Shahana Hanif

Shahana Hanif is a Lupus survivor, gender justice and disability rights advocate, and a candidate for City Council in Brooklyn’s 39th District, where she was born and raised. Follow Shahana on Twitter

Caring for Public Space

Open Streets need to be safe and properly cared for, Councilmember Hanif argues, advocating for full funding of the New York City Streets Plan.

Central Brooklyn

OPINION: I Wish Our City And Schools Stepped Up For Immigrant Mothers.

Photo by Kelly Sikkema [https://unsplash.com/@kellysikkema?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/remote-school?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, I’ve heard from my Bangladeshi Kensington neighbors about how their families