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# A Grammy, A Set of Bills, and More Links
- URL: https://bklyner.com/grammy-bills-links/
- Published: 2019-02-13T21:27:28.000Z
- Updated: 2019-02-13T22:36:00.000Z
- Author: Liena Zagare
- Tags: Announcements, Central Brooklyn, community, Eastern Brooklyn, Neighbors, News, Nonsponsored, North Western Brooklyn, northern brooklyn, Southern Brooklyn, Links, #wp

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- Lucy Kalantari who frequently plays at Lark/Elk cafes [won a Grammy](https://www.lucykalantari.com/home/blog/we-won-a-grammy-whaaaa?ref=bklyner.com) for her amazing children’s album All The Sounds with The Jazz Cats. It will brighten your day no matter your age. Hat tip – Avi G. Ditmas Park/Windsor Terrace
- A Brooklyn man’s attempted robbery of a T-mobile store in Queens has resulted in the [death of NYPD Detective Brian Simonsen and shooting of Sargent Matthew Gorman by friendly fire.](https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/ny-metro-queens-officer-shot-20190212-story.html?ref=bklyner.com) Brooklyn/Queens

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Photo: Todd Maisel

- The Haitian Times has a new publisher– Vania Andre!

> Congratulations to our newly-named publisher [@vaniaandre\_](https://twitter.com/vaniaandre%5F?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=bklyner.com) ![#HaitianTimes](https://twitter.com/hashtag/HaitianTimes?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=bklyner.com) #haitianpride#haitianblogger [#haitianflag](https://twitter.com/hashtag/haitianflag?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=bklyner.com) [#haitian](https://twitter.com/hashtag/haitian?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=bklyner.com) #haitianwomen#haitianculture #haitianpeople#lunionfaitlaforce #haitianmusic#haitianamerican#haitiandiaspora [#haitianbusiness](https://twitter.com/hashtag/haitianbusiness?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=bklyner.com) [#ayiti](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ayiti?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=bklyner.com) [#haitianexcellence](https://twitter.com/hashtag/haitianexcellence?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=bklyner.com) [pic.twitter.com/bUUPZ4ksQW](https://t.co/bUUPZ4ksQW?ref=bklyner.com)
> 
> — Haitian Times (@HaitianTimes\_) [February 12, 2019](https://twitter.com/HaitianTimes%5F/status/1095377727543263238?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=bklyner.com)

- Mark Treyger cosponsors a bill to protect renters from exorbitant security deposits – it adds up to over half a billion dollars across the city:

> Too often, tenants are at the mercy of landlords and discriminatory, exorbitant security deposit fees.
> 
> Proud to co-sponsor [@KeithPowersNYC](https://twitter.com/KeithPowersNYC?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=bklyner.com) [@CarlinaRivera](https://twitter.com/CarlinaRivera?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=bklyner.com) bill limiting security deposits and empowering tenants/marginalized communities.[https://t.co/MTTqkMAjk1](https://t.co/MTTqkMAjk1?ref=bklyner.com)
> 
> — Mark Treyger (@MarkTreyger718) [February 13, 2019](https://twitter.com/MarkTreyger718/status/1095801331095347200?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=bklyner.com)

- NYC Progressive Caucus Introduced a [set of bills and resolutions](https://nycprogressives.com/2019/02/13/progressive-caucus-introduces-marijuanajustice-legislative-package/?ref=bklyner.com) in anticipation of legalization of weed

> .[@NYCProgressives](https://twitter.com/NYCProgressives?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=bklyner.com) introduced a [#MarijuanaJustice](https://twitter.com/hashtag/MarijuanaJustice?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=bklyner.com) package today on the collateral consequences of marijuana prohibition which prevents people of color from accessing jobs & housing, denies them custody of their children & re-criminalizes them thru probation [https://t.co/Uk7VNdZymk](https://t.co/Uk7VNdZymk?ref=bklyner.com) [pic.twitter.com/6ypnjQdigO](https://t.co/6ypnjQdigO?ref=bklyner.com)
> 
> — The Progressive Caucus of the NYC Council (@NYCProgressives) [February 13, 2019](https://twitter.com/NYCProgressives/status/1095801182591819776?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=bklyner.com)

> MTA: your story about our shoddy L train shutdown preparations is clickbait, we are definitely going to have a comprehensive plan to get riders around
> 
> MTA, 4 weeks later: so we ditched all of the major mitigation efforts and also don’t have a plan yet [https://t.co/tsc2ezRoQT](https://t.co/tsc2ezRoQT?ref=bklyner.com)
> 
> — Christopher Robbins (@ChristRobbins) [February 13, 2019](https://twitter.com/ChristRobbins/status/1095785739135172608?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=bklyner.com)