build sensory rooms<\/a> at District 75 elementary school sites across Brooklyn, beginning with 18 schools serving students with significant disabilities.<\/p>\n\u201cAs a father to a child with autism, I know just how important sensory rooms are for the students who need them,\u201d Reynoso said. \u201cSensory rooms help students regulate, focus, and reset so they can stay engaged in their learning.\u201d<\/p>\n
District 75 programs serve students with autism, cognitive delays, and other specialized needs. The new funding brings the borough president\u2019s total school-related investments to $76 million.<\/p>\n
Immigration Initiative Expands Outreach And Legal Resources <\/p>\n
Reynoso introduced \u201cOur City, Our Sanctuary,\u201d a campaign combining in-person outreach with a digital hub offering legal resources and reporting tools for discrimination and misconduct. <\/p>\n
The program will include Know Your Rights and immigration enforcement awareness trainings across Brooklyn.<\/p>\n
The initiative follows the borough\u2019s earlier effort to open Borough Hall as a satellite asylum application help center, which officials said assisted nearly 6,000 people in applying for work authorization.<\/p>\n
New Borough Historian Named <\/p>\n
Reynoso appointed Asad Dandia as Brooklyn\u2019s borough historian, succeeding Ron Schweiger.<\/p>\n
Dandia, a Brooklyn native and educator, teaches city history at CUNY Guttman Community College and works as a guide at the Museum of the City of New York.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have been a loyal Brooklynite since the day I was born,\u201d Dandia said. \u201cTo be tasked with preserving, interpreting, and shepherding the history of the County of Kings is a privilege and honor.\u201d<\/p>\n
Student Design Highlights Brooklyn Identity <\/p>\n
Reynoso also announced the winner of the borough\u2019s first pin design competition, selecting a submission by a South Brooklyn student that features a subway car with \u201cBrooklyn\u201d displayed in graffiti-style lettering, reflecting the borough\u2019s transit system and street art culture.<\/p>\n
Funding Secured For Mermaid Parade <\/p>\n
The borough will allocate discretionary funding to Coney Island USA to support the annual Mermaid Parade after organizers warned of a financial shortfall that could threaten the event.<\/p>\n
Four-Year Investments Highlighted <\/p>\n
Reynoso pointed to major spending across several areas:<\/p>\n
$45 million to renovate labor and delivery units at Woodhull Hospital, Kings County Hospital, and South Brooklyn HealthMore than $30 million toward housing construction and preservationApproval of more than 12,000 affordable housing unitsLaunch of a boroughwide planning framework recognized by the American Planning Association<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BROOKLYN, NY \u2014 Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso delivered his 2026 State of the Borough address before more…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":201260,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,11,10,49,51,50],"class_list":{"0":"post-201259","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-headlines","10":"tag-new-york-news","11":"tag-new-york-state","12":"tag-new-york-state-headlines","13":"tag-new-york-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201259\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}