I'm happy to welcome you to the First Precinct Community Council. Myself and all the men and women in this command are focused on improving the quality of life and public safety in our precinct. We encourage everyone in the community to join us at our monthly meetings so we can hear your issues and concerns and find solutions.
I look forward to working with you.
I want to welcome everyone who lives and works in the First Precinct. Our community is diverse and vibrant and experiencing tremendous growth. With that comes challenges as our neighborhoods become more residential and some become true 24/7. The First Precinct has addressed those challenges and worked hard to improve the quality of life and public safety.
The First Precinct Community Council is our vehicle for working directly with the men and women of our precinct and provides a monthly dialogue with our Commanding Officer and his Team. We can achieve real results for our whole community but it's up to you participate. Please join us at our monthly meetings. It's important to hear form everyone about what's working and what needs our attention. I look forward to seeing you.
Please join us for our next meeting on Thursday, September 25, 2008 at 6:30 p.m.
Location:
1st Precinct
16 Ericsson Place, New York, NY, 10013
(212) 334-0611
Click to browse the photo gallery from our National Night Out event.
Photos © MaryRose Devine 2008, photosdevine@aol.com
NYS Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver presenting proclamation to the Commanding Officer of the 1st Precinct, Deputy Inspector Anthony Bologna and Anthony Notaro, 1st Precinct Community Council President.
Reprinted from Downtown Express, Volume 21, Number 13 | The Newspaper of Lower Manhattan | AUGUST 8 - 14, 2008
California resident Jared Townley 7, said hello to Sgt. Kevin Brady and Lt. Freddy, a police horse named for Lt. Federico Navarez, who was killed in the line of duty 12 years ago, above. They were out for the First Precinct's National Night Out event Tuesday in Zuccotti Park. Deputy Inspector Anthony Bologna spoke with Pat Moore, chairperson of Community Board 1's Quality of Life Committee, center. Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver spoke with Marvin Markus and his son Ethan, 12. (Downtown Express photos by Jefferson Siegel)
By Sisi Wei
Residents and officers of the First Precinct ate cookies and drank tea together at Zuccotti Park on Liberty and Church Sts. for the National Night Out's 25th anniversary event on Tues., Aug. 5. The First Precinct Community Council organized the event.
Held in previous years at Duane Park in Tribeca, the community council moved the event to Zuccotti this year to increase exposure to the community and to highlight the Financial District's growing population. The bigger location also caught passerby such as Anthony Delmar, a resident of New Jersey who stopped by to grab some food and look at the booths.
"It's good to give information out," he said while holding a muffin, a cup of tea, and multiple pamphlets. "People can always use more information."
National Night Out hosted booths from organizations such as the auxiliary police officers, Downtown's Community Emergency Response Teams, and the New York City Police Museum, and provided informational pamphlets on each organization as well as general safety tips for residents and businesses.
"[National Night Out] gives us the opportunity to reach out to the community," said Nancy Tran, the developing and marketing director for the New York City Police Museum. "Kids from low-income families may not have positive interactions with the police and this gives them a chance to see the officers in a different setting." The event ran from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., providing those at the event opportunities to speak with any of the 20 to 30 police officers present. At about 7:45 p.m., New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver addressed the crowd.
"I am really proud to see so many people here," he said. "All of us together are [the police officers'] eyes and ears and working together will make our community safer. It's not the politicians who are making the streets safer, it's the police."
Afterward, State Senator Martin Connor delivered a similar message.
"Think back 25 years ago. The concept was people should come out in the evening because it wasn't safe to come out," he said. "Look at where we are now. We owe it to our police officers and to the people who...have faith in our police officers to protect us."
And Phyllis Marcus has seen the difference personally.
"I used to work in the neighborhood many years ago and it's definitely changed for the better," said Marcus, a resident of Chelsea, who came to the event with her husband and two sons, who used to attend school in Lower Manhattan. Marcus said because many people might work but not live in the area, National Night Out gives them important information about local police resources.
"It's real necessary that everyone, [police officers and community members] is on the same track," said Alexander Gonzalez, an auxiliary police officer from the First Precinct. "It made me feel good to see cooperation from the community. As a team we can get real far."
Deputy Inspector Anthony Bologna, the First Precinct's commander, Anthony Notaro, president of the community council, and Liz Berger, president of the Downtown Alliance, also attended.