Ultimately, all city budget and personnel issues are supervised by the city’s legal department and offices of Management and Budget and Citywide Administrative Services, according to the representative.Įxecutive committee members at the Sept. “ He has also been exercising his other Charter powers to support community boards in their public service by providing trainings and resources, and connecting them with the appropriate City agencies.” “Utilizing his powers, Borough President Reynoso has been reforming boards by ensuring they’re diverse and truly representative of the communities they serve in his standards for appointment and re-appointment since assuming office earlier this year,” a spokesperson for the beep told Brooklyn Paper. File photo courtesy Office of the Brooklyn Borough President Board members are hoping Reynoso can step in to help fill the position at least temporarily.
Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso pledged to revitalize and reform Brooklyn’s community boards, and CB1 is hoping his office can help them out as they face eight months without a district manager. “We have this charter and we can’t do what it says because the Brooklyn borough president’s office won’t let us do it.”īrooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso has pledged to reform and revitalize community boards, especially in ensuring the advisory boards, which represent local politics on the smallest scale, are more representative of the neighborhoods they represent. “Everything with the borough president’s office - they’re not responding, I feel there’s something missing here, there’s something broken, and it’s frustrating for me,” said CB1 recording secretary Sonia Iglesias. Asking the Brooklyn borough president for help That’s true, Fuller said, but none of that can be done without the borough president’s office. Other community boards have hired and fired their district managers, written up job descriptions, screened candidates, and recommended finalists to the borough president’s office. The salary that had been allocated for Esposito cannot be used to hire a new district manager, Fuller said, it has to be used to pay out the money still owed to Esposito.Īccording to the city charter, the board is allowed to appoint district managers, said Stephen Chesler, board member and chair of the Environmental Protection Committee. “I reached out to the borough president’s office, and due to budget constraints, we can’t do anything with that position until the fiscal year is over in July 2023,” she said. No matter who is going to take over, it will probably be a while before any decisions can be made, Fuller said at a Sept. “She knows all of the policies and procedures, she knows all of the city programs, passport, all of the purchasing programs, and she would be an excellent candidate for district manager,” Esposito said. She received a salary increase, but not a new title. The board had previously voted to make Pulgarin an assistant district manager, but the request was rejected by the Mayor’s Office of Management and Budget, Esposito said. CB1 may be without a district manager for the next eight months, if they are not able to get funding to hire a replacement for Esposito. The District Manager is responsible for managing the board’s day-to-day operations and facilitating regular board meetings. A crowded Community Board 1 meeting in January 2020. In the meantime, Johana Pulgarin, the board’s community associate, will be the only staff member running the office. She had not heard anything from the borough president’s office as of Aug.
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