Lew Fidler

Sep
12
Sheepshead Community Gathered In Bill Brown Park For Heartfelt 9/11 Memorial Service

Sheepshead Community Gathered In Bill Brown Park For Heartfelt 9/11 Memorial Service

Photo by Sean Egan/Sheepshead Bites.It was a night of music, joy, remembrance, and pride. The Sheepshead Bay community
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Mar
17
Rep. Clarke Urges Prisons Bureau To Block Bragg Street Halfway House

Rep. Clarke Urges Prisons Bureau To Block Bragg Street Halfway House

Congresswoman Yvette Clarke. (Photo: U.S. Rep. Yvette D. Clarke [https://www.facebook.com/repyvettedclarke/photos/a.365490166846802.85192.135031389892682/
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Mar
02
Legislators Collected Over 1,000 Signatures Opposing Bragg Street Halfway House

Legislators Collected Over 1,000 Signatures Opposing Bragg Street Halfway House

Assemblywoman Helene Weinstein holding petitions opposing the Bragg Street halfway house. (Photo provided by Weinstein’s office)Local lawmakers announced
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Feb
02
Opposition To Bragg Street Halfway House Gathers Steam

Opposition To Bragg Street Halfway House Gathers Steam

The former synagogue at 2261 bragg street. (Photo: Google Maps)Elected officials are moving quickly to mobilize community opposition to
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Jun
24
Protester Who Allegedly Assaulted Kings Bay Y Leader Charged With Hate Crime

Protester Who Allegedly Assaulted Kings Bay Y Leader Charged With Hate Crime

Schraeder (l) and Petlakh (r) Source: Social media, via ForwardThe assault charges against Shawn Schraeder, who is accused of punching
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Dec
17
Bring A Toy To The City’s Largest Toys For Tots Drive Tomorrow Night In Marine Park!

Bring A Toy To The City’s Largest Toys For Tots Drive Tomorrow Night In Marine Park!

As of last year, the local Toys for Tots drive has collected 55,430 toys for needy children.The 41st
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Sep
29

Former Councilman Lew Fidler In Urgent Need Of A Kidney

Fidler during the 2012 A Taste of Sheepshead Bay. (Photo by Erica Sherman)Former Council member and Southern Brooklyn Democratic
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Mar
25

City To Begin Restoring Lights On Belt Parkway In April

Source: retrofresh!/FlickrSixteen months have passed since Superstorm Sandy, and the damaged lights on the Belt Parkway from Knapp Street
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Dec
23

Fidler’s Toys For Tots Drive Remains Largest In New York City

The U.S. Marine Corps Toys for Tots local drive organized by Councilman Lew Fidler’s 41st Assembly District Democratic
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Jul
23

Gerritsen Beach Library Eyeing September Reopening

The interior of the Gerritsen Beach Library Post-SandyThe Gerritsen Beach library (2808 Gerritsen Avenue), which was devastated by Superstorm Sandy,
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