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Dec
06
[Updated] Flatbush Avenue Bike Lane Petition Builds Momentum This Week

[Updated] Flatbush Avenue Bike Lane Petition Builds Momentum This Week

(Sample 2-way bike lane image via Transportation Alternatives petition [https://campaigns.transalt.org/petition/two-way-protected-bike-path-flatbush]) [Updates 12/7 & 12/
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Dec
06
[Updated] Flatbush Avenue Bike Lane Petition Builds Momentum This Week

[Updated] Flatbush Avenue Bike Lane Petition Builds Momentum This Week

(Sample 2-way bike lane image via Transportation Alternatives petition [https://campaigns.transalt.org/petition/two-way-protected-bike-path-flatbush]) [Updates 12/7 & 12/
4 min read
Dec
05
No More ‘No Turns!’ Brooklynites Rally Against Ocean Parkway Changes

No More ‘No Turns!’ Brooklynites Rally Against Ocean Parkway Changes

Photo by Sean Egan/Sheepshead Bites.It was a brisk morning on Sunday when a crowd of outraged Brooklynites rallied
3 min read
Dec
01
‘Know Your Rights’ Training In Flatbush Reveals Deeper Fears For Haitian Immigrants

‘Know Your Rights’ Training In Flatbush Reveals Deeper Fears For Haitian Immigrants

Nick Klein, CAMBA attorney delivering a ‘Know Your Rights’ training at the Flatbush Library. (Photo by DPC)With deportations of
7 min read
Dec
01
‘Know Your Rights’ Training In Flatbush Reveals Deeper Fears For Haitian Immigrants

‘Know Your Rights’ Training In Flatbush Reveals Deeper Fears For Haitian Immigrants

Nick Klein, CAMBA attorney delivering a ‘Know Your Rights’ training at the Flatbush Library. (Photo by DPC)With deportations of
7 min read
Nov
29
Council Member Brad Lander Among Dozens Arrested At ‘Fight For $15’ Rally

Council Member Brad Lander Among Dozens Arrested At ‘Fight For $15’ Rally

> .@bradlander [https://twitter.com/bradlander] arrested while supporting striking McDonald’s workers in NYC #Fightfor15 [https://twitter.com/hashtag/
2 min read
Nov
29
Council Member Brad Lander Among Dozens Arrested At ‘Fight For $15’ Rally

Council Member Brad Lander Among Dozens Arrested At ‘Fight For $15’ Rally

> .@bradlander [https://twitter.com/bradlander] arrested while supporting striking McDonald’s workers in NYC #Fightfor15 [https://twitter.com/hashtag/
2 min read
Nov
29
Save The Swans! Mute Swan’s ‘Death Sentence’ Reversed

Save The Swans! Mute Swan’s ‘Death Sentence’ Reversed

Photo via Flickr/Caroline Granycome. [https://www.flickr.com/photos/cgranycome/13199335103/in/photolist-m7o3ta-bwTbZM-GNk65h-ekaj6K-kYKLNN-mkD6WL-7qrpYW-e1tTP6-qr7GsY-e1tTPF-8iBFFX-pLFGPo-9YULm2-84FVf9-9YULBP-n8wvLB-61diqi-qr8o6h-eGqUFx-4ukLgN-5SeeSX-5LGWLa-8iBGpr-ePkwiz-7pu9po-qcXcTk-aEwHXS-FqHnYw-m9cKFa-9Kv2HQ-avF5j2-ocW5YU-9Ks4Qg-bAuxVH-qrgb1X-HTVqBv-bXhjeY-bnzwAb-aFGhXc-i8gq2z-bTGKC8-bAuAL4-bAuvSi-bnzHJd-5LGUYr-bnzDuJ-bAuwPB-2mdsni-aFt8rZ-m2rVex] Mute swans have a new look
3 min read
Nov
25
Kids Rise Up! Hootenanny Art House Readies Their ‘Week Of Action’

Kids Rise Up! Hootenanny Art House Readies Their ‘Week Of Action’

Kids and their parents at Hootenanny Art House. (Photo Credit: Steve Curtis) Wife/husband partnership Kira Smith and Pete Sinjin
3 min read
Nov
23
A School Of Immigrants, In A City Of Immigrants, In A Country Of Immigrants

A School Of Immigrants, In A City Of Immigrants, In A Country Of Immigrants

The New York Times published a lovely short piece yesterday on P.S. 160, highlighting the challenges many schools in
1 min read