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Brad Lander

Ocean Parkway Safety Petition Delivered To Governor, State DOT Says It's Working On It

Yesterday, Councilmember Brad Lander [http://bradlander.com/], Kensington residents, and transportation safety advocates delivered the ‘Our neighborhood is not a highway’ petition [/blog/transportation/residents-join-lander-to-demand-improvements-to-prospect-expresswaychurch-ave-intersection] , which calls on the New York State Department of Transportation to sign off on a safety plan to address the dangerous Church Avenue and Ocean

Education

Families Voice Concerns Over High Stakes Testing Culture

South Slope families are joining kids and parents from across the boroughs in City Hall Park this morning to sign their own “Declaration of Education,” in an effort to show how the high stakes testing culture of our public school system is stifling both students and educators alike. The debate

Brad Lander

Neighborhood Improvements Go Beyond Participatory Budgeting

As we get ready to vote on the projects that are in the running for funding [/blog/politics/expo-offers-first-look-at-participatory-budgeting-projects] through Participatory Budgeting, Neil Reilly, a District 39 Committee Member and former Transit Committee Delegate notes that one of the interesting outcomes [http://bradlander.com/blog/2013/03/21/what-starts-in-pb-doesnt-always-end-in-pb] of

Education

Neighbors of the Week: Class 5-215 at PS 230, Who Tried Out Participatory Budgeting

When you start thinking about making your community better while you’re in the 5th grade, you’re a terrific person in our book. Which is why we salute Class 5-215 at PS 230 [http://www.ps230.org], who were so inspired by Councilman Brad Lander’s [http://bradlander.com/

Brad Lander

Bring Ideas For Neighborhood Improvements to Participatory Budgeting Meeting Tonight

Participatory budgeting [http://bradlander.com/blog/2012/09/12/participatory-budgeting-is-back] is in full swing and, for the second year in a row, Councilman Brad Lander wants to know how our community would like to spend one million dollars [/blog/politics/what-would-you-do-with-one-million-dollars]. Tired of tripping over gigantic sidewalk gashes? Does a

B61

The B61 Gets BusTime, and It’s Going to Be Great

Crossing Brooklyn just got so much better. So, so much better. Brad Lander’s office just announced today that the B61, which runs between Downtown Brooklyn and Windsor Terrace (and also, barring the free IKEA shuttle, happens to be the best way to get from Park Slope to Red Hook)

13th ave

City Renames 13th Ave In Borough Park To Honor WWII Hero Raoul Wallenberg

The following is a press release from the office of City Councilman David Greenfield: City Renames 13th Ave to Honor World War II Hero Raoul Wallenberg at Urging of Greenfield and Lander Brooklyn – Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, one of the great heroes of World War II who is credited with

Brad Lander

In Blizzard's Wake, A City Council "Shame" List Emerges

City Hall (Source: council.nyc.gov)With just about all of the roads finally clear, outrage at the city’s bungled response to the December 26 blizzard is now spreading beyond the Mayor’s office and the Sanitation Department. Flatbush Scoop, a blog owned by Yeshiva World News, is laying