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Welcome to our media section. Here you'll find out about our latest happenings, announcements and other Brooklyn news.

Contact us here if you are a member of the press and would like to speak with one of our representatives.
 

In the News

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Habitat for Humanity Joins City Partners to Celebrate the Opening of New Affordable Condominiums in Brooklyn
April 26, 2012
NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) Commissioner Mathew M. Wambua, NYS...
Greening from the Ground Up
March 16, 2012
 New York City creates nearly 36,000 tons of garbage each day. That’s the weight of about 800...
Pratt Conference Takes Aim at 'Green' Leaders of Tomorrow
March 16, 2012
 A mix of government officials, nonprofit staffers and environmentally conscious individuals...
Two Sides of the Green Story
March 16, 2012
Over the span of my life’s work I’ve had the great opportunity to witness and participate in...

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Peers Take Center Stage in New Strategy to Help More City High School Students Get to College
March 29, 2012
In Brooklyn, less than half of all graduating seniors enroll in college; fewer than 18 percent are...
This Is Our Brooklyn: Brooklyn Community Foundation and the Center for the Study of Brooklyn Publish First-Ever Brooklyn Neighborhood Reports
January 26, 2012
For Brooklynites—the 2.5 million residents of what would be the United States’ fourth largest city...
Brooklyn Community Foundation Welcomes Michael Burke as New Chief Operating Officer
December 15, 2011
The Brooklyn Community Foundation, the largest charitable fund in New York City’s most populous...
Community Foundation Announces Final Round of Grants for 2011; Year’s Giving Totals $4.5 Million to Brooklyn’s Nonprofit Community
December 14, 2011
The Brooklyn Community Foundation has announced 37 new grants to Brooklyn-serving nonprofits...
 

 

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Robert Catell is Chairman of the Advanced Energy Research and Technology Center at Stony Brook (AERTC) and the NYS Smart Grid Consortium. He began his career with Brooklyn Union in 1958, rising to CEO; Chairman and CEO of KeySpan Corporation, the successor of Brooklyn Union; and Chairman, U.S., National Grid which acquired KeySpan in 2007, until his retirment in 2009. Mr.

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