Scott Stringer for Manhattan Borough President

Manhattan Borough President Scott M. Stringer is joined today by NYC Parks & Recreation Manhattan Borough Commissioner Bill Castro and noted Rosarian Stephen Scanniello, president of the Heritage Rose Foundation, to break ground on the nation’s first official “Heritage Rose District” in West Harlem and Southern Washington Heights.

Borough President Stringer said, “Today, we’re re-introducing some native New Yorkers with deep roots back into West Harlem and Washington Heights. Having this area become known as the nation’s first Heritage Rose District will bring a big dose of flower power to a place of rich cultural and historical significance.”

Today, Manhattan Borough President Scott M. Stringer was joined by Commissioner Nazli Parvizi of the Mayor's Community Assistance Unit, Senior Vice Chancellor Jay Hershenson of the City University of New York (CUNY), and elected officials citywide to announce the Community Planning Fellowship Program, launched four years ago by Borough President Stringer, is now branching out beyond Manhattan.

Stringer created the Community Planning Fellowship Program when he took office in 2006 to support community-based planning activities by Manhattan’s twelve community boards.  Each fall, the program places top urban planning graduate students in the offices of community boards to work on pressing planning concerns such as zoning, development and quality of life.  In addition to urban planning students, the fellowship is open to students of architecture, urban design, historic preservation, real estate development, and other urban disciplines.

Manhattan Borough President Scott M. Stringer is joining with MFY Legal Services to provide free legal employment consultation on job-related problems to low-income, immigrant workers. Translation services will be made available, upon advance request. 

Thursday, October 1, 2009 (New York, NY) - Manhattan Borough President Scott M. Stringer, joined by a coalition of elected officials including City Council Environmental Protection Committee Chair James F. Gennaro and top environmental advocates, today demanded that the State environmental agency’s plan for natural gas drilling be modified to include an outright ban on drilling in the Catskill / Delaware watershed, which supplies 90 percent of New York City’s drinking water.

In addition, the Borough President announced the launch of “Kill the Drill,” a campaign by city residents to voice opposition to any hydraulic fracturing in the city’s upstate watershed. Borough President Stringer also said that he had received the Governor’s commitment that a public hearing on the matter will be held in New York City sometime during the period for public comment on the drilling plan.