Ditmas Park
EAST FLATBUSH — Residents in the 45th Council district are already running for Jumanne Williams’ seat although he hasn’t won the highly sought after Public Advocate’s race. Mayor de Blasio would have to call for a special election to fill the vacant seat which encompasses East Flatbush, Flatbush, Flatlands,
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FLATBUSH – Assemblywoman Rodneyse Bichotte, who has been speaking in support of tenants for years, [/tenants-of-e-17th-street-building-sue-landlord-over-terrible-living-conditions-ditmas-park/] is now advocating for clean water in her own apartment building, which contains 65 units. Last week, Bichotte, who represents the 42nd Assembly district, went on to Twitter to share a video of dirty, brown
fort greene
FORT GREENE – Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced on Thursday [http://www.brooklynda.org/2019/01/10/philadelphia-man-sentenced-to-12-years-in-prison-for-fatally-stabbing-fort-greene-man-during-drug-fueled-encounter/] that a 44-year-old Philadelphia man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for the stabbing death of a “Brooklyn man inside his apartment during a drug-fueled sexual encounter.” According to trial
Central Brooklyn
Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerFLATBUSH – Police are searching for a man involved in a robbery on a 2 Train yesterday. On Thursday, January 10 at around 2 p.m., the suspect stabbed a sleeping man in the head and arm with a screwdriver onboard the northbound 2 subway at the Beverly
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Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerGREENPOINT – A series of anti-Semitic messages written on United States Postal Service mailing labels were discovered posted around the neighborhood Sunday morning. According to Greenpointers.com [https://greenpointers.com/2019/01/07/greenpoint-inundated-with-anti-semitic-and-hate-propaganda/] , a couple discovered the labels on several lampposts along McGuinness Boulevard and removed them.
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Mayor Bill de Blasio delivers his sixth State of the City address at the Symphony Space in Manhattan on Thursday, January 10, 2017. Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography OfficeBROOKLYN — Mayor de Blasio wants all New Yorkers to have a better quality of life, and Hizzoner is making sure that happens one
Bay Ridge
NEW YORK – Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Thursday that Coney Island will finally get ferry service as part of a Coney Island-Bay Ridge-Manhattan route. “Every day millions of us lose minutes, sometimes hours, just getting to work or to school or wherever we have to be,” de Blasio said during
Business
Signs were taken down throughout the city by business owners fearing fines. (Photo: Justin Mitchell/BKLYNER).City Councilmember Rafael Espinal’s Awnings Act [https://legistar.council.nyc.gov/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=3458219&GUID=B0C7E025-D09E-4A05-A48B-7BCB7EBE7E33&Options=&Search=] overwhelmingly passed the City Council Wednesday, providing relief to small businesses
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There is so much going on in the city, with everyone back from the holidays, legislators back in session in Albany, and the Governor and Mayor dropping one massive announcement after another, here are some quick updates from some agencies and deeper dives from other outlets. > A concrete bus
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Soda Bar at 629 Vanderbilt Avenue in Prospect Heights. (Screenshot: Google Maps) PROSPECT HEIGHTS — The Vanderbilt Avenue hot spot Soda Bar is looking to bring in a DJ on the weekends, but a couple of neighbors say, “Not so Fast.” Owner Galina Sokolova of Soda Bar [https://m.facebook.com/
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Straphangers can scan the bar code for access to the 14-point questionnaire on subway performance.BAY RIDGE — This week, Speaker and Acting Public Advocate Corey Johnson launched a five-borough subway service series with Brooklyn as its second stop. Johnson and Councilman Justin Bannan distributed leaflets at the 77th Street R
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Who will replace her? Former Public Advocate Letitia James at a rally on Ocean Parkway. (Photo by Sean Egan/Bklyner)BROOKLYN — Six days after Mayor Bill de Blasio gave the go-ahead for the special election, only nine of the nearly three dozen hopefuls are on the ballot for the Public