Community Work
Jo Anne believes that communities need to be vocal and active participants in civic life. As community leader, and New York State committee woman, Jo Anne has worked hard to ensure the communities’ voices are heard on important issues, from land use and transportation to judicial reform and education.
Jo Anne is an active member of many advocacy, political and community organizations, including the National Employment Lawyers Association/NY, Brooklyn and New York City Bar Associations, the Gowanus Community Stakeholders Group, the Downtown Brooklyn Neighborhood Coalition, the Council of Brooklyn Neighborhoods, the New York Branch of the International Dyslexia Association, the Association on Higher Education and Disability, the Independent Neighborhood Democrats, the Central Brooklyn Independent Democrats, and the 504 Democrats – the country’s first political club dealing with issues affecting people with disabilities.
Below are some of the issues Jo Anne has addressed:
Contract with the Community and Community Statement of Needs.
Final testimony on the Downtown Brooklyn rezoning.
Executive Summary of the Report of the Gowanus Expressway Community Stakeholders’ Group.
Letter regarding 38 Water Street proposal.
Letter regarding Brooklyn Bridge Park.
Testimony on the rezoning of Greenpoint and Williamsburg.
Letter regarding judicial screening panel recommendations.
Testimony on the Atlantic Yards Draft Environmental Impact Statement.
Letter regarding the hearing on Atlantic Yards DEIS.
Letter to Governor Spitzer regarding 421-a Proposal.
Letter regarding the Burden of Proof in Special Education hearings.
