The BQE Community Visioning Council (CVC) will advise NYC DOT and its consultants on engagement content and strategies, meet on a regular basis throughout the visioning process to discuss emerging concerns, plan for future engagement, process information from previous engagement, and share feedback. Members will act as ambassadors from their communities to NYC DOT to advise on the engagement process and support communication between NYC DOT and broader constituencies. NYC DOT will include one representative per organization. Members will be responsible for communicating updates to their own constituencies while also transmitting input back to NYC DOT and the consultant teams. The CVC will work in partnership with the City to ensure an effective, responsive, and equitable visioning process for participants.
BQE Community Visioning Council Membership:
- Aldona Vaiciunas, Vinegar Hill Neighborhood Association
- Amy Breedlove, Cobble Hill Association
- Basha Gerhards, Real Estate Board of New York
- Belinda Cape, Downtown Brooklyn Partnership
- Daniela Castillo, El Puente
- Danny Pearlstein, Riders Alliance
- Darold Burgess, NYCHA Ingersoll
- Denise Keehan-Smith, Chairperson, Friends of QNS
- Dina Rabiner, Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce
- Doug Gordon, Community Board 2
- Eliza Perkins, Brooklyn Bridge Park
- Elizabeth Denys, Open New York
- Filippa Grisafi, Express Bus Advocate, Staten Island
- Frances Brown, NYCHA Red Hook East Tenant Association
- Geoffrey Salvatore, Dumbo Action Committee
- Jack Walsh, Arts Consultant & former Executive Producer, Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival
- Jay Anderson, Staten Island Economic Development Corporation
- John de Looper, Community Board 7
- Julie Sharpton, NYCHA Whitman
- Kalvis Mikelsteins, Dumbo BID
- Karen Nieves, Evergreen Exchange
- Kate Chura, Montague BID
- Kathy Park Price, Transportation Alternatives
- Katie Denny Horowitz, North Brooklyn Parks Alliance
- Kelly Carroll, Atlantic Avenue BID
- Kevin Garcia, NYC Environmental Justice Alliance
- Lara Birnback, Brooklyn Heights Association
- Lawrence Stelter, Community Board 10
- Lenny Singletary, Community Board 2
- Marilynn Donini, St. Ann's Warehouse
- Mary Hetteix, Arab American Association of NY
- Michelle De La Uz, Fifth Avenue Committee
- Mitchel Wu, Chinese-American Planning Council
- Patrick Killackey, North Heights Neighbors
- Patrick McClellan, New York League of Conservation Voters
- Samuel M Stern, United Jewish Organizations of Williamsburg and North Brooklyn
- Sara Ostolaza, NYU Langone
- Shaina Horowitz, New Lab
- Thomas McMahon, 360 Furman
- Zach Miller, Trucking Association of New York