Briefly Noted: Nurses Plan Strike, Air Quality Issues, Ceasar’s Bay Mall & More

• Following months of stalled contract negotiations, the New York State Nurses Association gave notice to three city hospital systems that it intends to strike, Crain’s New York Business reports.
• De Blasio’s Discovery Plans Begins to Exclude Asians – and parents are petitioning to keep SHSAT as the sole specialized high school admissions criterion – with almost 25,000 signatures as of this morning.

Air Quality in North Brooklyn is Improving, But at a Slower Rate Than The Rest of City: DOHMH, reports Greenpoint Post. Talking of air quality, MTA Assures Bedford Avenue L Train Dust is Non-Hazardous, Will Re-Review Dust Mitigation Plans.

Thursday is officially spring, and with that Community Gardens are waking up too. If you’d like to join one, 61 Franklin Street Community Garden will be hosting a garden membership meeting on March 26 and they welcome new members.

• An employee at the Office of the Kings County Public Administrator was sentenced to 60 days in prison and five years probation after spending $78,000 from the accounts of deceased Brooklynites.

• Ceasar’s Bay Shopping Center – Olive Garden opens on March 25th and Target announces they are coming where Toys R Us used to be.