Human Services and Environmental Sustainability
The Human Services and Environmental Sustainability Committee addresses diverse community needs and environmental concerns within the district.
It is dedicated to delivering essential youth, library, educational, and public health programs and services while also reviewing and recommending funding for various youth and community development initiatives. The committee facilitates dialogue among service providers and community-based organizations to foster information exchange and community engagement. The committee focuses on enhancing social and healthcare services for our district’s general, youth, senior, NYCHA, and special needs populations.
In tandem with these efforts, the committee addresses the intersecting environmental issues critical to quality of life and sustainability. This encompasses environmental quality control measures like urban heat island effects, air quality, stormwater management, solid waste and water quality management, and alternative energy systems.
Meets: Third Tuesday of the month
View Calendar for location and agenda.
Human Services Chairs: Tiffany Brown, Reema Sharma
Environmental Chair: Aurelia Casey
Click here for committee roster.
If this, or any other committee , interests you, consider applying for membership.
Resources
Social Services
- Grow Brooklyn Free Tax Prep
- Fifth Avenue Committee (FAC) Tenant, Financial, and Benefits Counseling
- Carroll Gardens Association We Rise Nanny Training
- RHI Community Resource team supports Red Hook residents 25 and older with referrals for health services, employment support, and does direct enrollment in benefits like SNAP, One Shot Deals, and free broadband
- CHiPS soup kitchen, food pantry, and mobile pantry
Disabilities Services
- Office for People With Developmental Disabilities
- Center for Independence of the Disabled (CIDNY)
- AHRC Day Service Program
Environmental Stewardship
- District 39 Tree Care Team
- Gowanus Canal Conservancy
- City Sponge
- Red Hook Farms
- Forth on Fourth Avenue
- Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club
- Red Hook Conservancy
- FloodNet NYC
Youth Services
- NYC Public Schools Family Welcome Centers
- Department of Youth and Community Development
- Brooklyn Borough President Youth Advisory Council
- Red Hook Initiative (RHI) Youth Empowerment
- Red Hook Art Project
- Red Hook Farms
Senior Services
- NY Connects from the State’s Office for the Aging
- Health Insurance Information Counseling and Assistance Program (HIICAP) for Medicare
- The Park Slope Center for Successful Aging
- Weill Cornell Center for Elder Abuse Solutions (CEASe)
Crisis Intervention and Domestic Violence
- Safe Horizon victim service organization and legal aid
- NYC Health Mobile Crisis Teams
- DHS HRA’s Project No Violence Again (NoVA) staff addresses the needs of domestic violence victims seeking temporary emergency shelter
- NYC Alliance Against Sexual Assault
Legal Aid
Healthcare
- NYC Health Neighborhood Health Services
- NY Presbyterian-Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
- Red Hook Family Health Center at NYU Langone
- The Home Depot Emergency Department at NYU Langone Health—Cobble Hill
- Park Slope Family Health Center at NYU Langone
Cultural Programming
- Brooklyn Public Library Branches
- Brooklyn Conservatory of Music
- Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture
- Old Stone House
- Pioneer Works
- Arts Gowanus
- Powerhouse Arts
Gowanus Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) Updates:
Gowanus CAG: EPA Updates Archive
NYS DEC DOH Odor Mitigation and contact information. Click here.
