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Kate Cucco. (Photo: Kate Cucco [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10106589644097325&set=a.10100252869529355.2833944.12400090&type=3&theater] / Facebook)Bay Ridge community activist Kate Cucco, the chief of staff for former Assemblyman Alec Brook-Krasny, announced her candidacy this week to represent the 46th Assembly
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Photo by ricangeekn [http://instagram.com/p/y3MWjiuzak/?modal=true]After a decades-long absence, F express service will be returning to Brooklyn next year. Regular F express service should be in place by Fall 2017, MTA spokesman Kevin Ortiz confirmed today, and will run during rush hours from Jay Street-MetroTech
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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
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Source: katerha via flickrThe City Council on Thursday narrowly passed a controversial shopping bag fee aimed at curbing the use of disposable grocery bags in favor of reusable, environmentally-friendly materials. Proponents of the bill, which passed 28-20 [http://legistar.council.nyc.gov/MeetingDetail.aspx?ID=484894&GUID=B22E7F6F-30CC-4A14-9BF8-A6F55432642E&
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A boarded up home. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)City Council unanimously passed a package of bills sponsored by City Councilmembers Mark Treyger and Alan Maisel yesterday, protecting homeowners affected by Superstorm Sandy from fines levied against them by the Department of Buildings (DOB) or the Department of Sanitation (DSNY)
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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 want a community center, not condos! City Councilman Mark Treyger joined with scores of Coney Island residents Saturday to demand the city purchase
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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
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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
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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&
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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
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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/
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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 [/luna-parks-march-20-opening-day-postponed-due-noreaster/] on the first