A Record of Results
Top Constituent Services
Mercedes' community office has successfully served tens of thousands of constituents, one of highest rates in all of New York City.
-Weekly food giveaways have provided hot food and groceries to thousands of residents.
-Community office offers free weekly legal consultations and access to immigration attorneys.
-Hosted numerous community events,
including the annual health fair, holiday toy giveaways, turkey giveaways, back-to-school events, informational workshops at the office to assist constituents, and much more.
Delivering for us
This is just some of the funding Mercedes has delivered for our district:
✓ Created citywide initiative allocating $450,000 to recruit a younger and more diverse group of New Yorkers to work as nurses and social workers, especially within the field of mental health.
✓ Secured over $300,000 funded for
supplemental sanitation in our community, including daily sweeping crews and installation of cameras to catch people who dump trash on our streets.
✓ $1.6 Stop Gun Violence, Cure Violence Initiative in Canarsie, 69th Precinct
✓ $600k to Millennium Development for
programming (senior centers/after-school)
MAJOR CAPITAL INVESTMENTS
✓ $1.5 million for an auditorium upgrade on the South Shore High School Campus
✓ $500k to District 22 Learning Farm
✓ $10.95 million for improvements at Canarsie Park
✓ $600k for playground renovation at PS 222
✓ $1.1 million to update and upgrade the
multimedia library at PS 272
✓ $1.5 million to complete full renovation
of the Canarsie Public Library
✓ $3 million renovation of athletic field at
Sheepshead HS
✓ $10 million for Women’s Health Unit at South
Brooklyn Health (Coney Island Hospital)
✓ $1.4 million to upgrade the science lab at
Canarsie HS Campus
✓ $3.2 million for renovation of IS 68 Playground
✓ $1 million for a cutting-edge science lab
at PS 207
✓ $950k for library renovation at PS 312
✓ $750,000 for a library upgrade at PS 115