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The B Train entering the Brighton Beach Station. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz is calling on the MTA to make more subway stations in his district accessible to seniors and the disabled. Noting that of the 14 subway stations in his district, which covers Sheepshead Bay, Brighton
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Alexander Litvak leading his yoga class. Photo courtesy of Alexander Litvak.A local yoga instructor is donating every penny of revenue earned from his summer classes to help victims of the earthquake that ravaged Nepal this year. Since his first class began in early June, Alexander Litvak, 36, has raised
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Example of a Mobi-Mat (Source: assistivetech.net)Gone are the days that the wheelchair-bound are limited to enjoying the beach from the brink of the boardwalk, rather than on the sand itself. In 2007, the city unveiled special mats that allowed the handicap and seniors better access to the water’
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The Edith and Carl Marks Jewish Community House of Bensonhurst passed along news of this event, which will keep parents informed of programs and services for those with children with disabilities. The Sunday event, called “Needs, Wants, Wishes and Dreams: Programs and Services that Bring Relief to Parents of Children
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Source: Ronzoni via Wikimedia CommonsCouncilmen Vincent Gentile and Domenic Recchia awarded a $1.9 million grant to the Guild for Exceptional Children (GEC), a Brooklyn-based non-profit focused on helping developmentally disabled children and the elderly. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle is reporting [http://www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/gec-receives-19-million-grant-city-council-2013-09-30-150000] that the money
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Source: changeschanging / FlickrCity Council candidate Ari Kagan wants to bring back the x29 bus service. The line, which ran from Stillwell Avenue and Surf Avenue to 57th Street and Madison Avenue in Midtown, was eliminated in 2010 in a series of MTA cuts. As we’ve previously reported [/public-hearing-on-mta-cuts-attend-this/], the
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Source: slack12/FlickrNew York 1 [http://www.ny1.com/content/features/176157/ny1-for-you--no-elevator-service-since-sandy-keeps-brighton-beach-residents-captive-in-their-own-homes] has been following [http://www.ny1.com/content/features/175257/ny1-for-you--broken-elevator-keeps-elderly-tenants-stranded-months-after-storm] a story about a group of elderly residents that have been left stranded in their Brighton Beach building courtesy of a broken elevator that has been
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Source: YAI.orgSeveral autistic and developmentally disabled people who previously lived in group homes in Sheepshead Bay are among the hundreds left displaced after Superstorm Sandy took a heavy toll on their facilities. YAI Network, an organization which manages several such homes in the area, announced today that two of
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(photo: Bed-Stuy Patch)Do you know someone who needs a new air conditioner but is unable to afford one? The Bed-Stuy Patch is announcing that free air conditioners are now being made available through a program for Brooklyn’s seniors, the sick, as well as low-income residents. The Sunset Park
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Source: Golden's officeFinally, some good news out of Albany. With property taxes in New York among the highest in the nation (and crammed all together here in the Big Apple, it’s not like we exactly get a decent bang for our buck), most of us are struggling
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Tuesday night’s Community Board 15 meeting exploded into controversy over a proposal to bring a group home for mentally disabled persons to 2055 East 21st Street. Residents brought a number of concerns to the table, ranging from sensible, legitimate arguments to down-right bigotry. But underneath their callous, insensitive ideas