing. Residents of the huge complex opted out of the program in 2007.

The forum is set for 7 p.m., at Lincoln High School, 2800 Ocean Parkway. The agenda is as follows:

7:00pm: The Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) will be making an overview presentation on the remediation. They will also be available to answer questions during the Q&A period

7:30pm: The developers of the site will present the plans for the future of the shopping center and describe the proposed development.

8:30pm: A question and answer session, in which residents will have the chance to question the DEC and the developers further about the proposed plans.

*The Department of Environmental Conservation will be holding a meeting on January 28th at 6:00 p.m. at Lincoln High School. This meeting will be to have a more detailed, technical review of the remediation. The community is encouraged to attend,” said Deutsch.

Call Deutsch’s office at 718-368-9176 for more information.

Williams Holds Oversite Hearing On Short Term Rentals

East Flatbush City Council Member Jumaane Williams is holding an oversight hearing today at City Hall titled “Short Term Rentals: Stimulating the Economy or Destabilizing Neighborhoods?”

The hearing comes as such big-monied short term rental companies as the San Francisco-based Airbnb is locked in a regulatory battle with the city’s powerful Hotel lobby.

For over a decade, there has been debate over the issue of the conversion of long-term occupancy residential buildings into short-term rentals or illegal hotels.

Those in support of allowing conversions argue that short-term rentals help bring in additional revenue for homeowners and tenants, stimulate the economy, and provide greater affordability for visitors.

Opponents argue that short-term rentals are often illegal and that they deplete the supply of affordable housing, while possibly violating numerous city laws/ codes, including various building and fire codes that present safety hazards to occupants and their neighbors.

Today’s oversight hearing will allow Council Members to better gauge the effects of short term rentals on the City of New York.

Adams Goes Digital on Police-Community Relations

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams will launch a series of digital youth dialogues today with Brooklyn students on the issue of police-community relations, in response to recent citywide tension following widespread protests of policing practices and the assassinations of two NYPD officers.

The conversations will take place among young people conversing over Google Hangout, while moderators remotely pose questions to them to drive discourse.

The Bedford-Stuyvesant-based Peace Institute will moderate the hangout, which will include students from Bishop Kearney High School in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn Academy of Science and Environment in Crown Heights, Brooklyn Amity School in Sheepshead Bay, and Sunset Park High School in Sunset Park.

Adams’ office said the conversations will inform a report of recommendations with the goal of advancing public safety citywide, as well as police and criminal justice reforms.