Monday, August 1, 2022

First, New York State & New York City have declared monkeypox a public health emergency. NYC has about a quarter of the country's monkeypox cases.

First, New York State & New York City have declared monkeypox a public health emergency. NYC has about a quarter of the country's monkeypox cases. On the Covid-19 front, statistics indicate that being vaccinated is the best way to avoid ending up among the over 300 deaths across our state in the last two weeks. So remember, visit vax4nyc.nyc.gov or vax4nyc.nyc.gov/monkeypox and make an appointment to get vaccinated.

Second, speed cameras will now operate 24/7. Before today, they had only been in effect on weekdays from 6 AM until 10 PM. The expansion of speed cameras is something we've long supported, and you may notice in the press coverage, our CB6 Transportation Chair, Eric McClure, is quoted.

Third, if you want an absentee ballot for the upcoming primary elections, you have until Monday, August 8th, to request it. Go to vote.nyc to find out more. Speaking of the forthcoming primaries, there will be a virtual candidate forum for the 10th congressional district this Sunday, August 7th. Register for the forum at bit.ly/ny10aug7.



I'll stop here and suggest scrolling and finding out further information. But, no matter what you do, enjoy the rest of your day.

This is the web archive of a newsletter originally sent by email to Brooklyn Community Board 6 subscribers on Monday, August 1, 2022. The email edition may contain additional event listings and links.