Governor Andrew Cuomo

Aug
07
Cuomo Says Schools Can Reopen In The Fall

Cuomo Says Schools Can Reopen In The Fall

Photo by Annie Spratt [https://unsplash.com/@anniespratt?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on
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Jul
01
Indoor Dining Postponed Indefinitely

Indoor Dining Postponed Indefinitely

Outdoor dining in Park Slope. Ellie Plass, Bklyner.This morning Mayor Bill de Blasio and Governor Andrew Cuomo announced their
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Jan
02
Federal Funds Announced to Help Fight Anti-Semitism as Crimes Against Jews Continue to Plague New York

Federal Funds Announced to Help Fight Anti-Semitism as Crimes Against Jews Continue to Plague New York

Governor Cuomo visited an Orthodox Jewish neighborhood in Williamsburg with Rabbi David Niederman to show support for the Jewish Community
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Dec
04
New Law Protects NYC Tenants from Slumlords and Unsafe Conditions

New Law Protects NYC Tenants from Slumlords and Unsafe Conditions

Brooklyn building. Photo by Kevin H. via Flickr. [https://www.flickr.com/photos/16151021@N00/3900940036]There’s a new
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Nov
25
National Grid Finally Lifts Gas Embargo and Will Pay $36 Million in Fines

National Grid Finally Lifts Gas Embargo and Will Pay $36 Million in Fines

Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerAfter months of denying gas to new customers and holding them hostage, the National Grid moratorium has
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Jul
03
Shirley Chisholm State Park Opens In East New York

Shirley Chisholm State Park Opens In East New York

EAST NEW YORK – On Tuesday, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the opening of the first section of the new Shirley Chisholm
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Sep
24
Marijuana Legalization Meeting Tuesday As Brooklyn’s First Dispensary Is Planned

Marijuana Legalization Meeting Tuesday As Brooklyn’s First Dispensary Is Planned

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – The office of Governor Andrew Cuomo [https://www.ny.gov/regulated-marijuana/regulated-marijuana-listening-sessions#] is holding a listening session on
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Aug
30
1,000 Affordable Senior Homes Will Be Built On NYCHA Land

1,000 Affordable Senior Homes Will Be Built On NYCHA Land

The Governor’s announcement is part of the billion dollar “Vital Brooklyn” program (Mike Groll/Office of Governor Andrew M.
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Aug
27

Speed Cameras Will Turn Back On In Time for School Year

Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerA month after speed cameras shut down across New York, a deal to turn them back on
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Jun
14
Catching Up on Speed Cameras—What’s The Latest on Legislation?

Catching Up on Speed Cameras—What’s The Latest on Legislation?

With this week’s tragic death of Shaena Sinclair in Canarsie [/canarsie-crash-fatal-mother-son/], the safety of New York streets are once
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