Announcements
Shelley Worrell of CaribBEING.FLATBUSH JUNCTION – This morning around 10:30 am about two dozen neighbors, activists and members of the press gathered at the Flatbush Junction to hear a large swath of Flatbush, East Flatbush, and PLG be pronounced – Little Caribbean [http://littlecaribbean.nyc/index.php]. The driving force
Central Brooklyn
Photo by Fort Greene Focus.Local elected officials have rallied around efforts to add French Creole and Russian interpreters and translations at polling stations. Following the presidential primary debacle, in which more than 125,000 Brooklyn Democrats [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2016/04/brighton-beach-among-handful-brooklyn-nabes-voted-sanders/] were dropped from voter rolls, Mayor
Central Brooklyn
Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm at a “Youth Dialog Program,” part of the Model Cities initiative, in 1970. (Photo: CaptJayRuffins via Creative Commons)The political club named for a ground breaking Caribbean-American politician from Central Brooklyn has endorsed Hillary Clinton for president. The Shirley Chisholm Democratic Club announced its endorsement of Hillary
Assemblywoman Rodneyse Bichotte
Michele Adolphe, a candidate for the 42nd Assembly district in 2014, was arrested on Wednesday for failing to file campaign finance disclosure reports with the New York State Board of Elections, according to State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman. Photo via Michele Adolphe [https://www.facebook.com/MicheleAdolphe2014/photos/a.
410 East 17th Street
Tenants outside 410 E. 17th Street (Photo by Shannon Geis/Ditmas Park Corner) Tenants of 410 E. 17th Street announced at a press conference Tuesday that they are suing their landlord, Sholom Rubashkin, over the terrible living conditions the tenants have had to deal with for years. The tenants are
Assemblywoman Rodneyse Bichotte
Image via Community Board 14 [http://www.cb14brooklyn.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/041415-FC45-WILIAMS-Town-Hall-v32.pdf] Tenants and small business owners who are facing problems with landlords can attend a town hall meeting tomorrow, Friday, May 1 at the Cortelyou Road Church of God [http://www.crcgministries.org/] (1085 Flatbush Avenue,
Aniah Ferguson
Community activist Tony Herbert, at microphone, gathered with other neighbors outside the McDonald’s at 943 Flatbush Avenue on Sunday. Photo by Michael Wright After last week’s vicious beating of a girl at a Flatbush Avenue McDonald’s [/blog/crime/teenager-arrested-vicious-beating-flatbush-avenue-mcdonalds-borough-president-offers-1k-reward-info-leading-arrests] , which was captured on a cell phone video