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Carlos Menchaca

Sep
13
Hardly Anyone Came, To Many Places Hard To Find, To Vote In NYC 2017 Primaries: Here’s How Brooklyn Voted.

Hardly Anyone Came, To Many Places Hard To Find, To Vote In NYC 2017 Primaries: Here’s How Brooklyn Voted.

Polling booths at Agudath Senior Center. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal)In a nutshell – Voter turnout was abysmal, polling stations were poorly
6 min read
Sep
05
NYCHA Begins $63M Roof Repairs At Red Hook Houses As Part Of Sandy Recovery Project

NYCHA Begins $63M Roof Repairs At Red Hook Houses As Part Of Sandy Recovery Project

RED HOOK – At a groundbreaking event Tuesday morning, New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) officials were joined by Congress Member
3 min read
Sep
01
Council Member Menchaca Proposes Transportation Upgrades In Red Hook and Sunset Park

Council Member Menchaca Proposes Transportation Upgrades In Red Hook and Sunset Park

Council Member Carlos Menchaca (center); Eric McClure, Executive Director of StreetsPAC (left); NYC Council Transportation Chair Ydanis Rodriguez (right). Photo
2 min read
Aug
29
Groundbreaking on a New School In Sunset Park (District 20)

Groundbreaking on a New School In Sunset Park (District 20)

District 20 Superintendent (Photo by Sylwia Jasinski, District 20 Family Support CoordinatorSUNSET PARK — Monday morning, August 28,  ground was officially
3 min read
Jul
05
New 400-Student School Slated For Sunset Park

New 400-Student School Slated For Sunset Park

36th Street and 5th Avenue, Sunset Park via Google MapsTo help ease the overcrowding in classrooms in School District 15
2 min read
Jun
28
Rent Guidelines Board Raises Rents 1.25% For One-Year Leases

Rent Guidelines Board Raises Rents 1.25% For One-Year Leases

Rent Justice Coalition‎ via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/RentJusticeCoalition/photos/gm.1404707306288858/1512825928775149/?type=3&theater] Despite protests
2 min read
Jun
22
Rebuilding Together NYC Debuts New Headquarters In Gowanus

Rebuilding Together NYC Debuts New Headquarters In Gowanus

NYC Council Member Carlos Menchaca helping to cut the ribbon at Rebuilding Together NYC’s new Gowanus headquartersElected officials and
3 min read
Jun
06
Brooklyn Officials Respond To Trump’s Pulling Out of Paris Accord

Brooklyn Officials Respond To Trump’s Pulling Out of Paris Accord

Photo by BKLYNERLast Thursday, President Trump announced [http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/06/01/530748899/watch-live-trump-announces-decision-on-paris-climate-agreement] his withdrawal
4 min read
Apr
18
District 38 Participatory Budgeting: The Results Are In

District 38 Participatory Budgeting: The Results Are In

> Tonight CM @cmenchaca [https://twitter.com/cmenchaca] announced the winners for Cycle 6 #PBNYC [https://twitter.com/hashtag/PBNYC?
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Apr
04
Call For Artists: Red Hook Public Art Commission

Call For Artists: Red Hook Public Art Commission

Louis Valentino, Jr. Pier in Red Hook (Photo by Eddie Cheaz via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=
2 min read