HOW’S BROOKLYN? BP Antonio Reynoso delivers 2024 State of the Borough Address

JAY STREET — Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso last night delivered his second State of the Borough address, during which he announced Borough Hall as a satellite Asylum Application Help Center supporting up to 180 undocumented people applying for work authorizations each week. Reynoso looked back at 2023’s accomplishments — such as the launch of The Comprehensive Plan for Brooklyn, the largest borough-specific planning effort ever in our city’s history — as well as the challenges that lie ahead. Emphasizing strained city services and widespread need, Borough President Reynoso called for Brooklyn to get “back to basics,” with a focus on ensuring residents are housed, healthy, and supported. Deputy Borough President Reverend Kim Council performed the event’s invocation, and Attorney General Letitia James, NYC Comptroller Brad Lander, and NYC Public Advocate Jumaane Williams provided special remarks.

“We are a city that does not make excuses. No matter the circumstances we are born into, no matter the challenges we face, we show up for this city and we deliver on the dreams of opportunity from which New York was born,” said Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso. “We do not fearmonger. We do not pit those with little against those with less. No matter how hard it is, New Yorkers get to work. We figure it out. These difficult times call for us to get back to basics: the basics of good governance and the basics of Brooklyn, which means never giving up, never making excuses, and never abandoning our neighbors.”

A year after Borough President Reynoso invited government partners to use Brooklyn Borough Hall to aid in addressing the...