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Mayor’s Office Responds To Flooding Danger Of Brooklyn-Queens Streetcar Route

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Mayor’s Office Responds To Flooding Danger Of Brooklyn-Queens Streetcar Route

Courtesy of the Friends of the Brooklyn-Queens ConnectorMayor Bill de Blasio and his administration have been engaged in building significant momentum behind the planning and construction of the Brooklyn-Queens Connector streetcar (BQX), which would link Sunset Park’s burgeoning economic hub [/blog/business/swift-massive-renovations-industry-city-now-attracting-general-public/] with northern Brooklyn, terminating at Astoria,

A Farewell To A Longtime Member, Extra Police At The Parade Ground & More Notes From The CB 14 Meeting

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A Farewell To A Longtime Member, Extra Police At The Parade Ground & More Notes From The CB 14 Meeting

Robert Newman addresses Community Board 14, which he is leaving after serving for 20 years.Community Board 14 [/blog/politics/tonight-address-concerns-learn-about-our-neighborhood-at-the-community-board-14-meeting] held its final meeting before the summer break at Edward R. Murrow High School [http://www.ermurrowhs.org/]on Monday, June 8. Here’s what happened this month: * Community

CUNY Research Team Unveils Storm Resiliency Ideas For Jamaica Bay

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CUNY Research Team Unveils Storm Resiliency Ideas For Jamaica Bay

Image courtesy of CUNY / Structures of Coastal Resilience [http://www.structuresofcoastalresilience.org].After a year of research [http://www.structuresofcoastalresilience.org/], a team led by City University of New York (CUNY) associate professor of landscape architecture Catherine Seavitt Nordenson has completed a proposal [http://www.structuresofcoastalresilience.org/locations/jamaica-bay-ny/] for