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200 Volunteers Clean Up Trash-Ridden Bensonhurst Streets
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200 Volunteers Clean Up Trash-Ridden Bensonhurst Streets

Photo via Assemblyman William Colton’s office.On Saturday, more than 200 young volunteers worked to clean up Bensonhurst. The clean-up event on Saturday, June 17, was a part of the bigger “Speak-Up & Clean-Up [/colton-and-treyger-kick-off-first-speak-up-clean-up-campaign-of-2015-bensonhurst/] ” campaign (launched in 2011) organized by Assemblyman William Colton, District Leaders Nancy Tong and Charles
Harris Campaign Pushes Back Against Allegations Of Inappropriate Ties To Nonprofit
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Harris Campaign Pushes Back Against Allegations Of Inappropriate Ties To Nonprofit

Assemblywoman Pamela Harris speaking with reporters at Kaiser Park. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Assemblywoman Pamela Harris — who is in the middle of a bruising primary battle to hold onto her seat — pushed back Friday against allegations in the New York Post [http://nypost.com/2016/07/09/assemblywomans-link-to-nonprofit-raises-questions/] that
Following Shootout, Officials Call For Expanded Youth Services To Bring Down Violence
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Following Shootout, Officials Call For Expanded Youth Services To Bring Down Violence

Police investigating a shooting in Coney Island on June 5. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Local elected officials are calling on the city to address gun violence in Coney Island by expanding youth and employment services after a terrifying shootout [/gunfire-erupts-at-crowded-intersection-in-coney-island/] occurred this week at a crowded intersection this week.
Catsimatidis Scoops Up New Property After City Ignores Coney Island’s West End
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Catsimatidis Scoops Up New Property After City Ignores Coney Island’s West End

City Councilman Mark Treyger joined with Coney Island residents to demand the city purchase the former F.E.G.S. building. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)They asked for a community center, but they might be getting condos. After the city ignored Coney Island residents’ pleas [/treyger-demands-city-purchase-shuttered-property-for-community-use/] to purchase a
Harris Pushes For Tax Credit Encouraging Homeowners To Pursue Green Projects
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Harris Pushes For Tax Credit Encouraging Homeowners To Pursue Green Projects

Assemblywoman Pamela Harris. (Photo: Pamela Harris State Assembly 46th District [https://www.facebook.com/1074640702569013/photos/a.1074644935901923.1073741825.1074640702569013/1074645035901913/?type=3&theater] / Facebook)Assemblywoman Pamela Harris has introduced a bill that would allow homeowners to reap the rewards of outfitting their homes with green infrastructure projects. Under the
Elected Officials Push For Russian And French Creole Interpreters At Polling Sites
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Elected Officials Push For Russian And French Creole Interpreters At Polling Sites

Photo by Fort Greene Focus.Local elected officials have rallied around efforts to add Russian and French Creole interpreters and translations at polling stations. Following the presidential primary debacle, in which more than 125,000 Brooklyn Democrats [/brighton-beach-among-handful-brooklyn-nabes-voted-sanders/] were dropped from voter rolls, Mayor Bill de Blasio has offered the
Tomorrow Is The Last Day To Score A Job At Coney Island’s Amphitheater
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Tomorrow Is The Last Day To Score A Job At Coney Island’s Amphitheater

Rendering of the new Coney Island Amphitheater. (Provided by Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment)Want to check out some of the hottest concerts in Brooklyn, and get paid to do it? The New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) announced [http://www.nycedc.com/press-release/new-amphitheater-and-other-major-coney-island-businesses-hiring-over-800-jobs-april-25?utm_source=NYCEDC%20Newsletters&utm_campaign=
Treyger Invites Residents To Testify In Favor Of Landmarking Coney Island Boardwalk
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Treyger Invites Residents To Testify In Favor Of Landmarking Coney Island Boardwalk

Source: blhphotography via FlickrCity Councilman Mark Treyger is urging New Yorkers, and especially southern Brooklyn residents, to turn out at a City Council hearing next week and show their support for his resolution to landmark Coney Island’s Riegelmann Boardwalk. Treyger has long advocated [/councilman-treyger-moves-make-coney-island-boardwalk-city-landmark/] for the Landmarks Preservation Commission
Jewish City Councilmembers — Including Treyger & Greenfield — Endorse Hillary Clinton
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Jewish City Councilmembers — Including Treyger & Greenfield — Endorse Hillary Clinton

Photo: Councilman David Greendfield & Alex Ellefson/Bensonhurst BeanTwelve members of City Council’s Jewish caucus, including Councilmen David Greenfield Mark Treyger, and Alan Maisel, endorsed Hillary Clinton as the Democratic nominee in New York’s primary election next week, reports the Jewish Daily Forward [http://forward.com/news/breaking-news/338505/
Elected Officials Christen Refurbished Cyclone At Luna Park Spring Opening
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Elected Officials Christen Refurbished Cyclone At Luna Park Spring Opening

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 [/luna-parks-march-20-opening-day-postponed-due-noreaster/] on the first
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