Announcements Local Pols Demand Investigation into ICE Shooting of Brooklyn Resident GRAVESEND — Yesterday morning, Eric Diaz, 26, of West 12th Street, was shot by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer during the detainment of Gaspar Avendano-Hernandez, 33, who ICE stated had been already once removed from the country, and was an illegal alien from Mexico. ICE officers said
bath beach Colton’s Undetectable Knives Ban Bill Gets Gov’s Rubber Stamp Assembly Member William Colton at a rally last summer (Image by Zainab Iqbal/ Bklyner)SOUTHERN BROOKLYN — A bill pushed by a Brooklyn politician that bans the possession and production of undetectable knives was signed into law Tuesday. The measure— which is aimed at preventing people from evading detection of metal
Announcements Honoring Veterans In Brooklyn BROOKLYN – Saturday, November 11 is Veterans Day. Government offices will be closed, there will be no mail delivery, libraries will be closed, alternate side parking is suspended but all other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect. Garbage/recycling/organics collections are on a normal schedule. Check out NYC.gov
Big Story Local Pols Say They Were Kept In The Dark On Gravesend Oil Spill; DEC Responds (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)“Stop Dumping On Us” shouted local pols, civic leaders, and advocates this morning near the site of a 27,000-gallon diesel oil spill into the Gravesend Bay last week — shaming environmental protection agencies for failing to notify them about the spill. “The Gravesend Bay and
News Asbestos Found At Controversial Gravesend Waste Transfer Station District Leader Nancy Tong and Assemblymember William Colton at the South West Brooklyn Transfer Station site. (Photo via William Colton’s office)Construction has been temporarily halted after workers found asbestos at a former incinerator site in Gravesend, where a new waste facility is slated despite vehement protests from local
