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Maimonides Medical Center. (Source: Google Maps)Maimonides Medical Center [http://www.maimonidesmed.org/Main/Home.aspx] — one of the borough’s most stable hospitals — is experiencing unusual mid-year losses, reports [http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20150803/HEALTH_CARE/150809992/one-of-brooklyns-most-stable-hospitals-reports-an-unusual-midyear#utm_medium=email&utm_source=cnyb-dailyalert&utm_campaign=
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Walking is cheaper. But maybe not when your clothes are made of Metrocards. (Source: Atomische * Tom Giebel/Flickr)Straphangers are going to be doling out more at the fare box, and motorists more at the toll booths, when the latest MTA hikes go into effect this Sunday. On mass transit,
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Source: arlingtonva [https://www.flickr.com/photos/arlingtonva/7983213346/] /FlickrFollowing the funerals of NYPD’s Officer Rafael Ramos and Officer Wenjian Liu [/funeral-arrangements-set-officer-wenjian-liu/] – who were shot dead in in their squad car last month – City Council wants to allocate $7.3 million in the 2016 preliminary budget for new bullet-proof
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An attendee requested support programs for special needs families. But that’s not what the meeting was for.Councilman Chaim Deutsch has touted his “participatory governing [/council-member-chaim-deutsch-hosts-participatory-governing-meeting-constituents/] ” approach as an alternative to participatory budgeting, but his first attempt – a governing workshop held last week – provided the best argument yet for
Albany
It’s not often you see a member of one of the nation’s most dysfunctional legislative bodies appropriately shaming members of another dysfunctional legislative body, but that’s what we wake up to this morning. Congresswoman Yvette Clarke is calling on Albany lawmakers to send resources to those Brooklyn
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GreenfieldThe following is an unaltered press release from the offices of Councilman David Greenfield: Councilman David G. Greenfield is inviting all community members to suggest locations where the next round of pedestrian countdown signals should be installed at dangerous intersections around Boro Park, Midwood and Bensonhurst. The city previously installed
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The leading candidates in the 48th District City Council race to replace term-limited Michael Nelson battled it out at the Manhattan Beach Jewish Center during a candidate’s forum held by the Jewish Press last week, expounding on their qualifications for the job and their proposals for improving the district.
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Photo by Erica ShermanWith the cost of renting out storefront property perpetually on the rise across the city, it comes as no surprise that many local politicians are having trouble meeting the budget limitations set for their respective headquarter bases. State senators based in New York City are allotted $40,
Bridges
Source: Antonio Martínez López / FlickrWhether by car, bus or subway, getting around in New York City is about to become a little more expensive. The MTA Board approved the agency’s 2013 budget this morning, which included a set of mass transit, bridge and toll hikes across the metropolitan region.
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The following is a press release from the offices of Councilman David Greenfield: Councilman David G. Greenfield is inviting community residents to attend a participatory budgeting information session tonight, August 14, at 7 p.m. to find out how they can get involved in this exciting initiative that he is
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Taxpayers are forking over more money this year than any other year in recent memory, thanks to an increase in the number of special elections and primaries in New York State. The bill? $80 million – a $23 million bump over previous years, according to the Independent Budget Office. Here’s
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A rally to save Sheepshead Bay High School when it faced closure in 2010.You may have heard rumors [http://www.gerritsenbeach.net/2012/02/21/sheepshead-bay-high-shcool-closing-july-1-2012/] that Sheepshead Bay High School is closing down to be replaced by four smaller academies operating under one principal. That is not the