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is holding a community meeting at Homecrest Playground [https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/homecrest-playground] on August 9th at 7:30pm to discuss the issues affecting local parks. Deutsch will be joined by Brooklyn Parks Commissioner Kevin Jeffrey, NYPD Brooklyn South Chief Steven Powers, NYPD 61st Precinct Captain Winston Faison,
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Coney Island Boardwalk (Photo by B.Y. Lei)City Council unanimously adopted a resolution introduced by Councilman Mark Treyger and Councilman Chaim Deutsch — as well as 48 other members of the Council and Public Advocate Letitia James — calling on the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) to designate the Coney Island Riegelmann
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Photo by ricangeekn [http://instagram.com/p/y3MWjiuzak/?modal=true]Amid what appears to be a renaissance in Coney Island, southern Brooklyn’s elected officials are calling on the MTA to restore F train express service to speed more visitors to the shorefront amusement park, News 12 Brooklyn reports [http:
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City Hall (Source: Wikimedia Commons)The City Council rules committee announced the committee appointments today, helping determine the influence Council members will wield over the next few years. Committee appointments are important posts, helping to write and usher through legislation to be voted upon, or delaying their passage (sometimes indefinitely)