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Carlos Menchaca

Mar
23
District 38 PB Vote: School Improvements Or Handball Court Renovations

District 38 PB Vote: School Improvements Or Handball Court Renovations

Voting for Participatory Budgeting [/tonight-see-participatory-budgeting-projects-flatbush-midwood/] begins this Saturday, March 25. Below is a list of the 12 project proposals on
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Jul
18
City Council Passes Bill Requiring Cops To Report Use Of Force

City Council Passes Bill Requiring Cops To Report Use Of Force

(Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)The City Council passed a package of legislation last Thursday, requiring police to report use
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Jul
15
City Council Passes Bill Requiring Cops To Report Use Of Force

City Council Passes Bill Requiring Cops To Report Use Of Force

(Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)The City Council passed a package of legislation Thursday, requiring police to report use of
2 min read
Jun
30
Velazquez Wins Democratic Congressional Primary; Staggeringly Low Voter Turnout

Velazquez Wins Democratic Congressional Primary; Staggeringly Low Voter Turnout

Nydia Velázquez, winner of the congressional primary for district 7. Courtesy of Velázquez’s Facebook.As expected. Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez
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Jun
15
Mourners Gathered In Grand Army Plaza To Demonstrate Unity And Demand Gun Control

Mourners Gathered In Grand Army Plaza To Demonstrate Unity And Demand Gun Control

(Courtesy Fort Greene Focus)Community leaders at a vigil for those who lost their lives in Orlando made clear that
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Jun
13
City Council’s Plastic Bag Bill Snagged In Albany

City Council’s Plastic Bag Bill Snagged In Albany

(photo via katerha / flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/katerha/])The City Council’s controversial plastic bag fee legislation — which
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Jun
07
Menchaca & Mark-Viverito Slam Trump For Comments About Mexican American Judge

Menchaca & Mark-Viverito Slam Trump For Comments About Mexican American Judge

Photo by Jeff Reed/NYC CouncilAt a press conference outside of Trump Tower in Midtown, Manhattan on Monday, Sunset Park
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Jun
01

Carlos Menchaca: Sunset Park’s Councilman Brings A Voice To The Voiceless

New York City Council Member Carlos Menchaca at an immigration hearing at City Hall in 2014. Credit: William Alatriste / New
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May
19
After 9th Street Attack On Transgender Man, Elected Officials And LGBTQ Community Respond

After 9th Street Attack On Transgender Man, Elected Officials And LGBTQ Community Respond

Photo via themegabitch [https://www.instagram.com/p/4e-SxbyIqB/?tagged=transgendersymbol&hl=en]Brooklyn elected officials and LGBTQ Community
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Mar
23

Clock is Ticking on Fate of Local Day Care’s Red Hook Location

The Red Hook location of Strong Place for Hope Day Care at 595 Clinton Street. (Photo via change.org [https:
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