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This Sunday, Drink Beer & Fight For Affordable Housing At The Flatbush Tenant Coalition Fundraiser At Bar Chord

From rallying to improve Ditmas Park apartment buildings plagued by horrific conditions [/blog/news/public-advocate-charges-ditmas-park-landlord-one-worst-city-tenants-call-change] to urging legislators and candidates to focus on affordable housing in our area [/blog/news/in-bid-against-each-other-candidates-agree-the-affordable-housing-crisis-must-be-tackled] , the Flatbush Tenant Coalition [https://www.facebook.com/FlatbushTenantCoalition] does incredible work for so many of our neighbors. Th

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Jon Kest Remembered As A Tireless Community Advocate Who Forever Changed The Face Of Brooklyn & The City

Gathering Saturday morning on Nevins Street, between Flatbush Avenue and Livingston Street, where Jon Kest [/blog/neighbors/jon-kest-remembered-as-tireless-champion-for-low-wage-workers-with-nevins-street-co-naming] helped lead a movement to better the lives of the poor and working class in New York City, elected officials and community organizers remembered Jon as a man who, for decades, worked

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Jon Kest Remembered As Tireless Champion For Low-Wage Workers With Nevins Street Co-Naming

Jon Kest [/blog/neighbors/jon-kest-passed-away-last-night], the founder of the Working Families Party [http://workingfamilies.org/states/new-york/] and a community advocate who worked tirelessly for decades to improve the lives of low-wage workers throughout the city, was honored by Mayor Bill de Blasio [http://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/339-14/