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Bayfest 2015. (Photo: Sheepshead Bites)Despite looking forward to their 25th year celebrating on Sheepshead Bay’s waterfront, the organizers of Bayfest [http://bigbayfest.wix.com/bayfest-of-sheepshead-bay#!] say they will likely have to scale down the event due to less-than-anticipated funds from local sponsors and the City Council. The biggest
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Riders enjoying the Cyclone roller coaster. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Elected officials gathered in Coney Island Saturday to christen the newly refurbished cyclone at the spring opening ceremony for Luna Park. The celebration had been postponed one week because weather reports predicted a Nor’easter [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/
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Photo by Bensonhurst BeanCome Spring, Stillwell Avenue will be pothole free. Last fall, Treyger and Assembly Member William Colton wrote a letter to the Department of Transportation (DOT) last fall about the dire need for repaving Stillwell Avenue, and a significant chunk of the street has been included in the
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Photo by Bensonhurst BeanThere are nearly 2,000 buildings in southern Brooklyn on the City’s tax lien sale list — 1,410 of which are small, family homes, according to the Center for New York City Neighborhoods (CNYCN) [http://cnycn.org/NYC-tax-lien-sale/]. The City’s Department of Finance sells tax
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City Councilman Mark Treyger. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Less than two weeks after an 81-year-old Coney Island woman was roughed up and robbed [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2016/03/burglar-posing-as-con-ed-worker-robs-81-year-old-woman-at-knifepoint/] by someone posing as a Con Ed emplyee, City Councilman Mark Treyger announced he will introduce legislation to keep
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Seniors are especially vulnerable to phone scammers. (Photo: The FBI)To protect the elderly from a surge in telephone scams, City Councilman Chaim Deutsch has introduced legislation requiring the Department of Consumer Affairs to educate seniors and their caregivers about how to recognize the frauds. “Concerns about deceitful telemarketing calls
Central Brooklyn
Photo via Participatory Budgeting in New York CityCity Council districts throughout our area just got more funding for Fiscal Year 2017 — and residents will be deciding how that money is spent. Borough President Eric Adams announced last week that his office will be allocating an additional $1 million in FY
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Courtesy of Councilman Vincent Gentile/FacebookCouncilman Vincent Gentile, a rare third-term politician [/editorial-having-won-third-term-councilman-gentile-must-bring-home-the-bacon/] representing Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, and Bensonhurst, has been hitting up Mayor Bill de Blasio for a job before the end of his final stint in office, reports the New York Post [http://nypost.com/2016/02/
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Photo by Bensonhurst BeanCity Council members pushed back against Mayor Bill de Blasio’s zoning proposals Wednesday — questioning city officials about some of the more contentious aspects of the plan. Department of Housing Preservation and Development Commissioner Vicki Been made the case for the mayor’s agenda, which involves rezoning
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A boarded up home. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Elected officials called on Brooklyn landlords Wednesday to help the city reach the finish line for Superstorm Sandy recovery efforts by opening available apartments to homeowners enrolled in the Build it Back [http://www.nyc.gov/html/recovery/html/homeowners/rebuild.
Central Brooklyn
A car snowed in by Winter Storm Jonas. (Photo: Ned Berke [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10206686209408488&set=a.1878414194685.107486.1071163781&type=3&theater] / Facebook)Following the record-breaking blizzard [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2016/01/volunteers-distribute-hot-food-to-neighbors-stranded-by-the-winter-storm/] that blanketed parts of the city in almost
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A car snowed in by Winter Storm Jonas. (Photo: Ned Berke [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10206686209408488&set=a.1878414194685.107486.1071163781&type=3&theater] / Facebook)Following the record-breaking blizzard [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2016/01/volunteers-distribute-hot-food-to-neighbors-stranded-by-the-winter-storm/] that blanketed parts of the city in almost