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City Cuts Promised Funding For Human Services Organizations

At United Community Centers of East New York [https://ucceny.org/] (UCCENY), a nonprofit that serves the East New York community through everything from ESL classes to early childhood education, many of the costs associated with keeping the center running involve things like paying program staff, organizing field trips, and

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Bensonhurst, Boro Park, Coney Island: Countdown Clocks, Pavement, Parks & More On Your PB Ballots

Photo by South Slope NewsVoting for Participatory Budgeting [/tonight-see-participatory-budgeting-projects-flatbush-midwood/] 2017 begins this Saturday, March 25, where you can vote on how $1 million in city funds are spent in your community. Below, find all the ballot options and polling locations for Council Member David Greenfield’s District 44 [http://council.

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Thursday: Councilman Greenfield To Hold Annual Budget Workshop For Non-Profits

Councilman David GreenfieldRun a non-profit organization? Now is your chance to learn how to secure capital funding for the upcoming year. As part of his ongoing commitment to increasing transparency in the city’s budget funding process, Councilman David Greenfield is inviting all non-profit organizations that serve his council district

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Tonight, Make Suggestions For Projects You’d Like Councilman Jumaane Williams To Fund In The Neighborhood

Councilman Jumaane Williams will kick off his participatory budgeting cycle [/blog/politics/want-say-tax-dollars-spent-get-involved-45th-council-districts-participatory-budgeting-process] at the Clarendon Road Church [http://www.clarendonroadchurch.org/] (3304 Clarendon Road) from 6pm to 8pm tonight. During the meeting, you’ll be able to learn more about participatory budgeting [http://pbnyc.org/] – a program that Council

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Funds Collected From Traffic Fines Decrease, Despite City’s Expansion Of Speed Camera Enforcement

While the news that New York City will expand speed camera enforcement across the five boroughs was met with conspiratorial sneering from local drivers [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2014/01/nyc-speed-camera-locations/#comment-1212537888] , revenue data suggests that the overall amount of funds collected for traffic fines has declined every year for

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The Day: Meet the Candidates and Dining Alfresco

It was a cloudy weekend in the nabe. You’ll most likely see gray skies like these all week, locals. (Photo by Chris Dell)Good morning, Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. It was a rainy end to the weekend and showers are expected to continue for the whole week, according

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Speak Out Against Cuts to Library Budgets

It’s that time of year again when the city threatens cuts to all kinds of popular programs in next year’s budget. In addition to after-school programs [/blog/kids/kids-parents-mathieu-eugene-and-camba-march-to-save-after-school-programs] , another big cut that would affect our area would be to the Brooklyn Public Library. The library’s budget