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Borough President Eric Adams

Jan
18
Benefit Kitchen – An App To Help You Apply For Public Benefits

Benefit Kitchen – An App To Help You Apply For Public Benefits

Live in Brooklyn? Scraping by? Download this app — it may just put cash in your pocket. And this is not
2 min read
Dec
07

Your 2016 Holiday Toy Drive Guide for Ditmas Park

(Photo via 3bulldogges)Holiday donation drives are in full swing, but there’s still time to contribute to these five
1 min read
Dec
07
UPDATED: Flatbush Avenue Bike Lane Petition Builds Momentum This Week

UPDATED: Flatbush Avenue Bike Lane Petition Builds Momentum This Week

(Sample 2-way bike lane image via Transportation Alternatives petition [https://campaigns.transalt.org/petition/two-way-protected-bike-path-flatbush]) [Update 12/7: We spoke
3 min read
Sep
22
Assemblymember Brennan To Speak In Kensington Tonight

Assemblymember Brennan To Speak In Kensington Tonight

Assemblymember James Brennan (Photo via Assemblymember Brennan’s office). Assemblymember James Brennan will speak tonight at the first Fall community
1 min read
Aug
16
Numerous Elected Officials Support Treyger’s Bid For District Leader Seat

Numerous Elected Officials Support Treyger’s Bid For District Leader Seat

Photo by Alex EllefsonToday, a group of 21 elected officials from all levels of government threw their support behind Councilman
2 min read
Jul
15
Mayor Names A Day In Honor Of Voorhies Mosque Opening

Mayor Names A Day In Honor Of Voorhies Mosque Opening

Board of Standards and Appeals Chairwoman Margery Perlmutter delivering the Mayor’s proclamation. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)In recognition
3 min read
Jul
14
Operation Safe Shopper Is Brooklyn’s New Eye On Crime

Operation Safe Shopper Is Brooklyn’s New Eye On Crime

Borough President Adams watching surveillance footage with Rabbi Eli Cohen (Courtesy Patrick Rheaume of the Brooklyn Brooklyn Borough Office)Brooklyn
2 min read
Jul
11
Brooklyn Vigil To Honor Victims Of Violence On Monday

Brooklyn Vigil To Honor Victims Of Violence On Monday

(Photo: L.C. Nøttaasen [https://www.flickr.com/photos/magnera/3984413077/] / Flickr)By Elizabeth Elizalde In the wake of last
1 min read
Jul
11
Brooklyn Vigil To Honor Victims Of Violence On Monday

Brooklyn Vigil To Honor Victims Of Violence On Monday

Black Lives Matters demonstrators in Union Square, New York City. (Courtesy: Instagram / mbc.hiroots [https://www.instagram.com/p/BHsr3MuDkg1/
1 min read
Jun
30
Dream Come True: Markowitz Tours Newly Completed Amphitheater

Dream Come True: Markowitz Tours Newly Completed Amphitheater

Former Borough President Marty Markowitz at the Coney Island Amphitheater. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)For many, it was a
3 min read