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Photo: Council Member Mathieu Eugene’s officeCROWN HEIGHTS – The intersection ofLefferts and Kingston Avenues was co-named to Barbara Simmons Way this weekend to honor the community activist who died last year. Barbara “Cookie” Simmons was a strong advocate for education. She traveled to Albany many times to lobby for school
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Photo: BKLYNERDOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Brooklyn District Attorney, Eric Gonzalez, just released a statement [https://twitter.com/BrooklynDA/status/908730435504615426] on the three Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arresting four men, outside Brooklyn Criminal Court yesterday. “It is outrageous that ICE is using courts to round up immigrants, a tactic that
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Polling booths at Agudath Senior Center. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal)In a nutshell – Voter turnout was abysmal, polling stations were poorly sited, and the results favored incumbents. According to NYC Board of Elections [https://www.elections.ny.gov/NYSBOE/enrollment/county/county_apr17.pdf], as of April 2017, there were exactly
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There will be a neighborhood-led clean-up in “Little Pakistan” (Coney Island and Foster Avenues) this Sunday, September 17, from 5 to 8pm. It is organized by the Pakistani American Youth Organization [https://www.facebook.com/payousaa/] (PAYO) in partnership with the Department of Sanitation in an effort to keep the
Central Brooklyn
Photo: Berkley’s Campaign.The 40th District has three candidates running against the incumbent Mathieu Eugene: Pia Raymond [/10-questions-ditmas-park-city-council-candidate-pia-raymond/], Jennifer Berkley and Brian Cunningham [/meet-candidate-brian-cunningham-flatbushs-district-40/]. These candidates are vying to represent Crown Heights, East Flatbush, Flatbush, Kensington, Midwood, Prospect Park, and Prospect Lefferts Gardens. Read our discussion with Jennifer Berkley
Central Brooklyn
Photo: Cunningham CampaignThe 40th District has three candidates running against the incumbent Mathieu Eugene: Pia Raymond [/10-questions-ditmas-park-city-council-candidate-pia-raymond/], Jennifer Berkley [/meet-your-candidate-jennifer-berkley-for-flatbushs-district-40/]and Brian Cunningham. These candidates are vying to represent Crown Heights, East Flatbush, Flatbush, Kensington, Midwood, Prospect Park, and Prospect Lefferts Gardens. Read our discussion with Brian Cunningham below. Who
community
Photo: Quaglione CampaignThe 43rd District currently has nine candidates running for Vincent Gentile’s City Council seat. Those candidates include four Republicans and five Democrats vying to represent Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, Bensonhurst, and Bath Beach. We’ve reached out to all nine candidates for a Q & A to
Central Brooklyn
EAST NEW YORK – The NYPD needs help searching for the man who drove over the foot of a 20-year-old, then proceeded to argue with him, and then shot him twice in the leg… and ran. According to cops, on Sunday, August 20 at approximately 10:40 pm, the suspect, described
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Primary elections are on September 12 and the general election is on November 7! Do you know who you’re casting your votes for? Here are some upcoming candidate [/which-candidates-made-it-to-the-official-ballot-for-the-primaries/] debates and forums: 1. District 38 Candidates Debate 2.Judicial Forum 2017 3. 40th District Candidates Meet & Greet 4.
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Photo: Chaim DeutschSeniors and disabled homeowners will now get major property relief, as the bill sponsored by Councilman Chaim Deutsch (D-BROOKLYN) to offer a significant property tax benefit to senior and disabled homeowners, was signed into law on August 25th. It raises the maximum income threshold from the current $37,
Central Brooklyn
Simcha Felder. (Photo: NY Senate)NYS District 17 Senator Simcha Felder [https://www.nysenate.gov/senators/simcha-felder/about]is under a hot mess after his director of operations told a constituent that the man behind the Charlotteville driving spree [/protesters-gather-grand-army-plaza-denounce-white-supremacy/] was a Hillary Clinton supporter acting like he was a
Central Brooklyn
It’s #NationalWaffleDay! On August 24, 1869, a man named Cornelius Swartwout [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelius_Swartwout]received the first U.S. patent for the waffle iron (though it really was just an improvement on existing designs that go back centuries). Want more history of waffles? Mental Floss