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My Brooklyn Story

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Channel: NYPD · 2016 · People & Blogs

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Connecting the NYPD with all Brooklynites through personal neighborhood stories
Police Commissioner James P. O’Neill and First Deputy Police Commissioner Benjamin Tucker joined the New York City Police Foundation and Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams at Borough Hall Wednesday to announce the official launch of the #MyBrooklynStory project, website, and a public competition.

With them was young people from the Brownsville, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Crown Heights, Red Hook, Ocean Hill, and Coney Island neighborhoods, all participants in #MyBrooklynStory, which has involved them in telling the stories of their respective neighborhoods through video, photos, essays, and other media.

Members of the public were invited to submit their Brooklyn stories. Brooklynites, young and old, can use the MyBrooklynStory.org website to submit essays, photos, videos, or another medium of their choice to tell their personal recollections about the borough. Submissions are due by February 17 and voting—open to people anywhere—closes March 3.

Every neighborhood has a history. Every block has a story. Working under the title of #MyBrooklynStory, young people from Brooklyn are sharing stories about their neighborhoods and how to improve them through community engagement. The students have delved deeply into the history and background of each neighborhood and its prominent figures, conducting research and interviewing their neighbors to develop their narratives.

The #MyBrooklynStory contest invites members of the public to join the students in submitting their Brooklyn stories. Brooklynites, young and old, can send the MyBrooklynStory.org website essays, photos, videos, or other media, telling their personal recollections about the borough. Submissions are due by February 17, 2017 and voting—open to people anywhere—closes March 3, 2017.

The event at Borough Hall included a trailer that provides a glimpse of the 14 stories, as well as several short #MyBrooklynStory video pieces as told by Commissioner O’Neill, Borough President Adams, and First Deputy Commissioner Tucker, all of whom are products of Brooklyn.

#MyBrooklynStory is a joint project among the young people, the New York City Police Foundation, and the NYPD, with support from the Brooklyn Borough President’s office, National Grid, the Brownsville Youth Court, and the Red Hook Community Justice Center, and the Brooklyn Nets.

Going forward, in partnership with the Police Foundation, the NYPD will be taking the overarching #MyNYCstory theme to the four remaining boroughs, with the Bronx up next.

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