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City Councilman Chaim Deutsch speaking to Community Board 15. (Photo: NHSatSheepshead [https://twitter.com/NHSatSheepshead/status/702297626574598144] / Twitter)City Councilman Chaim Deutsch told the Community Board Tuesday that he will stand with his colleagues in passing two controversial pieces of the mayor’s affordable housing plan so long as he
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Shore Boulevard in Manhattan Beach was flooded during high tide. (Photo: Councilman Chaim Deutsch [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=561447090690789&set=a.368600459975454.1073741830.100004765095752&type=3&theater] / Facebook)In Case You Missed It (ICYMI): [/tag/in-case-you-missed-it/] Here are some of the big stories you
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Cars parked on Voorhies Avenue. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)City 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
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The Brighton Beach Library. (Photo: Google Maps)The Brooklyn Public Library is lending free laptops to library cardholders while the Brighton Beach branch [http://www.bklynlibrary.org/locations/brighton-beach] closes for a $1.5 million renovation, City Councilman Chaim Deutsch announced Wednesday. Library patrons can go to the Shorefront Jewish
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Image via Friends of Brooklyn Queens Connector.Elected officials slammed the mayor’s plan to build a fancy streetcar [http://parkslopestoop.com/blog/politics/brooklyn-queens-connector-streetcar-may-become-reality-under-mayors-2-5-billion-proposal/] along the East River waterfront as further proof the city is willfully neglecting the transportation needs of southern Brooklyn residents. Following Mayor Bil de Blasio’
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A reminder of the flooding caused by Hurricane Irene (Photo by Mickey Whitley) City Councilman Chaim Deutsch is urging federal and state agencies to pick up the pace on planned resiliency measures after an unusually strong high tide flooded parts of Manhattan Beach and Sheepshead Bay this morning. “I’ve
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Source: blhphotography via FlickrCity councilmembers are pushing back against the effort to rip up parts of Coney Island’s Reigelmann Boardwalk and replace the wood planks with recycled materials and concrete. All but one of the council’s 50 active members have signed on to support a resolution introduced by
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Photo by Leon LipkovichMayor Bill de Blasio’s controversial rezoning plan — meant to address the city’s affordable housing crisis — will now move to the City Council for a final review after it was approved Wednesday [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/plans/zqa/zoning-for-quality-and-affordability.page] by the City Planning
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P.S. 255’s Student Council with some of their teachers, administrators and City Councilman Chaim Deutsch. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Children at P.S. 255 [http://schools.nyc.gov/SchoolPortals/22/K255/default.htm] proudly displayed the contributions for their winter sock drive — which will go to local
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Volunteers prepare the food packages at City Councilman Chaim Deutsch’s office. (Photo: Councilman Chaim Deutsch [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=555197667982398&set=pcb.555197977982367&type=3&theater] / Facebook)More than 100 volunteers, including members of Flatbush Shomrim [https://twitter.com/flatbushshomrim], fanned out around
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The b82 bus. (Source: MTA [http://www.nyc.gov/html/brt/downloads/pdf/2015-10-14-brt-southbrooklyn-bkbsc.pdf] )Community leaders are concerned that a proposal to bring Select Bus Service (SBS) through Kings Highway could bring further congestion to an already cramped commercial corridor. The MTA is considering adding SBS to the B82
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Graffiti on the vacant storefront on Sheepshead Bay Road. (Photo: Sheepshead Bites)The anti-commie crusader who has been harassing local politicians appears to have struck again — this time scrawling a belligerent and homophobic message on the window of a vacant storefront on Sheepshead Bay Road. A tipster sent us a