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The city plans to open a homeless shelter at 2147 Bath Avenue to provide temporary shelter for 150 single men in the area by the end of this year. NYC Tax Photo.“I have learned that there was no proposal presented to Community Board 11 and there has been no
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Community Education Council 23 [http://www.d23rising.nyc/] (CEC23) which covers Brownsville, Ocean Hill, and parts of East New York, has only four members out of six required to have a quorum and thus find themselves in the peculiar position of being unable to even restore quorum. The Schools Chancellor
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Amidst the well-documented increase in gun violence across New York City last year, one area stood out: the NYPD’s 75th Precinct, which includes the neighborhoods of East New York and Cypress Hills, had both the most shooting incidents and the highest number of police misconduct complaints [/what-will-it-take-to-fix-the-citys-most-troubled-police-precinct/] of anywhere
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Immigration reform advocates hold a rally at Battery Park Thursday morning during the start of the Biden administration. | Ben Fractenberg/THE CITYBy Gabriel Sandoval, THE CITY. This article was originally published [https://www.thecity.nyc/2021/1/21/22243604/new-yorkers-celebrate-bidens-end-to-trumps-muslim-travel-ban-and-rally-for-more-change] by THE CITY [https://www.thecity.nyc/] Thousands of New
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Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams. (Photo: Todd Maisel/Bklyner)When it comes to the new administration in Washington, Brooklyn Borough President and mayoral candidate Eric Adams is wasting no time getting to work. In a letter sent Thursday [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CWtjg1YO864g_YyXCRMfUS-eNxVbXCiJ/view?usp=sharing] , Adams
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Rita Joseph at Georges Diner, March 2020. Liena Zagare/BklynerRita Joseph is a local teacher running to represent her neighborhood – Flatbush / District 40 – in the City Council in this year’s election, which will be decided in the June Democratic primary. Joseph grew up in Flatbush, but like many of
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On Friday, candidates across New York City submitted their latest campaign finance disclosure reports to the city’s Campaign Finance Board [http://nyccfb.com/] (CFB). If early fundraising numbers are any indication, the fight to replace term-limited Eric Adams as the next Brooklyn Borough President is down to a race
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By Gabriel Sandoval, THE CITY. This article was originally published [https://www.thecity.nyc/2021/1/17/22236287/brooklyn-wind-turbine-assembly-hub] by THE CITY [https://www.thecity.nyc/] A dream long nurtured by grassroots neighborhood activists approached reality last week when Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced [https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-outlines-2021-agenda-reimagine-rebuild-renew-1]
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Council Member Mathieu Eugene. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)The New York City Campaign Finance Board (CFB) voted on Friday to levy a $10,717 fine [https://www.nyccfb.info/pdf/EC2017_Eugene_Mathieu_PM.pdf] on Brooklyn Council Member Mathieu Eugene’s 2017 campaign. The fine was for nine violations
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1 Kenilworth Place. Joe Strini /PropertySharkA group of Flatbush-area elected officials is pushing back on the city’s plans to open a homeless shelter at the site of a recently-closed student housing facility near Brooklyn College. The city’s Department of Social Services (DSS) is looking to retrofit the former
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75th Precinct House. Mark Davis [http://www.ellebobo.com/]/BklynerLike many low-income communities, East New York was hit hard when coronavirus began to sweep through the city in late March. But the neighborhood was simultaneously the victim of two other pandemics: gun violence and police misconduct. Data from the New
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Council Member Antonio Reynoso speaking at a press conference in Williamsburg in 2017. (Photo: Paul Stremple/Bklyner)The New York Working Families Party [https://workingfamilies.org/state/new-york/] (WFP) announced today its endorsement of Council Member Antonio Reynoso in the race for Brooklyn Borough President, making the lefty political party