December 31st

BOROUGH PRESIDENT’S STATEMENT ON THE PRESERVATION OF WEEKEND EXPRESS BUS SERVICE

December 26th

BOROUGH PRESIDENT STRONGLY OPPOSES PROPOSED 1100-MEGAWATT POWER PLANT IN GREENPOINT-WILLIAMSBURG

December 24th

BOROUGH PRESIDENT URGES CITY TO STOP PLANS TO CUT WEEKEND EXPRESS BUS SERVIC

December 23rd

BOROUGH PRESIDENT HOSTS SPECTACULAR HOLIDAY CELEBRATION FOR 2400 BROOKLYN CHILDREN (Image included)

December 18th

BOROUGH PRESIDENT CELEBRATES GOVERNOR PATAKI SIGNING THE SONDA LEGISLATION INTO LAW BY RAISING THE RAINBOW FLAG OVER BOROUGH HALL (Image included)

December 17th

BOROUGH PRESIDENT PLAYS SUBWAY SANTA ALL OVER BROOKLYN (Image included)

December 16th

BOROUGH PRESIDENT’S STATEMENT ON THE CONTRACT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE MTA & THE TWU

December 16th

BOROUGH PRESIDENT HOSTS UNVEILING CEREMONY OF BROOKLYN WALL OF REMEMBRANCE HONORING LOCAL FIREFIGHTERS WHO DIED ON 9/11 (Image included)

December 13th

FRIDAY THE 13TH IS A VERY LUCKY DAY FOR MANY BROOKLYN KIDS (Image included)

December 13th

BOROUGH PRESIDENT HELPS CELEBRATE GRAND OPENING OF THE BROOKLYN CHINESE FAMILY HEALTH CENTER IN SUNSET PARK (Image included)

December 11th

BOROUGH PRESIDENT JOINS LOCAL DRY CLEANERS IN CLOTHING THOUSANDS OF NEW YORKERS THIS WINTER (Image included)

December 10th

BOROUGH PRESIDENT HONORS BROOKLYN’S VERY OWN RHODES SCHOLARSHIP WINNER (Image included)

December 9th

BOROUGH PRESIDENT LIGHTS SPECTACULAR TREE DURING HOLIDAY CELEBRATION (Image included)

December 9, 2002

BOROUGH PRESIDENT MAKES HIS STAGE DEBUT IN ‘A BROOKLYN NUTCRACKER’ (Image included)

December 6th

BOROUGH PRESIDENT HONORS THE END OF RAMADAN WITH THE CELEBRATION OF EID AL-FITR (Image included)

December 3rd

BOROUGH PRESIDENT LIGHTS ONE OF BROOKLYN’S LARGEST MENORAHS (Image included)

November 27th

THANKSGIVING MESSAGE FROM THE BOROUGH PRESIDENT

November 26th

BOROUGH PRESIDENT HONORS WNBC PRESIDENT & GENERAL MANAGER FRANK COMERFORD AS ONE OF BROOKLYN'S FAVORITE SONS (Image included)

November 26th

BOROUGH PRESIDENT JOINS IBM AND UNITED WAY IN DONATING HIGH TECH COMPUTERS, GIVING BROOKLYN PRE-SCHOOLERS A HEAD START IN EDUCATION (Image included)

November 25th

BOROUGH PRESIDENT AND NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF SMALL BUSINESS SERVICES HOST 2002 NEW YORK CITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SUMMIT (Image included)

November 25th

BOROUGH PRESIDENT AND NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF SMALL BUSINESS SERVICES HOST 2002 NEW YORK CITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SUMMIT (Image included)

November 25th

BOROUGH PRESIDENT MARTY MARKOWITZ HELPS THOUSANDS OF BROOKLYNITES ENJOY A GREAT THANKSGIVING (Image included)

November 21st

SALVATION ARMY LAUNCHES ANNUAL BROOKLYN CHRISTMAS KETTLE KICK-OFF AT BOROUGH HALL TO HELP RAISE MONEY DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON (Image included)

November 15th

BOROUGH PRESIDENT MARTY MARKOWITZ AND BROOKLYN CITY COUNCIL DELEGATION CHAIRPERSON LEW FIDLER ISSUE JOINT REACTION TO MAYOR BLOOMBERG’S PROPOSED BUDGET CUTS AND INCOME TAX REFORM

November 15th

BOROUGH PRESIDENT WELCOMES BROOKLYNITES TO BOROUGH HALL FOR FREE GLAUCOMA SCREENINGS (Image included)

November 15th

BOROUGH PRESIDENT JOINS CON EDISON IN ANNOUNCING FUNDS FOR BROOKLYN ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS (Image included)

November 15th

BOROUGH PRESIDENT CELEBRATES KINGSBROOK JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER’S NEW DIABETES SELF MANAGEMENT CENTER (Image included)

November 14th

BOROUGH PRESIDENT STATEMENT ON MAYOR BLOOMBERG’S PROPOSED BUDGET CUTS AND INCOME TAX REFORM

November 13th

BOROUGH PRESIDENT HONORS CHILDREN’S PLEAS FOR WORLD PEACE

November 8th

BOROUGH PRESIDENT COMMENDS FEDERAL & LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FOR BUSTING BROOKLYN AUTO INSURANCE SCAM

November 8th

BOROUGH PRESIDENT PARTICIPATES IN DIABETES AWARENESS DAY AT BOROUGH HALL (Image included)

November 8th

BOROUGH PRESIDENT HOSTS BROOKLYN’S FIRST EVER BLOCK ASSOCIATION ASSEMBLY (Image included)

November 7th

BOROUGH PRESIDENT CELEBRATES THE GRAND OPENING OF LONG ISLAND COLLEGE HOSPITAL'S NEWLY RENOVATED EMERGENCY ROOM

November 6th

BOROUGH PRESIDENT CELEBRATES PANAMANIAN INDEPENDENCE DAY AT BOROUGH HALL (Image included)

November 4th

BOROUGH PRESIDENT HONORS SESAME FLYERS INTERNATIONAL AT BOROUGH HALL RECEPTION (Image included)

November 4th

BOROUGH PRESIDENT HOSTS CONFERENCE TO WRAP UP DOMESTIC VIOLENCE MONTH (Image included)

November 4th

BOROUGH PRESIDENT ANGRILY REACTS TO NAVY RECRUITER’S SUGGESTION THAT MOST BUSHWICK HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AREN’T FIT TO SERVE

November 3rd

BOROUGH PRESIDENT STATEMENT ON THE USOC CHOOSING NEW YORK CITY AS ITS REPRESENTATIVE TO HOST THE 2012 SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES

November 1st

BOROUGH PRESIDENT JOINS SOUP COMPANY IN MAKING A DONATION TO HELP FEED THE HOMELESS (Image included)

October 31st

DEPUTY BOROUGH YVONNE GRAHAM’S REMARKS FROM DIRECT FROM D.C. - THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES: ACCESSING RESOURCES FOR YOUR COMMUNITY CONFERENCE

October 31st

BOROUGH PRESIDENT HELPS PRESENT GROUNDBREAKING CONFERENCE WITH THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES

October 30th

BOROUGH PRESIDENT HELPS BREAK GROUND FOR RENOVATION OF HISTORIC WEEKSVILLE HOMES (Image included)

October 30th

BP ROLLS UP HIS SLEEVE FOR VEIN DRAIN AT BOROUGH HALL (Image included)

October 29th

BOROUGH PRESIDENT HONORED POLISH HERITAGE MONTH WITH A BOROUGH HALL CELEBRATION

October 29th

BOROUGH PRESIDENT JOINS PROTEST AGAINST PROPOSED POWER PLANT IN GREENPOINT - WILLIAMSBURG (Image included)

October 29th

BOROUGH PRESIDENT TESTIFIES AT ANNUAL NYC DEPARTMENT FOR THE AGING PUBLIC HEARING AT BOROUGH HALL

October 29th

BOROUGH PRESIDENT TESTIFIES BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEE ON ZONING AND LAND USE CONCERNING THE PROPOSED AUTHORIZING RESOLUTION FOR A COORDINATED STREET FURNITURE FRANCHISE

October 28th

BOROUGH PRESIDENT HONORS POLISH HERITAGE MONTH WITH A BOROUGH HALL CELEBRATION (Image included)

October 28th

BP HELPS CELEBRATE YOUNG BROOKLYN ARTISTS WHOSE WORK WILL BE ON DISPLAY AT THIS YEAR’S NEW YORK CITY MARATHON (Image included)

October 22nd

BP LAUNCHES BROOKLYN HEALTHLINK TO LET BROOKLYNITES KNOW THE BEST HOSPITALS ARE RIGHT HERE IN BROOKLYN!

October 18th

BOROUGH PRESIDENT ANGRILY DENOUNCES MORE HOMELESS SHELTERS SCHEDULED TO OPEN IN BROOKLYN WITH NO PRIOR NOTICE

October 16th

Borough President Honors Greenest Block in Brooklyn Winners at Borough Hall Ceremony

October 10th

BOROUGH PRESIDENT TESTIFIES BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION

October 10th

BOROUGH PRESIDENT HONORS ITALIAN HERITAGE MONTH WITH AN AUTHENTIC ITALIAN CELEBRATION AT BOROUGH HALL

October 8th

BOROUGH PRESIDENT HOSTS ADVOCACY SUMMIT FOR LOCAL COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS

October 8th

BOROUGH PRESIDENT KICKS OFF HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH WITH A BOROUGH HALL CELEBRATION

September 30th

BP HELPS BREAK GROUND FOR A NEW PLAYGROUND AT P.S. 109

September 23rd

"LEGS FOR LIFE" PROGRAM COMES TO BOROUGH HALL ON SEPTEMBER 26TH

September 23rd

Borough President honors young girl who read moving tribute at New York's official World Trade Center ceremony.

September 20th

Borough President Testifies before city council committee on economic Development about maximizing the economic impacts of the west indian day parade.

September 20th

BP chairs first meeting of Brooklyn auto insurance task force

September 19th

Borough President appoints award winning business women to the city planning commission

September 17, 2002

Borough President announces more than $16 million in funding for various Brooklyn cultural institutions

September 11, 2002

Borough President Reflects on the Anniversary of 9-11

Setember 4, 2002

Borough President oganizes a unique evening for Brooklyn's service and Community Board leaders

August 28, 2002

Borough President’s Statement on New York City’s Bid to Host the 2012 Summer Olympics

August 26, 2002

Winners Crowned at Brooklyn's first Egg Cream Extravaganza

August 22, 2002

Borough President Helps Kickoff 2002 Great Irish Fair

August 15, 2002

Borough President Applauds Mayor’s Plan To Use Marine Transfer Station To Compact & Containerize Solid Waste

August 14, 2002

BP Welcomes the Governor and Guests of the Caribbean American Chamber of Commerce & Industry to Borough Hall

August 13, 2002

Statement of Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz Before the New York City Charter Revision Commission

August 9, 2002

Borough President Urges New York Stock Exchange to Move Second Trading Floor to Brooklyn

August 8, 2002

Borough President Helps to Announce the Greenest Block in Brooklyn

August 7, 2002

Borough President Marty Markowitz Celebrates Jamaica’s 40th Independence Day in Brooklyn

August 5, 2002

Borough President Announces More Than $6 Million in Funding for Brooklyn’s Parks

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July 29, 2002

Do You Have What It Takes to Make Brooklyn’s Best Egg Cream?

July 25, 2002

BP Announces More Than $2.1 Million in Funding for a Number of Important Economic Development Projects

July 24, 2002

Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz Welcomes Commissioner Bernadette Castro to Borough Hall

July 23, 2002

The Borough President Helps Brooklyn Seniors Go On Free Summer Bus Tours

July 17, 2002

eeeeBorough President Hosts Camp Brooklyn Day at Borough Hall

July 16, 2002

Borough President Launches Summer H.E.A.T. Job Program

July 8, 2002

eeeeBorough President Announces More Than $2.5 Million for Brooklyn Housing Development Fund

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June 28, 2002

Brooklyn Loses 82,655 Thousand Pounds During Lighten Up Brooklyn

June 26, 2002

Statement of Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz Before the
New York City Rent Guidelines Board

June 22, 2002

Statement by the Borough President about the FBI's Warning about Possible Attacks on Jewish Schools or Synagogues

June 14, 2002

BP Markowitz Welcomes Governor Pataki to Borough Hall 

June 14, 2002

The BP Wishes a Happy Father's Day to All the Dads in Brooklyn

June 11, 2002

BP President Marty Markowitz Celebrates the Brooklyn Cyclones and Launches the Inaugural Borough Cup

June 10, 2002

Statement by Borough President Marty Markowitz on Plans for Armed Patrols in Brooklyn

  June 6, 2002

The Brooklyn Borough President and Brooklyn College Host Important Conference on "The Future Of Brooklyn"

June 5, 2002

Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz Kicks Off Gay Pride Month at Borough Hall

June 4, 2002

Borough President Marty Markowitz Hosts Brooklyn's Congressional Delegation for an Important Policy Summit

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April 30, 2002

With Brooklyn's Assigned Risk Plan Auto Insurance Premiums Soaring by 30% After May 1st, BP Markowitz Calls on Brooklynites to Report Fraud, Asks Albany to Act Quickly on New Laws

April 17, 2002

Statement of Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz on the Mayor's Executive Budget Released Today

April 16, 2002

Brooklyn BP Marty Markowitz, Wearing Robe in Official Brooklyn
Colors of Blue and Gold, Weighs-In and Kicks-Off Eight Week
"Lighten Up Brooklyn" Program

April 10, 2002

Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz Kicks Off "Butt Out Brooklyn," Urges Brooklynites to Join Stop-Smoking Campaign

April 5, 2002

Statement of Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz to Brooklyn's Jewish and Arab Communities

April 4, 2002

Statement of Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz
Regarding Threats to the Shapiro Family

April 1, 2002

Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz Urges City Council, Mayor to Enact Legislation to Prevent Predatory Lending

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March 27, 2002

"Spread the Word" Campaign for New Child Tax Credit Refund
Kicked -Off in Bedford-Stuyvesant

March 22, 2002

Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz and Brooklyn State Legislators Discuss the Borough's State Legislative Agenda

March 15, 2002

Statement of Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz
on the Chancellor's Proposed School Construction Reductions

March 13, 2002

DOT to Implement Traffic Changes to Bartel Pritchard Square

March 12, 2002

Keyspan Donates Computers and Flat-Screen Monitors to
Brooklyn Borough Hall

March 6, 2002

Borough President Markowitz Urges MTA to Nix Flawed Proposal for Brooklyn-Manhattan LIRR Trains

March 4, 2002

From Senior Centers to Parks, Brooklynites Tell the Borough Board How City Budget Cuts Will Hurt Vital Services 

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February 26, 2002

At City Council Hearing, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz Urges School Governance Reforms to Ensure Accountability and Maximize Parent, Educator and Community Involvement in the Schools

February 21, 2002

Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz Begins Planning
Jewish Heritage Month

February 21, 2002

New York State Department of Insurance and Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz Establish the Brooklyn Automobile Insurance Task Force

February 15, 2002

Borough President Marty Markowitz Urges No East River Bridge Tolls

February 13, 2002

Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz Announces the Appointment of Ron Schweiger as Brooklyn Historian

February 7, 2002

Brooklyn Borough President Markowitz Hosts Meeting with Crown Heights Coalition

February 7, 2002

Brooklyn Borough President Markowitz Urges Brooklyn Residents to Apply for Positions on Community Boards

January 30, 2002

Statement of Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz on Mayor Bloomberg's State of the City Address

January 29, 2002

Brooklyn City Council Delegation and Borough President Markowitz Begin New Era of Collaboration and Partnership at Borough Hall Breakfast Today

January 25, 2002

Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz Calls for One-Year Delay in Community School Board Elections

January 21, 2002

Remarks of Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz at 2002 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Celebration

January 17, 2002

Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz Asks Brooklyn Residents for Their Ideas on Borough Hall Artwork

January 14, 2002

Statement of Borough President Marty Markowitz on the Anti-Gay Bias Shooting of Eric D. Miller