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Aug
16
City Council Speaker Tours Southern Brooklyn Senior Centers

City Council Speaker Tours Southern Brooklyn Senior Centers

Photo by William Alatriste/NYC CouncilCity Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito and Councilman Mark Treyger toured local senior centers, health facilities,
3 min read
Aug
12

EXCLUSIVE: $6.5 Million In Renovations Coming To Bensonhurst Park

Photo by Rachel Silberstein/Bensonhurst BeanAfter years of tireless advocacy from neighbors, elected officials [/pols-slam-parks-department-mayors-office-for-neglect-of-bensonhurst-park/#.V64rWJMrKSM] , and this news site
3 min read
Aug
10
Councilman Deutsch Holds Forum On Park Safety At Homecrest Playground

Councilman Deutsch Holds Forum On Park Safety At Homecrest Playground

Councilman Chaim Deutsch leads community forum at Homecrest Playground. (Photo: James Sienkievic / Sheepshead Bites)Councilman Chaim Deutsch [http://council.nyc.
3 min read
Aug
09
Treyger: ‘Unreasonable’ Build It Back Deadlines Put Homeowners At Risk Of Being Dropped From Program

Treyger: ‘Unreasonable’ Build It Back Deadlines Put Homeowners At Risk Of Being Dropped From Program

A boarded up home. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Councilman Mark Treyger, chair of City Council’s Committee on Recovery
4 min read
Aug
08
Concerned About Drug Dealing in Our Parks?

Concerned About Drug Dealing in Our Parks?

is holding a community meeting at Homecrest Playground [https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/homecrest-playground] on August 9th at 7:30pm
1 min read
Aug
08
31 Residents — Including 13 Children — Removed From ‘Heartbreaking’ Conditions In Illegally Converted Dyker Heights Home

31 Residents — Including 13 Children — Removed From ‘Heartbreaking’ Conditions In Illegally Converted Dyker Heights Home

This two-family at 6705 7th Avenue, was forcibly vacated after it was discovered that 31 people were living at the
3 min read
Aug
04
NYCHA Breaks Ground On $41 Million Recovery Program In Coney Island

NYCHA Breaks Ground On $41 Million Recovery Program In Coney Island

NYCHA renderings of Coney Island sites 4 & 5. (Courtesy: James McCullar Architecture Inc. [http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/nycha/
2 min read
Jul
28
Greenfield Urges Non-Public Schools To Apply For Security Guard Cost Reimbursement

Greenfield Urges Non-Public Schools To Apply For Security Guard Cost Reimbursement

Source: council.nyc.govFollowing the enactment of Councilman David Greenfield’s school security guard legislation earlier this year, which allowed
2 min read
Jul
23
‘Round Brooklyn: Spumoni Suspect, Sheepshead Skyline, D Train Rescue, And More

‘Round Brooklyn: Spumoni Suspect, Sheepshead Skyline, D Train Rescue, And More

“I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream! [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0pfP_MD6xA]” (Courtesy: doaanyway
1 min read
Jul
20
Gentile Allocates $1.2 Million In Initiative & Discretionary Funding

Gentile Allocates $1.2 Million In Initiative & Discretionary Funding

Courtesy of Councilman Vincent Gentile/FacebookFor the City Council’s 2017 fiscal year — which began on July 1, 2016 — Councilman
3 min read