Here’s What’s Happening This Week and Beyond (in order of appearance):

Event of the Week / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / NYS Assemblymember Tony Simone’s Winter Coat Drive / Policy Perspectives: The Future of Penn Station / Community Needs Assessment Survey /

PREPARING FOR ICE: CANVASS OF CHELSEA AND HELL’S KITCHEN BUSINESSES / Saturday, November 22 / Training from 2:30pm to 3pm; Canvassing from 3pm to 5pm / Location Provided Upon RSVP | This community canvassing event will educate local business owners and managers about constitutional rights and how to protect employees and customers during an ICE raid. See the below event flyer for more info. To RSVP, click here. Questions? Email manhattan Community Board 4 District Manager Jesse Greenwald at J.Greenwald14@gmail.com.

Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea: Saturdays Through December 20, 9am to 2pm, West 23rd St. off 9th Ave. | A Chelsea staple for over a decade, this high-quality, well-curated market brings together local farmers and area food and crafts makers using locally sourced ingredients. Just as dependable as the goods on sale: Down to Earth’s weekly ENewsletter, whose Chelsea-specific version arrives on Thursdays via email, previewing each week’s featured participants and providing recipes whose main ingredients can be purchased fresh from market vendors. For more info, including how to sign up for that newsletter, click here.

NYS Assemblymember Tony Simone’s Winter Coat Drive | Now through December 1, Tony Simone’s office is accepting new and gently used winter coats, hats, gloves, and scarves to help those in need. You can drop off donations at Tony’s district office: Monday through Friday, 10am to 4pm at 214 W 29th St, Suite 1401. Questions? Call 212-807-7900 or send an email to jimenezy@nyassemnly.gov. 

A Conversation About the Future of Penn Station: Monday, November 24, 5pm Online via Zoom | NYC Council Member Erik Bottcher–whose District 3 coverage area includes Chelsea–presents another installment of Policy Perspectives, a free online forum that finds the Council Member in conversation with “leaders and experts who are shaping the future of our city.” The future of Penn Station is the topic this time around, and the guest is transportation expert Andy Byford (currently serving as Special Advisor to the Amtrak Board of Directors on the redevelopment of Penn Station). Attendees won’t be consigned to the sidelines–they’ll have the opportunity to ask questions. To attend this free, registration-required event, click here.

Take the NYC Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD) Community Needs Assessment Survey | This collection of feedback gives NewYorkers the chance to shape the future of their neighborhoods by identifying what City programs and services are needed the most. Happening now through November (and possibly further into the fall), the online survey takes about 10 minutes to complete. ”Your answers,” the DYCD assures, “are confidential and anonymous and will be used only for program planning.” To take the survey, click here.

—Compiled by Scott Stiffler

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