BP Markowitz News

On Saturday, April 17, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz will join Megan Kerrigan of Marine Park at Brooklyn Borough Hall as hundreds of free couture prom dresses are distributed to deserving high school girls. Kerrigan has been handing out donated dresses since 2001, and this is the first time the event has been held in her home borough of Brooklyn. Kerrigan expects more than 1,700 girls from 35 Brooklyn schools and beyond to attend.

On Saturday, April 17, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz will join Megan Kerrigan of Marine Park at Brooklyn Borough Hall as hundreds of free couture prom dresses are distributed to deserving high school girls. Kerrigan has been handing out donated dresses since 2001, and this is the first time the event has been held in her home borough of Brooklyn. Kerrigan expects more than 1,700 girls from 35 Brooklyn schools and beyond to attend.

Today the NYC Department of Parks and Recreation released a Request for Expressions of Interest in the operation of a 5,000-seat performing arts facility to be located at site of the historic bandshell in Asser Levy Park, which will be upgraded as part of the major Asser Levy Park rehabilitation project.

On Thursday, March 18, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz and Deputy Borough President Yvonne Graham hosted the annual Women's Herstory Induction Ceremony and Reception at Brooklyn Borough Hall. The event honors women in Brooklyn who have excelled in the arts, sciences, business and public service.

Beginning today, Monday, March 15, Dine in Brooklyn patrons will have the opportunity to contribute to Share the Table, a fundraising campaign with the New York City Coalition Against Hunger (NYCCAH).

On Monday, March 15, Dine in Brooklyn, an initiative of Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz and Best of Brooklyn, Inc., will officially kick off eleven days of more than 200 Brooklyn restaurants serving up three-course dinner menus for just $25, three-course lunches for $20.10 and even some 'two for the price of one' deals at participating restaurants (list below).

Phoenix House, the nation's leading non-profit provider of substance abuse and prevention services, today announces the opening of the Beyoncé Cosmetology Center at the Phoenix House Career Academy. A residential treatment program with a fully equipped vocational training center on site, the Career Academy, located in Brooklyn, NY, guides students as they work toward their professional and personal goals. Adding a new track to the Career Academy's vocational programs, the Beyoncé Cosmetology Center will offer a seven-month cosmetology training course for adult men and women. As Beyoncé is a spokesperson for L'Oréal Paris, the company is generously providing all makeup, skin care, and hair care products.

On Tuesday, March 2, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz hosted a press 'tasting' at Brooklyn Borough Hall to officially announce the seventh annual 'Dine in Brooklyn' event (March 15 - March 25) featuring nearly 200 of Brooklyn's best eateries serving up three-course dinner menus for just $25, three-course lunches for $20.10 and even some 'two for the price of one' deals at participating restaurants (list below).

On February 3, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz announced at his annual State of the Borough Address that Tina Chang of Park Slope has been named the new poet laureate of Brooklyn.