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Sam Raskin

Sam Raskin has reported for Politico New York, Gotham Gazette, Gothamist and Curbed New York.

Republican Local Pols, Echoing NY Post Editorial Board, Call for Mayor to be Sent Packing Back to Brooklyn

Mayor Bill de Blasio signed an executive order eliminating plastic from city agencies, mostly utensils and other plastics from school cafeterias and city commissaries at a recycling plant in Sunset Park. Todd Maisel/BklynerPARK SLOPE— Some New York Republicans want Mayor Bill de Blasio to move out of Gracie Mansion

Garner Family, Former State Senate Candidate in Brooklyn Call on Pantaleo to Face Charges

Former State Senate candidate Jasmine Robinson speaks at the demonstration alongside Garner family member Jewel Miller and Ph-Je Bethea (Image by Sam Raskin/ Bklyner)BROOKLYN HEIGHTS—Family members of Eric Garner and a former state senate candidate on Monday called on the man who killed Garner five years ago to

Affordable Housing Lottery Opens For 93 Units at Bedford Arms

Rending of Bedford Arms (Image via Housing Partnership Development Corporation) CROWN HEIGHTS— New Yorkers looking for new below-market-rate apartments now have two months to apply for one in Crown Heights. On Monday, July 15, the affordable housing lottery officially opened for apartments in a new 93-unit building at 1336 Bedford

Schumer Pushes Bill to Protect Migrants After Facing Heat from Local Activists

Protesters at Prospect Park (Sam Raskin/Bklyner)PARK SLOPE—Senator Chuck Schumer on Thursday proposed a measure aimed at protecting migrants, after facing criticism from many on the left for his response to overcrowding and inhumane conditions at the U.S.-Mexico border. The legislation, named the “Stop Cruelty to

Local Pols Push To Honor Medgar Evers At Central BK Subway Stations

State Sen. Zellnor Myrie and Assemblywoman Diana Richardson embrace during Myrie’s inauguration at SUNY Downstate in East Flatbush (Photo: Kadia Goba/Bklyner)CROWN HEIGHTS—Local lawmakers are urging the governor to sign a bill that will add Medgar Evers College to the names of two central Brooklyn subway stops.

NYPD’s New Mental Health Task Force Needs to Add Meditation, Brooklyn BP Says

Borough President Eric Adams at the press conference standing next to PBA second vice president Joseph Alejandro (Image by Sam Raskin/Bklyner)CITY HALL— Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams says the NYPD’s recently formed mental health and wellness task force [https://nypost.com/2019/07/08/nypd-launches-health-and-wellness-task-force-amid-spate-of-cop-suicides/] is missing

Suspect Arrested in Crown Heights Shooting

Site of the crash hours after it occurred (Picture by Sam Raskin/ Bklyner)CROWN HEIGHTS— Police said Thursday they have arrested the gunman who shot and killed a man earlier this week. On Monday, July 8, a 31-year-old was shot in the head while sitting in a car [/car-crashes-in-plg-after-driver-and-passenger-get-shot-in-crown-heights/] on

Day Care Center Replaces Closed Crown Heights Coworking Space

The building where the day care center will soon open (Image via Google Maps) CROWN HEIGHTS — The site of a Crown Heights coworking space will soon be a day care facility. The former Electropositive [https://www.facebook.com/ElectropositiveBK/] coworking space at 639 Classon Avenue will be replaced by Magic

BP Adams, Brooklyn Residents Weigh in on Proposed Jail Plan

Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BKLYNERBOERUM HILL—As the process for the city’s plan to build borough-based jails to replace Rikers Island moves forward, Brooklynites weighed in this week on the proposed Brooklyn jail and the initiative as a whole. Ahead of Wednesday’s City Planning Commission hearing on the four

Two Men Shot Outside Homeless Shelter

CANARSIE—Two men were shot early Wednesday morning in front of a homeless shelter in Canarsie, according to police. Just before 3 a.m. on July 10, police responded to a 911 call of a shooting that took place in the vicinity of 615 East 104 Street (at Farragut Road)