Carroll Gardens Association

DCWP’s Paid Care Worker Convening was a huge success! Caring for our most vulnerable New Yorkers is vital work. Thank you Delmi and Marsha for your hard work not just as caregivers, but as advocates for all workers.

As ICE continues to terrorize our cities, now more than ever we're showing up in solidarity. We each have a role to play in defending our immigrant neighbors, starting with the workers in our homes. Join us alongside our partners at @cga_npc and the Brooklyn Immigrant Support Network for an in-person training on how to take concrete action in support of immigrant domestic workers. When: Wednesday, January 22nd, 7-8:30pm Where: Old Stone House, 336 3rd St, Brooklyn, NY 11215 | Park Slope Together, we'll build the skills to: • Understand immigrant and domestic worker rights • Have courageous conversations that build trust and navigate power dynamics • Offer meaningful support and make your home and community a place of safety and solidarity RSVP: tinyurl.com/BKSanctuaryHomes or via link in bio 🔗 See you there! ✊ #SanctuaryHomes #ImmigrationDefense #ICEOutOfNYC #ICEOutForGood [Image description: Event announcement with the image of one hand holding another at the top center. On either side are the logos for Hand in Hand: The Domestic Employers Network, the Old Stone House, Carroll Gardens Association, and the Brooklyn Immigrant Support Network. Below that text reads: Sanctuary Homes & Communities | Join Hand in Hand, Carroll Gardens Association, and the Brooklyn Immigrant Support Network for a community training on how to take action in defense of immigrant communities. | Below that is a box to the left with text that reads: Wed, October 15th | 6:30 - 8:00pm | When: Wed, January 21st | 7:00 - 8:30pm | Where: Old Stone House | RSVP at the url below or via the QR code | To the right is a QR Code with an arrow pointing to it. At the bottom center text reads: RSVP: tinyurl.com/BKSanctuaryHomes]

Scenes from last week’s member assembly and celebration where we: - Reflected + shared feedback on our work together this year - Launched our new membership page - Introduced our neighborhood group organizing strategy for 2026 - Renewed our commitment to growing a multiracial base of domestic workers across NYC to win immigrant and worker justice - Celebrated each other and our partners that make all of our work possible!

Join Columbia Street Waterfront Association (CSWA) for a night of holiday fun reviving the tree lighting tradition at Human Compass Garden, corner of Sackett and Columbia Streets. There will be music, goodies and Santa at the garden. Then join us at Jalopy Tavern, 317 Columbia St for the afterparty! Thanks to our local heroes House of Pizza & Calzone @houseofpizzancalzone for sponsoring the tree, Brooklyn French Bakers @brooklynfrenchbakers_ for donating treats, Ben Fuller-Googins at CGA @cga_npc for all his help reserving the garden, and to Jalopy @jalopy.tavern for hosting the afterparty and for providing a ukulele Christmas chorus! UPDATE: We just heard from Poppy’s @poppysbrooklyn , and they were happy to donate! -2x mini chocolate chip cookie + GF brownie platters (80 pieces total). 🤗 We hope to see you all there! BTW, we hear Santa Claus 🎅 himself will be dropping by!!!

UPDATE: Special guest | ACTUALIZACIÓN: Invitado especial: @thenyic (Español abajo) NYC has a new mayor! Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani won last week's election with a working-class and pro-immigrant agenda. What could this mean for domestic workers in NYC? Join the @nyccoalition4dw TOMORROW, Tuesday, November 11th at 8pm EST for a Post NYC Mayoral Election Conversation. We'll discuss what to expect and what we need to do in this new political context. Zoom link to join: tinyurl.com/nycc4dwnov11 or via link in bio 🔗 Simultaneous interpretation will be available in English, Spanish and Nepali -- ¡NYC tiene un nuevo alcalde! El alcalde electo Zohran Mamdani ganó las elecciones la semana pasada con una agenda de clase trabajadora y pro-inmigrante. ¿Qué podría significar esto para las trabajadoras domésticas en NYC? Únete MAÑANA, martes 11 de noviembre a las 8pm EST para una Conversación Despues de las Elecciones a la Alcaldia de NYC. Hablaremos sobre qué esperar y qué debemos hacer en este nuevo contexto político. Enlace de Zoom para unirse: tinyurl.com/nycc4dwnov11 Habrá interpretación, simultánea al español, inglés y nepalí #CareForNYC [Image descriptions of event announcements in English and Spanish. ID 1: Event announcement graphic with a headshot of Zohran Mamdani. Text reads: POST NYC MAYORAL ELECTION CONVERSATION | Tuesday, November 11th 8:00-9:30pm EST | We have a new NYC Mayor! Zohran Mamdani has won this election with a working class and pro immigrant agenda. What does it mean for domestic workers in NYC? Let's start talking about what to expect and what we need to do in this new political context. | tinyurl.com/nycc4dwnov11 | SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETATION WILL BE AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH SPANISH AND NEPALI. | At the top right corner is the logo for NYC Coalition for Domestic Work. Image description continues in the comments below.]

At last week's Brooklyn Org Changemakers Ball, we uplifted the leaders in our Brooklyn Org 25 who are making housing justice real across the borough. Because when Brooklyn Backs Brooklyn, everyone can have a safe, stable place to call home. These incredible organizations are reshaping what housing security and belonging can look like in every neighborhood. Watch how these Brooklynites are building a home for all, and join us in supporting this critical work.

When Brooklyn Backs Brooklyn, every neighbor can have a safe, stable place to call home. Nonprofits across the borough are making that vision real by advancing housing justice, fighting displacement, and building pathways to affordability for all. We are proud to celebrate these champions at our Brooklyn Org Changemakers Ball on October 29 through The Brooklyn Org 25, our annual recognition of the borough’s dedicated nonprofit leaders. This year, we are recognizing the following leaders from The Brooklyn Org 25 who are champions for housing: - Gregory Anderson, Bridge Street Development Corporation - Hannah Anousheh, East New York Community Land Trust - Makeela Brathwaite, Grow Brooklyn - Michelle de la Uz, Fifth Avenue Committee - Ashley Eberhart, Unlock NYC - Ben Fuller-Googins, Carroll Gardens Association - Olivia Leirer, New York Communities for Change - Brenda Rosen, Breaking Ground 🏠 Learn more and join us to celebrate The Brooklyn Org 25 on October 29 at brooklyn.org/ball

We’re building solidarity and sanctuary, one conversation at a time. This is what community support looks like in Brooklyn and Queens. This past weekend we came together to discuss: • How domestic employers can help protect the workers in their homes • Ways we can ALL show up for our immigrant neighbors right now. • Knowing Your Rights with ICE Huge thank you to @emmastorchfood and @freedomtoreadqueens for hosting us, and @cga_npc for being incredible partners in this work! Together, we’re stronger. Together, we’re building #SanctuaryHomes and communities. 🫶 #ICEOutOfNYC #CommunityDefense [Image descriptions of a carousel of photos from two workshops. ID 1: White woman wearing glasses and a red dress, standing with a Latine woman wearing a green Hand in Hand t-shirt. Both smiling widely. ID 2: A stack of Sanctuary Homes zines on top of a table in the foreground, in the background are a group of multiracial and multiethnic people seated at tables looking at a a large projection screen with a slide that reads: “Fair Pay.” ID 3: Three people seated around a small table looking at pamphlets and talking. ID 4: Four people seated and in conversation. ID 5: Five people seated around a small table in discussion. ID 6: A Latine person speaking into a microphone in front of a stage, another Latine person to one side of her and long tables behind them with posters that read: Free Speech Ain’t Free. ID 7: A group of people, and a child, sitting around long tables, listening to a presentation with a screen on one end with a slide that reads: Know Your Rights with ICE. ID 8: A cork board hanging from a wall, half of the cork board has posters on it that read: ICE OF OF NYC, ICE Has No Place In My Home, I Support Immigrant Domestic Workers, and Immigrants Make America Great.]

Brooklyn: Our neighbors need us NOW! Immigrant domestic workers and community members are under attack—but together we can stand in active solidarity. 🤝 Join us and our partners at @cga_npc , and the Brooklyn Immigrant Support Network to learn how you can take action in your home and community. Whether you employ a nanny, house cleaner, or home care worker, or you’re an ally to our immigrant community members, this training is for you! When: Friday, October 3rd | 7:00 - 8:30pm Where: Emma’s Torch RSVP via the QR code or link in bio 🔗 #SanctuaryHomes Image description: Event announcement with the image of one hand holding another at the top center. On either side are the logos for Hand in Hand: The Domestic Employers Network and the Carroll Gardens Association. Below that text reads: Sanctuary Homes & Communities | Join Hand in Hand, Carroll Gardens Association, and the Brooklyn Immigrant Support Network for a community training on how to take action in defense of immigrant communities | Below that is a box to the left with text that reads: When: Fri, October 3rd | 7:00 - 8:30pm | Where: Emma’s Torch | RSVP at the link below or via the QR code | To the right is a QR Code with an arrow pointing to it. At the bottom center text reads: RSVP: [tinyurl.com/SanctuaryBK.]

STATEMENT: EIGHT MEMBERS OF THE BROOKLYN MARINE TERMINAL TASK FORCE VOTE AGAINST THE EDC PROPOSAL @mmitaynes @joannesimonforbrooklyn @redhookbiz @nyc_eja @cga_npc

We want to extend our heartfelt thanks to the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection @hellodcwp , especially Commissioner Mayuga and the incredible team behind her, for their unwavering support of domestic workers and hard-working community members. For the past two months we were reached out more than 350 workers across NYC giving information about their rights. Your leadership and commitment help ensure that the workers who care for our children, clean our homes, and support our families are seen, valued, and protected. 💙💛🩷 The work you do uplifts the dignity of labor and strengthens the power of organizing. We are honored to stand beside you in the fight for fairness and respect for all. Thank you for believing in our work and standing with domestic workers in Carroll Gardens and beyond!✊🏽 #ThankYouDCWP #WorkerPower #DomesticWorkers #EssentialNotExpendable #CarrollGardens #DignityAtWork #CommissionerMayuga #NYCWorkers #OrganizeForJustice #cgna

STATEMENT FROM TEN MEMBERS OF THE BROOKLYN MARINE TERMINAL TASK FORCE ON TODAY’S VOTE POSTPONEMENT We have participated in the BMT Task Force in good faith, hoping that our engagement would shape a forward-thinking and equitable vision for our waterfront. Our goal from the beginning has been to get to a “yes,” and we remain committed to that outcome. Unfortunately, to-date many of our concerns with the Economic Development Corporation’s (EDC’s) proposal for the site have gone unaddressed. Today, we were prepared to cast our votes against the plan. However, the final vote has now been postponed. We intend to work with the community and our colleagues to develop a clear set of changes we will need to move forward come this autumn. The community’s trust must be rebuilt. The EDC’s current plan lacks meaningful solutions to serious issues—transportation impacts, water and sewer and infrastructure capacity, disruption to existing businesses, and the perils of building in a flood zone. The absence of transportation and sewer studies to assess the proposal’s impacts and the lack of data to support the feasibility of the project is alarming. The proposal does not fulfill the salient goal of transforming the BMT into “a harbor of the future” with manufacturing jobs and robust maritime opportunities. We believe in a future of a working waterfront that centers people, sustainability, and justice. Our communities deserve better—and we will keep fighting until they get it. Signed, (in alphabetical order by last name) Council Member Alexa Avilés Eddie Bautista, Executive Director, NYC-Environmental Justice Alliance Ben Fuller-Googins, Executive Director, Carroll Gardens Association Hank Guttman Council Member Shahana Hanif Assemblymember Marcela Mitaynes Susan Povich, Principal Officer, Red Hook Business Alliance Borough President Antonio Reynoso Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon Jim Tampakis, Founder, Brooklyn Marine Spares International