Inside NYC's Fiery Community Boards, Where Local Leaders Vet Big Ideas

Community board meetings can drag on for hours. It's an open forum for a person to give their opinion on the neighborhood. But they are focused on serious issues and their recommendations are important to city officials. They are the eyes and ears of a neighborhood, the boots on the ground. Is New York seeing a civic engagement renaissance? Pat Kiernan sits down with NY1's Michael Scotto, Lindsey Christ and Bob Hardt.

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New York City's favorite morning anchor pulls back the curtain on the biggest stories around the five boroughs – the impactful, fascinating, and extraordinary headlines reported each week by Spectrum News NY1. Through intimate conversations with the newsroom's expert journalists, Pat Kiernan illuminates what matters to resident New Yorkers and New Yorkers at heart. Join the conversation using #NY1Crosstown.