What is CB8M?
The Manhattan Community Board 8 (CB8M) represents the Upper East Side of Manhattan and Roosevelt Island. CB8M is comprised of 50 volunteer members who serve as advocates and service coordinators for the community and its residents, as well as help citizens resolve municipal service delivery complaints.
Russell Squire - Chair
Will Brightbill - District Manager
What issues does CB8M address?
CB8M reviews and makes recommendations on various issues, including applications for Zoning Text Amendments, building variances and special permits, liquor licenses, sidewalk cafes and street fairs, changes to landmarked buildings or buildings in historic districts, traffic and transportation issues, and more.
When does CB8M meet?
Each month, CB8M committees meet to discuss and resolve issues in the community.
Full Board Meeting - 3rd Wednesday
Land Use Committee - 2nd Wednesday
Landmarks - 3rd Monday
Parks - 2nd Thursday
Street Life - 1st Tuesday
Transportation - 1st Wednesday
Social Justice - 4th Monday
Housing - 4th Wednesday
Youth and Education - 4th Thursday
How to get involved
Do you want to make changes in our community?
Here are some of the things you can do:
- Report a complaint or request for service to improve our community.
- Join our Public Session and have your voice heard. Any member of the public is welcome to speak on any topic for up to three minutes during the Full Board Meeting held every month.
- Apply to become a Public Member. Public members can vote in committee meetings and their votes shall be recorded separately as "Public Member Votes."
- Apply to become a Community Board Member and become a community decision-maker.
Report a complaint
The Community Board office can help resolve problems by acting as a liaison between you and the appropriate City agency. Contact us if you need help with a broken street lamp, a pothole in the street, garbage pickup, a rowdy bar, or any other issues effecting you and the community by:
- Use our Get It Resolved form to report your complaint
- Email the Board Office at [email protected]
- Contacting the Board Office at (212) 758-4340 (during regular business hours)
Resources
Helpful Forms
We have all the forms you need. You can download a Parking Regulations Change Request Form, forms for a cafe license or liquor license, a Community Board Application, and many more.
CB8Speaks
A monthly broadcast featuring Board Members and community leaders.
English
Afrikaans
Albanian
Amharic
Arabic
Armenian
Azerbaijani
Basque
Belarusian
Bengali
Bosnian
Bulgarian
Catalan
Cebuano
Chichewa
Chinese (Simplified)
Chinese (Traditional)
Corsican
Croatian
Czech
Danish
Dutch
Esperanto
Estonian
Filipino
Finnish
French
Frisian
Galician
Georgian
German
Greek
Gujarati
Haitian Creole
Hausa
Hawaiian
Hebrew
Hindi
Hmong
Hungarian
Icelandic
Igbo
Indonesian
Irish
Italian
Japanese
Javanese
Kannada
Kazakh
Khmer
Korean
Kurdish (Kurmanji)
Kyrgyz
Lao
Latin
Latvian
Lithuanian
Luxembourgish
Macedonian
Malagasy
Malay
Malayalam
Maltese
Maori
Marathi
Mongolian
Myanmar (Burmese)
Nepali
Norwegian
Pashto
Persian
Polish
Portuguese
Punjabi
Romanian
Russian
Samoan
Scottish Gaelic
Serbian
Sesotho
Shona
Sindhi
Sinhala
Slovak
Slovenian
Somali
Spanish
Sudanese
Swahili
Swedish
Tajik
Tamil
Telugu
Thai
Turkish
Ukrainian
Urdu
Uzbek
Vietnamese
Welsh
Xhosa
Yiddish
Yoruba
Zulu