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A collection of 18 issues

Since December’s USPS Audit, Chronic Misdeliveries Continue

WILLIAMSBURG/GREENPOINT — A few months since the audit of three Greenpoint and Williamsburg postal offices by the United States Postal Service Inspector General revealed numerous chronic issues with mail delivery [/postal-office-delay/], few of the issues seem to have been resolved. The Audit The audit took place in 2019 and found

ICYMI: Sandy Anniversary, F Train Express Service, Community Mourns Fallen Police Officer

Police at the 61st Precinct pray for Officer Randolph Holder. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)In Case You Missed It (ICYMI): [/tag/in-case-you-missed-it/] Here are some of the big stories you may have missed this week. You can keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week

Bogus Charges On Your Cell Phone Bill? You Can Get Money Back But You Must Apply Now

These things are useless and just cost you money. (Source: Quinn Dombrowski/Flickr)Cell phone companies are doling out millions of dollars in refunds after agreeing to stop a slew of shady billing practices called “cramming,” but few customers have applied to get money back as a May 1 deadline

Gentile Supports Overseas Tax To Fund Highway Trust Fund

Source: NYC.GOVIn the wake of a report [/three-structurally-unsound-belt-parkway-bridges-are-also-most-heavily-travelled/] that found several heavily utilized bridges in our area to be structurally unsound, Councilman Vincent Gentile has declared support for a plan that would tax overseas company profits to fund the at-risk federal Highway Trust Fund (HTF) – which sponsors a large

From Assemblywoman Rodneyse Bichotte’s Inauguration, Narratives Of Overcoming Barriers

Assemblywoman Rodneyse Bichotte at her inauguration.When Assemblywoman Rodneyse Bichotte [http://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/Rodneyse-Bichotte/] was 10 years old, she was hit by a car barreling around the corner at E. 45th Street and Farragut Road. The accident left her bedridden and reliant on the help of a

Post-Sandy Renovations On The Way For Public Housing, But Residents Still Wary

Photo by Jesse CoburnBy Jesse Coburn Mayor Bill de Blasio called the day “transcendent.” Senator Charles Schumer predicted “a glorious future” for the neighborhood. Shola Olatoye [http://www.nyc.gov/html/nycha/html/about/bio-chair-shola-olatoye.shtml] of the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) dubbed the plans “a triumph.” They

Feds Give Nearly $1 Million For Brighton Beach Greenstreets As Coastal Resiliency Measure

Example of a greenstreet on a median. Source: NYC ParksThe Department of Interior is sending $990,000 to the New York City Parks Department to create approximately 14 greenstreets throughout Brighton Beach, intended to help dry out the streets in a future flood, as part of the Sandy Coastal Resiliency

Feds To Launch Storm-Surge Warning Maps To Remind You How Screwed You Are

ClimateCentral.org built this map, predicting the risk posed by storm surges of various heights. This shows a 10′ surge.The National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration (NOAA), the federal government’s weather sleuths, will soon launch storm surge warning maps to help highlight the specific areas vulnerable to flooding in

City Nabs $100 Million For New Boilers At Sandy-Hit NYCHA Buildings

Coney Island public houses have broken down on the winter’s coldest days (Source: forum.skyscraperpage.com)After struggling through mid-winter breakdowns of heating equipment, residents of the 110 New York City Housing Authority buildings damaged in Superstorm Sandy are set to get some relief within the next six months

Brighton Residents: City Needs To Reconsider All Elevated Comfort Stations, Not Just New Brighton Site

Design of the new elevated comfort stations. The ramps and stairs are designed to detach in the case of an extreme weather event. (Source: NYC Parks)A group of long-time Brighton Beach advocates seized the opportunity of Monday night’s hearing about the Oceana comfort stations, telling the Parks Department