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Central Brooklyn

Brooklyn Kids Rally To Save Summer Programs Cut In Mayor’s Budget

Council Member Mathieu Eugene at a rally to restore summer program funding at Brooklyn Borough Hall last Thursday. (Photo via Council Member Eugene’s office) Is summer camp for thousands of New York City kids in jeopardy? Local Council Member Mathieu Eugene, who chairs the City Council’s Youth Services

Education

Sunset Park Students Plead With Mayor: Don’t Take Away Our Summer Programs

Students at PS503/506’s CFL program made this sign to express their support for restoration of their budget. (Photo by Heather Chin/Sunset Park Voice)“This Is What Summer Camp Means To Us”: * “Kids can become proactive and learn to be leaders.” — Erika Berneo * “[We] gain new experiences, meet

arctic

Mil’s Trills Entertains Kids and Caregivers in Fort Greene Park

Drummer Justin Hofmann, Sousaphonist Lorenzo Wolff and singer and ukulele player Amelia Robinson of Mil’s Trills entertained a crowd of children and adults in Fort Greene Park on Wednesday, July 24. (Photo by Philippe Theise)Amelia Robinson’s [http://www.ameliarobinson.co.uk/Amelia_Robinson.html] three-piece musical and

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Help The Cortelyou Library Friends Fight BPL Budget Cuts

The Cortelyou Library Friends [https://www.facebook.com/cortelyoulibraryfriends] group reminds you to fight the proposed 36% budget cuts to the Brooklyn Public Library. The cuts would mean a loss of important services and programs for kids and adults all over the borough, including career services and training, and family

after school programs

Councilman David Greenfield Launches “I’m A Yeshiva Parent And I Vote!” Campaign To Combat Education Cuts

Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s proposed education cuts [/new-york-council-budget-hearings-heat-up-with-issues-of-childcare-cuts/] have become a major issue for parents of public schoolchildren. Councilman David Greenfield wants parents of children at private yeshivas to get involved in the voting process to prevent voucher cuts for the kids in orthodox schools too. Greenfield and local yeshiva

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In-School Teen Counseling Program To Be Axed In July

Source: saveteenrapp.orgA program that helps 11,800 teens each year might be terminated by July of this year if funding is allowed to be slashed, and a local councilman says he’ll be fighting for its restoration. Teen RAPP — Relationship Abuse Prevention Program [http://www.nyc.gov/html/hra/

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Goldstein HS Students Stage Walkout To Fight Cuts

News12 ScreenshotAbout 600 students from the Leon M. Goldstein High School, located at 1830 Shore Boulevard on the Kingsborough Community College campus, rallied against proposed budget cuts to education by walking out of their classes yesterday morning. Foreign language, art and music programs are threatened to be sent to the

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Gay Rights Battle Lands On Kruger's Doorstep

(courtesy of NBC New York)Over the weekend, gay rights activists marched in front of State Senator Carl Kruger’s Mill Basin home, enraged at the senator’s recent vote against marriage equality in New York State. According to NBC New York [http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local-beat/Gay-Marriage-Debate-Ends-Up-on-State-Senators-Doorstep-79173492.html]