> ## Content Index
> Fetch the complete content index at: https://bklyner.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further.

# Briefly Noted: Nurses Plan Strike, Air Quality Issues, Ceasar’s Bay Mall & More
- URL: https://bklyner.com/briefly-noted-nurses-plan-strike-air-quality-issues-ceasars-bay-mall-more/
- Published: 2019-03-19T21:00:16.000Z
- Updated: 2019-03-19T20:48:37.000Z
- Author: Liena Zagare
- Tags: News, Nonsponsored, #wp

![](/content/images/bklyner/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/IMG_7535.jpg)

NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital (Photo: Bklyner)

- 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*](http://l.e.crainalerts.com/rts/go2.aspx?h=602900&tp=i-H43-E7-530-6fgPq-1n-1zkS-1c-6fi5P-5tiYr&ref=bklyner.com) reports.
- [De Blasio’s Discovery Plans Begins to Exclude Asians](https://www.change.org/p/carl-heastie-keep-shsat-as-the-sole-specialized-high-school-admissions-criterion/u/24311322?cs%5Ftk=ApyvIkMINknlHNlflFwAAXicyyvNyQEABF8BvFpSV5csLz-vsiXV9vaDs3s%3D&utm%5Fcampaign=ba05fbe0ad754dc6a72d00dd66cbc793&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fsource=petition%5Fupdate&utm%5Fterm=cs&fbclid=IwAR2MWmWS0ET24ZmpI8AUID5a2OrqfKtmBgKoIN7WW8e-npk5HfVIfmeHIPE) – and parents are petitioning to [keep SHSAT as the sole specialized high school admissions criterion](https://www.change.org/p/carl-heastie-keep-shsat-as-the-sole-specialized-high-school-admissions-criterion?ref=bklyner.com) – 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](https://greenpointpost.com/air-quality-in-north-brooklyn-is-improving-but-at-a-slower-rate-than-the-rest-of-city-dohmh?fbclid=IwAR1pLGg8h6WNk23LHcvwpW%5F82cLpus2HRflRrIjgOa6ZWci9Q12FObLo7fg&ref=bklyner.com), reports Greenpoint Post. Talking of air quality, [MTA Assures Bedford Avenue L Train Dust is Non-Hazardous, Will Re-Review Dust Mitigation Plans](https://greenpointpost.com/mta-assures-bedford-avenue-l-train-dust-is-non-hazardous-will-re-review-dust-mitigation-plans?fbclid=IwAR2GY59bqAaz1eQAIFcLcKzoGy6efMMP1uZEnuqTYDB-2IFcv8NSHES1zls&ref=bklyner.com).

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](https://www.facebook.com/61franklinstgarden/?eid=ARACQnibh3QYKBICGn3l9yFXDQF%5FPhMyadT28L9F8IJiKg31UbmNMmCeXGl1DzVUuijz-kEmOtla-ur9) will be hosting a [garden membership meeting on March 26](https://www.facebook.com/events/1030331687165212/) 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](https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-metro-former-public-administrator-jail-20190315-story.html?ref=bklyner.com).
- Ceasar’s Bay Shopping Center – [Olive Garden opens on March 25th](https://www.olivegarden.com/locations/ny/brooklyn/brooklyn-caesars-bay/6414?ref=bklyner.com) and [Target announces they are coming where Toys R Us used to be.](http://nypost.com/2019/03/17/new-target-to-replace-toys-r-us-in-brooklyn/?fbclid=IwAR0eKFB3x%5Fp6-hAhezGimynVhomIpxrP4ERw7gRlwwbO1GoatkWX-h8KV2s&ref=bklyner.com)