Efficiency 101

2008-10-18T20:44:00.000-07:00

This is a tip for sending lots of emails to the officials listed in the previous post (over and over again if you have to) so you can inundate the politicians on the list. This will save you a lot of work with all the copying and pasting and retyping things over and over.

We need to make some noise and demand to be heard.

I work on a Mac, but this should be pretty similar on a PC:

Write your email. Address the letter to the person BY NAME. This will increase the chance that they actually read it carefully (of course all politicians read eeeeverything, right?). Hit send and watch it go!

Now, go to your Sent Email box and select the email you just sent, then follow the directions below.

• Go to the "Message" menu at the top menubar and select: Message > Send Again (in Entourage: it says "Resend"). This will open a NEW version of the message.

• Delete the address in the "To:" field. Enter the new address (you can copy and paste it from my last blog post). Do the same with their name in the email body - delete, copy, paste.

• Hit send. Done. Move on to the next name. Repeat as necessary. Do it until you get a satisfactory answer from them. Don't settle for a form letter.

Repeating the same email to the same address:

• If you need to email the letter to the same address, just find your previous email and select Message > Send Again. It takes all of 2 seconds to send the letter again.

Presto - instantly fill the inbox of any politician!

WRITE LETTERS!!

2008-10-18T18:54:00.000-07:00

Please call, fax, email, mail and generally inundate these elected officials with your concerns about the shelter issue.

Here are some sample letters you can send by snail mail.

And there is a copy/paste version of that letter at the bottom of this post (please feel free to customize it - it's based on the Bed Stuy Association's letter).

And here are the politicians you can send it to:

U.S. Senator, Charles Schumer

http://schumer.senate.gov

email: VIA WEBSITE

p: 212-486-4430

f: 212-486-7693

757 Third Ave, Room 1702

NYC 10017

U.S. Senator, Hillary Rodham Clinton

http://clinton.senate.gov

email: VIA WEBSITE

p: 212-688-6262

f: 212-688-7444

780 Third Ave, Suite 2601

NYC 10017

U.S. Congressman, Edolphus Towns

www.house.gov/towns

email: VIA WEBSITE (you can enter the zip+4 across the street from the armory: 11221-1018)

p: 718-855-8018

f: 718-858-4542

26 Court St., Suite 1510

Brooklyn, NY 11201

NY Governor, David Patterson

www.state.ny.us/governor

email: VIA WEBSITE (direct link)

p: 212-681-4580

f: 518-474-1513

633 Third Ave, 38th Fl.

NYC 10017

NY State Senator, Velmanette Montgomery

www.nysenate18.com

email: mongome@senate.state.ny.us

p: 718-643-6140

f: 718-237-4137

30 Third Ave, Suite 1100

Brooklyn NY 11217

NYC Mayor, Michael Bloomberg

www.nyc.gov (direct link)

email: VIA WEBSITE (direct link)

p: 212-788-3000

f: 212-788-2460

Mayor's Office, City Hall

NYC 10007

Also call: Deputy Mayor for Health & Human Services, Linda I. Gibbs

212-788-3000

City Hall

NYC 10007

Borough President, Marty Markowitz

www.brooklyn-usa.org

askmarty@brooklynbp.nyc.gov

Brooklyn Borough Hall

209 Joralemon St.

Brooklyn NY 11201

Also CC:

Chief of Staff, Carlo A. Scissura: cscissura@brooklynbp.nyc.gov

Executive Assistant to the Borough President, Debbie Brill: dbrill@brooklynbp.nyc.gov

Director of Health & Human Services (Brooklyn), Mary-Powel Thomas: mpthomas@brooklynbp.nyc.gov

NYC Comptroller, William C. Thompson Jr.

comptroller.nyc.gov

email: policymg@comptroller.nyc.gov

1 Centre St, 5th Fl.

NYC 10007

Also CC:

Assistant Comptroller for Policy and Communications, Danica Gallagher: dgallag@comptroller.nyc.gov

Director, Glenn von Nostritz: gvonnos@comptroller.nyc.gov

Senior Issues, Mental Health Services: Michael Beirne: mbeirne@comptroller.nyc.gov

NYC Public Advocate, Betsy Gotbaum

pubadvocate.nyc.gov

email: ombudsman@pubadvocate.nyc.gov

p: 212-669-2304

f: 212-669-4701

1 Centre Street

NYC 10007

NY State Assemblyman, William Boyland Jr.

p: 718-498-8681

467 Thomas S. Boyland St.

Brooklyn NY 11212

NY State Assemblywoman, Annette M. Robinson

p: 718-399-7630

1360 Fulton St., Room 417

Brooklyn, NY 11216

City Councilman, Albert Vann

council.nyc.gov (direct link to his page)

email: vann@council.nyc.ny.us

p: 212-788-7354

f: 212-788-8951

250 Broadway, Room 1743

NYC 10001

City Councilwoman, Letitia James

council.nyc.gov (direct link to her page)

email: james@council.nyc.ny.us

p: 212-260-9191

f: 718-260-9099

67 Hanson Pl.

Brooklyn NY 11217

City Councialwoman, Darlene Mealy

council.nyc.gov (direct link to her page)

email: darlene.mealy@council.nyc.gov

f: 718-953-3276

1757 Union St., 2nd Fl.

Brooklyn NY 11213

Department of Homeless Services Commissioner, Robert Hess

www.nyc.gov/html/dhs

email: VIA WEB SITE (direct link)

p: 212-361-8000

33 Beaver St.

NYC 10004

Community Board #3 District Manager, Ms. Charlene Phillips

www.cb3bedstuy.org

email: cphillips@cb.nyc.gov

p: 718-622-6601

f: 718-857-5774

1360 Fulton St., Room 202

Brooklyn NY 11216

Please write to AS MANY of these people as you can.

Here is the sample letter, feel free to copy & paste it. It is factually and structurally based on the one distributed by the Bedford Stuyvesant Association, but has been altered slightly for wording.

It's a good idea to replace "Elected Official" with the name of the recipient.

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Bed Stuy Shelter

Efficiency 101

WRITE LETTERS!!