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Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams

Feb
14
Brooklyn Pols Call on Mayor to Assign Responsibility for Newkirk Plaza

Brooklyn Pols Call on Mayor to Assign Responsibility for Newkirk Plaza

Newkirk Plaza sits above a popular subway station, seeing 1000s of visitors per day. Katie Herchenroeder/BklynerBrooklyn Borough President Eric
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Jan
15
Activists Shut Down Brooklyn Borough President’s Hearing on Industry City Rezoning

Activists Shut Down Brooklyn Borough President’s Hearing on Industry City Rezoning

Protesters outside Borough Hall after the Borough President Eric Adams ended the hearing. Curt Brodner/Bklyner.SUNSET PARK — Eric Adams,
5 min read
Sep
30
Randy Weston Way: Lafayette Avenue Block Co-Named In Honor Of Late Jazz Musician

Randy Weston Way: Lafayette Avenue Block Co-Named In Honor Of Late Jazz Musician

CLINTON HILL – As hundreds gathered on Sunday to celebrate to co-naming of part of Lafayette Avenue in honor of Brooklyn-born
3 min read
Aug
26
Hundreds Ride To Honor Jose Alzorriz And Call On Safety For All

Hundreds Ride To Honor Jose Alzorriz And Call On Safety For All

Hundreds of bicyclists rode down Coney Island Avenue to the site where Jose Alzorriz was killed. (Photo by Todd Maisel)
6 min read
Jul
29
Adams Sides With NYPD And Mayor on Diversion Program

Adams Sides With NYPD And Mayor on Diversion Program

Eric Adams. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams on Monday aligned himself with the mayor and NYPD—
2 min read
Jul
25
How Businesses Impacted By Monday’s Flooding Can Find Assistance

How Businesses Impacted By Monday’s Flooding Can Find Assistance

GOWANUS – After Monday’s downpour [/heavy-rain-floods-4th-avenue-businesses-monday-night/] flooded the basement of Colony [https://www.colony274.com] at 274 4th Avenue, business
3 min read
Jul
05
Cops Deserve a Raise as Reward for Keeping Crime Low, Brooklyn BP Says

Cops Deserve a Raise as Reward for Keeping Crime Low, Brooklyn BP Says

Borough President Eric Adams talks about Meatless Mondays. Todd Maisel/Bklyner BROOKLYN — Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams on Wednesday defended
2 min read
Jul
02
‘Vision Zero Cannot be a Bumper Sticker, it Has to be a Reality’: Officials Hold Vigil for Ernest Askew in Brownsville

‘Vision Zero Cannot be a Bumper Sticker, it Has to be a Reality’: Officials Hold Vigil for Ernest Askew in Brownsville

BROWNSVILLE — Local politicians, cycling advocates and family members of the victim of a recent fatal cycling crash gathered Monday to
4 min read
Jun
11
Street Renamed To Honor Notorious B.I.G.

Street Renamed To Honor Notorious B.I.G.

CLINTON HILL – Despite the pouring rain, fans of rapper/lyricist Christopher “Notorious B.I.G.” jammed St. James Place at
5 min read
Jun
07
Borough President Holds Second Hearing On Brooklyn Jail Plan

Borough President Holds Second Hearing On Brooklyn Jail Plan

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Yesterday, on the anniversary of Kalief Browder [/inmates-in-the-dark-and-cold-at-brooklyn-federal-prison/]’s death after being held on Rikers Island for three
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