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Effective public education, in elementary, middle and high school, is essential to preparing our children for success. The schools of the 39th Council District have some of the city's best teachers, principals and parent leaders, and we need to do everything we can to make sure they are supported in the crucial work that they do.

Audio: Participatory Budgeting

The Brian Lehrer Show

10/21/2011

Brad Lander, Brooklyn City Councilman (D-39), and Melissa Mark-Viverito, city council member representing East Harlem and parts of the Bronx and Upper West Side, and member of the council's Progressive Caucus, discuss their new plan to involve constituents in budget allocation.

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4 Council Members, Each With $1 Million, Will Let Public Decide How It’s Spent

New York Times

09/14/2011

Four City Council members, intrigued by experiments begun in Brazil to let ordinary citizens determine how government uses tax dollars, say they plan to allow their constituents to decide how $4 million is spent next year. Read more »

New School Year, and Some New Staff

Posted on September 8, 2011

Despite the hurricane and the earthquake, I hope you had a great end to the summer and are looking forward to the new school year, as New York City’s public schools start this morning.

There are, of course, many pressing political debates surrounding public education – budget cuts, class size, overcrowding, high-stakes testing, accountability, achievement gaps, curriculum, special education, parent involvement – that I’ll have more to say about as the year goes on, and that I look forward to hearing about from many of you. Read more »

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Check Out the New Mural!

Kensington Prospect

09/02/2011

Editor's Note: Councilmember Brad Lander is happy to have provided funding to help Kensignton youth paint this wonderful mural on Church Avenue.

The new mural on East 5th Street at Church Avenue was unveiled yesterday at a ceremony featuring folks from the Groundswell Community Mural Project, the Department of Transportation, and some people from the community who helped make it happen. Read more »

Brad Lander Hungry For Better Food Policy

Carroll Gardens Patch

08/09/2011

Just over a week ago, the New York City Council voted in five impressive pieces of legislation designed to help ensure more New Yorkers have access to healthy, fresh, locally grown foods produced in New York State and contiguous states. Our own Councilmember Brad Lander, representing both Carroll Gardens and Cobble Hill, co-sponsored four of the five bills. Read more »

Video: Funding for Classrooms At Beth Jacob and Gan Centers Fully Restored

Vos Iz Neias

08/03/2011

Borough Park, NY - City Councilmembers Brad Lander and David Greenfield announced that funding for Borough Park’s Beth Jacob Day Care Center and Gan Day Care Center has been fully restored. Half of the classrooms in these centers had been targeted for cuts under the budget proposed by the Bloomberg Administration earlier this year. Read more »

Quite a night!

Posted on June 25, 2011

The wheels of government were busy turning last night, in Albany and at City Hall:

Marriage equality: a historic step forward

I’m deeply proud to be a New Yorker today. Marriage equality means that so many of our friends will know that their state doesn’t view their love as inferior, that many of our kids’ friends will know that we don’t think there’s something inadequate about their LGBT parents, and that LGBT kids won’t grow up thinking there’s something to be ashamed of.

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The Education Mayor? Some Local Schools Think Not

Park Slope Patch

06/11/2011

At a rally that drew nearly every South Brooklyn school to Grand Army Plaza on Friday afternoon, hundreds of protestors issues myriad complaints against Michael Bloomberg’s proposed budget cuts to New York City’s public schools.

Councilmember Lander encouraged the kids to organize, calling 311, tweeting, signing letters, handing out flyers and marching down Prospect Park West to inform the Celebrate Brooklyn goers of the woes of the New York City school system. Read more »

Join Me in Protesting Teacher Layoffs and School Budget Cuts!

Posted on June 7, 2011

I'm holding a rally for public schools this Friday, June 10th at 4:00 p.m. at Grand Army Plaza. We’ve only got a few weeks left to persuade Mayor Bloomberg that we simply cannot afford to lay off teachers, increase class size, eliminate specialists, and undermine our public schools. Schools from throughout our communities are mobilizing. We’ll gather at Grand Army Plaza at 4 p.m. Read more »

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