Community Alerts 2.8.22

Get Tested, Vaccinated & Boosted for COVID-19

COVID-19 is still a major concern for individual and public health. It is important to stay safe, get tested, and get vaccinated or boosted if you're eligible. People 5 and older are eligible for vaccination and vaccine booster shots are now authorized for everyone 12 and older who is fully vaccinated. Click here to find a COVID-19 testing site and here for a COVID-19 vaccination site.

Submit Testimony on the Permanent Open Restaurants Text Amendment

The New York City Council's Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection and the Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises is holding a hearing today on the Permanent Open Restaurants Text Amendment and an accompanying Introduction. Testimony may be submitted up to 72 hours after the hearing is adjourned on the New York City Council’s website. Click here to submit testimony, and visit council.nyc.gov/livestream/ to view a recording of the hearing. 

TONIGHT: Fire Prevention & Preparedness Workshop

Join City Council Member Erik Bottcher and the New York City Fire Department for a virtual fire prevention and preparedness workshop tonight at 6:00pm. RSVP here.

Alternate Side Parking Suspended 2.12.22

Alternate Side Parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended Saturday, February 12 for Abraham Lincoln's Birthday. Meters will remain in effect. Click here to download the NYCASP calendar.

Virtual Training on Expanded Tax Credits 2.15.22

On Tuesday, February 15 at 10:00am, the NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection’s Office of Financial Empowerment is hosting a virtual training on the expanded tax credits for 2022. The training will focus on how to sign up clients for tax prep, the services available through NYC Free Tax Prep, how to access and refer to them, and the tax credits that were expanded for tax season 2022. Sign up here.

Free Online Hearing Screenings

The Center for Hearing and Communication is offering free five-minute online hearing screenings. Click here to complete a screening.

Build the Block Sector A Virtual Meeting 2.17.22

Rat Academy 2.28.22

Join the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene for a Rat Academy Virtual Training to learn about rat prevention methods on Monday, February 28 at 4:00pm. Click here to RSVP.