Full Board Meeting of Manhattan Community Board 4 (CB4): Wednesday, February 1, at 6:30pm via Zoom| CB4’s full membership meets on the first Wednesday of the month, with the lion’s share of the agenda devoted to reviewing the policy, protocol, and process suggestions contained in letters generated by its eight committees. (Many letters get majority vote approval, some are sent back to committee, and others are approved pending agreed-upon changes; rarely are they voted down.) As for the letters this time around: Of particular interest to our regular readers is a letter generated by the Waterfront, Parks, & Envoronment Committee at their January meeting. “Letter to NYC Parks re Potential Use of Chelsea Park for a Dog Run” if approved by the full board, will tell NYC Parks that CB4 supports its study of Chelsea Park and its current handball courts as a suitable location for an area dog run.” Aa proposed, three of the six courts would be used as the new home of a temporary Dog Run on W. 25th St. closed by CB4’s request due to noise compaints from nearby neighbors. Such complaints were a bone of contention with supporters of the Run, who were none too plesed to see it shut down last month. So supportive is WPE of the Chelsea Park scenario, they asked Parks to come to the Feb. 9 WPE meeting with visuals and fact and figures and plans, assuming this letter would be approved by the full board. For more info on the Feb. 9 WPE meeting–including how to register for this Zoom-only event, click here. For our most recent coverage of CB4/Penn South Dog Run, click here.

Other regular features of a Full Board gathering include reports by local elected officials or their reps, and the always interesting, often zesty, occasionally zany Public Session, which gives you the opportunity to speak before the board on any topic(s) of your choosing. Early sign-up to speak at the public session closes at 5pm on the day of the meeting. Those who do not sign up by 5pm can raise their virtual hands using the raise hand function through Zoom (*9 by phone) once the public session starts, with a 1-minute grace period. Sign up for the Public Session via https://tinyurl.com/FullBoardPS. Prior to the Public Session, the public has the opportunity to weigh in on two matters, in the Public Hearing section. That requires its own sign-up for a slot to speak, which you can do by clicking here. The topics are, first, the mayor’s preliminary budget for fiscal year 2024 and then, second, MCB4 comments on New York State Office of Cannabis Management regulations for adult use of cannabis. Get the meeting’s online access info via this Zoom Registration Link. Don’t want to register? View Live Stream via CB4’s excellent YouTube channel (which allows you to watch the proceedings, but not participate.). To attend via phone, dial 646-518-9805.