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Jabari Brisport (l), Green Party candidate for New York’s 35 th City Council District, gives his campaign flyer to Alex Asher (r) as Gabriella Agranat-Getz looks on at the Fort Greene Park Greenmarket on Sept. 30, 2017. (Ben Foldy / BKLYNER)On a fall Saturday at the Greenmarket in Fort
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Intersection of Vanderbilt and St. Marks Avenues in Prospect Heights via Google MapsPROSPECT HEIGHTS – A PS 9 student, her sibling, and their father were the victims of the car accident [/2-pedestrians-struck-in-prospect-heights-wednesday-morning/] that occurred at the intersection of St. Marks and Vanderbilt Avenues on Wednesday morning. The three were struck by
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CROWN HEIGHTS – Last Friday, September 8, NYC Parks Commissioner Mitchell J. Silver and City Council Member Laurie Cumbo hosted a groundbreaking ceremony at Stroud Playground, kicking off the $5 million transformation the park will undergo as a part of the Community Parks Initiative. Stroud Playground Groundbreaking (Photo by: Daniel Avila,
Announcements
> This is what 24 hours of labor and love look like!! Welcome to my healthy, beautiful, baby boy Prince Noah Oluwafemi. I am in LOVE!!! pic.twitter.com/0JjmARVgTY [https://t.co/0JjmARVgTY] — Laurie Cumbo (@cmlauriecumbo) August 7, 2017 [https://twitter.com/cmlauriecumbo/status/894591061275947008] Congratulations are in order
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Council Member Laurie A. Cumbo (center) announces an agreement between HPD and Alma Realty securing rent-stabilized leases for 600 units located at the Brooklyn Jewish Hospital complex for thirty years (Photo courtesy of The Office of Laurie A. Cumbo)A group of city officials led by Council Member Laurie Cumbo
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Crime scene, Wednesday June 14, 2017. (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)A man was shot on the street near the Barclays Center earlier this afternoon, sending pedestrians scattering and police rushing to the area. An assailant fired gunshots near 620 Atlantic Ave and Flatbush Avenue at 2:14pm on Wednesday,
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Fort Greene residents sign a petition to install a stop sign and other safety measures at the intersection of Willoughby and Washington Park (Photo courtesy of Shayna Kulik)Tired of having to dodge speeding cars when crossing the street to and from Fort Greene Park, three concerned neighbors are working
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Around 3:30pm on an overcast Wednesday afternoon, NYC Parks Brooklyn Borough Commissioner Martin Maher, Deputy Borough President Diana Reyna and City Council Member Laurie Cumbo, cut the ribbon on the fully renovated Jackie Robinson Playground in Crown Heights. NYC Parks Brooklyn Borough Commissioner Martin Maher speaking at Jackie Robinson
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Council Member Laurie A. Cumbo (left) thanks Saima Lulu for her participation in PBNYC 2017. (Photo courtesy of the Office of Laurie A. Cumbo)The results are beginning to come in for New York City’s Participatory Budgeting Cycle 6! Council Member Laurie A. Cumbo announced the three winning projects
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Here comes Peter Cottontail! Easter is Sunday, April 16. Put on your bonnet, pick up a basket, and head to one of these Easter Egg Hunts! Note that some of these events might sell out, so make your reservations soon! Photo courtesy Aviator Sports and Events [https://www.facebook.com/
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Photo via the Participatory Budgeting ProjectVoting for Participatory Budgeting [/tonight-see-participatory-budgeting-projects-flatbush-midwood/] begins this Saturday, March 25. Below is a list of the 8 project proposals on the ballot for Council Member Laurie Cumbo’s District 35 [http://council.nyc.gov/district-35/] (Bed-Stuy, Clinton Hill, Crown Heights, Fort Greene, Prospect Heights). With
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St. James Place Towers Rally (Photo courtesy of the Office of Council Member Laurie A. Cumbo)BKLYNER learned late Friday afternoon that the St. James Place Towers in Clinton Hill will not be privatized. Following a vote on Thursday, the co-op’s board “did not reach the required two-thirds majority
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> “We are making #herstory [https://twitter.com/hashtag/herstory?src=hash] every single day.”-@cmlauriecumbo [https://twitter.com/cmlauriecumbo] pic.twitter.com/D8Ma5v1TYb [https://t.co/D8Ma5v1TYb] — A Better Balance (@ABetterBalance) July 14, 2016 [https://twitter.com/ABetterBalance/status/753598233134391296] New York City will now require breast feeding
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> “We are making #herstory [https://twitter.com/hashtag/herstory?src=hash] every single day.”-@cmlauriecumbo [https://twitter.com/cmlauriecumbo] pic.twitter.com/D8Ma5v1TYb [https://t.co/D8Ma5v1TYb] — A Better Balance (@ABetterBalance) July 14, 2016 [https://twitter.com/ABetterBalance/status/753598233134391296] New York City will now require breast feeding
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(Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)The City Council passed a package of legislation last Thursday, requiring police to report use of force as well as officers’ civil infractions in order to increase transparency of the NYPD. The bills — Intro. 606 [http://legistar.council.nyc.gov/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=2103615&
Arts & Culture
The chicken burrito at Pequeña. (Courtesy Fort Greene Focus/Justin Fox.)Here’s a recap of what went down this week. Follow us on Twitter [https://twitter.com/ftgfocus], like us on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/FortGreeneFocus], and check out our Instagram [http://instagram.com/fortgreenefocus], and subscribe to