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Assemblywoman Maritza Davila Provides $250,000 to START Treatment & Recovery Center on Myrtle Avenue in Bushwick

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Brooklyn, NY – On Monday, December 18, Assemblywoman Davila presented a $250,000 check to START Treatment and Recovery Center. This capital funding will be allocated towards START’s facility to reconstruct and upgrade the foundation at their Bushwick...

Third Year of North Brooklyn Holiday Giveback Brings Holiday Relief to Long-time & New Residents

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Brooklyn, NY – This holiday season will be particularly challenging for area families, as food costs are up 15% from last year (the largest single-year increase in 40 years). With 1.6 million New Yorkers struggling this season to put food on the table,...

Hard-Hit North Brooklyn Families to Receive Holiday Relief on December 22, 2020 from a Broad Coalition of NYC Nonprofits, Businesses & Civic Leaders

Brooklyn – With winter holidays arriving during a year of public health and economic challenges, area food pantries are finding their cupboards bare and the demand for food essentials is 10 times that of prior years. In year’s past, the North Brooklyn...

The Process Is Failing Our Children: Parents Rally in Frustration with the Lack of Safety and Resources

Brooklyn, NY – On Tuesday, October 14, Assemblywoman Maritza Davila, District Leader Samuel Nemir Olivares, local elected representatives and parents held a Press Conference early morning at P.S. 116 to bring to light the lack of transparence and resources...

Assemblywoman Davila, Senator Salazar and Communities Resist Held an Immediate Press Conference to Stand Against Tenant Harassment

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Brooklyn, NY – On Saturday, August 8th Assemblywoman Maritza Davila, Senator Julia Salazar and Communities Resist held an Immediate Press Conference at 181 Palmetto Street in Brooklyn to bring awareness on Ms. Tasha Rose Tenant Harassment Case. She...

Assemblywoman Maritza Davila, Senator Julia Salazar, Councilman Antonio Reynoso, United Revival Mennonite Church and Somos Community Care

Brooklyn, NY – Assemblywoman Davila gathered local elected representatives Senator Salazar, Councilman Reynoso along with United Revival Mennonite Church and Somos Community Care together this Thursday morning for a press conference to announce the...

Successful First Annual Puerto Rican Day Parade on Knickerbocker Avenue

Brooklyn, NY – On Sunday, June 9, 2019, community partners organized and held the First Annual Puerto Rican Day Parade on Knickerbocker Avenue in Bushwick. Many years ago, community members would often finish the Puerto Rican Day Parade in Manhattan...

Assemblywoman Maritza Davila Called All Local Elected Officials and Community Partners to Address the Recent Domestic Violence in Bushwick, Brooklyn

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Brooklyn, NY – Tuesday evening on the corner of Wyckoff Avenue and Menahan Street, Assemblywoman Maritza Davila along with the mourning family of Sade Sanchez – gathered with local elected officials, residents and community partners to spread awareness...

Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez, Assemblywoman Maritza Davila, Senator Martin Dilan, Councilman Antonio Reynoso and Grand Street Settlement Joined Together to Combat Gun-Violence at Bushwick Houses Residents: Take Back Our Community Day

Assemblywoman Davila, representative of the 53rd assembly district in partnership with Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez, Councilman Antonio Reynoso, Senator Martin Dilan and Grand Street Settlement joined together on Friday, May 18th with Bushwick Houses...

Assemblywoman Maritza Davila and Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman’s Office: Tenant Harassment Discussion

          Assemblywoman Davila, representative of the 53rd assembly district, in partnership with Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman’s Office brought the Bushwick community together on Wednesday, April 11, 2018 to raise an important discussion...
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