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Bay Ridge

200 Volunteers Clean Up Trash-Ridden Bensonhurst Streets

Photo via Assemblyman William Colton’s office.On Saturday, more than 200 young volunteers worked to clean up Bensonhurst. The clean-up event on Saturday, June 17, was a part of the bigger “Speak-Up & Clean-Up [/colton-and-treyger-kick-off-first-speak-up-clean-up-campaign-of-2015-bensonhurst/] ” campaign (launched in 2011) organized by Assemblyman William Colton, District Leaders Nancy Tong and

Transportation

Colton Calls Out DOT For Dangerous Street Lamp Placement On Belt Parkway

Photo via emily_staubert [https://www.flickr.com/photos/emily_staubert/8700873155/] via FlickrAssemblyman William Colton sent a letter to the Department of Transportation [DOT] last week calling on the agency to implement safety protections for drivers along the Belt Parkway due to light poles that were recently installed near

Akai Gurley

Assemblyman Colton Echoes Calls For Fair Trial For Indicted Officer Peter Liang

Source: Assemblyman William Colton’s officeAssemblyman William Colton has added his voice the chorus of concerned community members demanding a fair trial for Officer Peter Liang, who was indicted [/rookie-cop-indicted-akai-gurley-slaying-bensonhurst/] in the death of Akai Gurley last month. Speaking to a small crowd at the United Chinese Association senior center

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Protest Rally To Save John Dewey High School Tonight

We were recently tipped off by a reader that tonight at 6pm, parents, students, teachers, alumni and community residents will hold a rally at John Dewey High School (50 Ave X) in protest of the school being closed for poor performance on city evaluations [http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/