Full Agenda: 2025-04-01

PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE

Health, Environment & Social Services Committee

Committee
Brandon Smith (Chair), Nicole McKnight (Vice Chair),
Members:
Jessica Thurston (Secretary), Emily Anadu, Alvin Browne, Akosua Cobb, Monique Cumberbatch, Kyiesha Kelly, Jeffrey Ryan

The next meeting of the Committee will be held as follows:

Tuesday, April 01, 2025 @ 6:00 PM

350 Jay St / 8th Floor Conference Room

AGENDA

  1. Welcome & Review of BKCB2 Meeting Protocols
  2. Roll Call & Introduction of Committee Members
  3. Adoption of this Agenda
  4. Adoption of the March 2025 Minutes

  5. PUBLIC DISCUSSION and Q&A:
    NYC Dept of Environmental Protection (NYC DEP) - Flooding 101

    Drisana Hughes; Brooklyn Borough Commissioner (NYC DEP)

    Informational; no Board Action needed

    DEP will present a brief overview of what the DEP does and how the NYC sewer system works, before sharing details about the types of flooding that can occur in NYC, the best ways to mitigate flooding in our homes and communities, and the various tools that the NYC DEP has implemented, such as green infrastructure investments, porous pavement, floodnet sensors, and more.

  6. PUBLIC DISCUSSION and Q&A:
    Reducing Single-Use Plastics & BkSWAB Updates

    Rhonda Keyser; Brooklyn Solid Waste Advisory Board (BkSWAB) Chair and Cafeteria Culture Program & Policy Director

    Informational; no Board Action needed

    The Brooklyn Solid Waste Advisory Board (BkSWAB) is a volunteer citizens' advisory board helping our borough contribute to NYC's 2030 Zero Waste goals.

    Cafeteria Culture (CafCu) is a national environmental education nonprofit that centers school cafeterias as robust student action hubs to address food waste, plastic pollution, and other climate issues. Among its accomplishments, CafCu catalyzed the elimination of styrofoam trays from NYC's public schools in 2015, produced the award-winning film Microplastic Madness in 2019, and initiated Plastic Free Lunch Day in 2022.

  7. PUBLIC REVIEW and COMMITTEE ACTIONS:

    For Recommendation to NY State Office of Cannabis Management (OCM)

  8. PUBLIC REVIEW and COMMITTEE ACTIONS:

    For Recommendation to the NY State Liquor Authority (SLA)

    For Recommendation to the SLA for DOT Dining Out NYC

    Eligible for Automatic Waiver of Local Review by District Office

    n. 848 Fulton

    Samyan - WBC - Early Closure

    o. 445 Albee

    Harlem Seafood Soul - WBC - Umbrella Operator

  9. Committee Chairperson's Report
    B. Smith

  10. New Committee Business

  11. Community Forum
  12. Adjourn