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Boerum Hill

Corey Johnson Apologizes To Mother Whose Child Was Violently Separated From Her At HRA Office

BOERUM HILL – Jazmine Headley, the 23-year-old mother from Bed-Stuy whose young son was forcibly torn from her arms [/video-nypd-violently-yanks-1-year-old-from-mother-at-snap-office/] during an altercation at a Boerum Hill Human Resources Administration (HRA)/Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) office received a public apology from NYC Council Speaker Corey Johnson on Monday. Human Resources

Announcements

Parents, Politicians Rally After Speed Cameras Go Dark

Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerPARK SLOPE – Last night, elected officials, concerned residents and mothers of children killed by reckless drivers met at Park Slope’s M.S. 51 to talk strategy after the program authorizing speed cameras outside 140 New York City schools expired yesterday. Lawmakers in Albany could have renewed

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Participatory Budgeting – Cast Your Vote This Week At LinkNYC Kiosks

Photo via NYC Council Speaker Corey JohnsonPROSPECT HEIGHTS – Voting kicked off this past Saturday and you have all week (until April 15) to vote for the projects you want to see completed as part of the Participatory Budgeting (PB) process. [/heres-everything-on-the-participatory-budget-ballots-next-week/] PB is a democratic process where several council members

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Jumaane Williams On Running For Lieutenant Governor And Being a Powerful Activist

Photo: NY City CouncilFLATBUSH – Jumaane Williams [http://jumaanewilliams.com/], representing the 45th City Council district, is quite hopeful that he’ll become the next lieutenant governor of New York. Williams officially announced his candidacy for lieutenant governor in the last week of February [/williams-lieutenant-governor/], confirming all speculations [/councilmember-jumaane-williams-eyes-position-of-lieutenant-governor/]. Williams was

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Kruger's Sexual Orientation Questioned

Gay rights advocates are "outing" Kruger, alleging he is a closeted homosexual. From the Daily News: > After voting “no” on the gay marriage bill yesterday, Sen. Carl Kruger exited the Senate chamber and walked straight into the buzzsaw that was Allen Roskoff and Corey Johnson. > The