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The New York City Asian American Democratic Club features a coalition of Brooklyn and city-wide politicians and community leaders. (Photo by Heather Chin/Sunset Park Voice)It’s a new day for Brooklyn’s Asian American community, which now has its first formal political club: the New York City Asian
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Source: blhphotography via FlickrJoin Democratic presidential contender Senator Bernie Sanders at a rally [https://www.facebook.com/events/250137442000187/] on Coney Island’s Riegelmann Boardwalk tomorrow. General admission entrance is located at Stillwell Avenue and the Boardwalk. Doors open at 11am. Tickets are not required for this free event, but
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Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. Photo: Nick Solari. Courtesy: Wikimedia CommonsPresidential candidate Bernie Sanders will be speaking in Midwood today [https://www.facebook.com/events/943938072370375/]. Sanders will address fans at 3pm, on “Bernie’s Block,” AKA James Madison High School [http://www.madisonhs.org/] (Avenue P and East 26th Street)
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Senator Ted Cruz greeting supporters outside the Jewish Center of Brighton Beach. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Presidential candidate Ted Cruz campaigned in Brighton Beach Thursday in an effort to woo Brooklyn’s Orthodox Jewish voters ahead of the New York primary. Cruz’s black Lincoln Navigator rolled into the
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Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. Photo: Nick Solari. Courtesy: Wikimedia CommonsPresidential candidate Bernie Sanders will be speaking in Midwood today [https://www.facebook.com/events/943938072370375/]. Sanders will address fans at 3pm, on “Bernie’s Block,” near James Madison High School (Avenue P and East 26th Street). Doors open at 1pm.
Arts & Culture
Photo by Will O’Hare.A new community theatre troupe is coming to Sunset Park and it aims to give voice to social and political issues of importance to our residents, while also bridging communication gaps between neighbors and neighbors, and neighbors and elected officials. Organized by the DUMBO-based arts
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New York State Capitol Building in Albany. (Photo: Kurtman 518 via Creative Commons)When you hear the word “Albany,” what’s the first thing that comes to mind? How closely do you follow state politics? Do you think that our state senators and assemblymembers have the best interests of our
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Presidential candidate Ted Cruz is scheduled to meet with members of the Russian American Jewish Experience [http://www.rajeusa.com/] (RAJE) today at 4:30pm in Brighton Beach, the organization confirmed. The meeting, first reported by the news site JP Updates [http://jpupdates.com/2016/04/06/ted-cruz-to-visit-jewish-leaders-in-brooklyn-sources-say/] , will take
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Photo courtesy of Gov. John Kasich’s campaign.With New York’s April 19 presidential primary fast approaching, [/33538/] talk show host Montel Williams and GOP presidential contender Governor John Kasich will be hosting a town hall in Bay Ridge tonight. The event — which is free — will start at 7pm,
Central Brooklyn
Photo via U.S. Senator Bernie SandersThe battle for the Democratic Party presidential nomination has come to the streets of Flatbush. Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is opening an office tomorrow at 1300 Flatbush Avenue (and Foster Avenue), said Paul Sliker, a grassroots organizer with the campaign. This is the Sanders
Business
Image via Google Maps.With homelessness a growing concern in Sunset Park, Community Board 7 (CB 7) came together Wednesday, March 30, to discuss the issue — particularly as it surrounds the Red Carpet Inn (536 39th Street), which has been used as a site for temporary housing without the community’
News
Photo via plasticbagsofnewyork [https://www.instagram.com/p/8OLNBmlo05/?taken-by=plasticbagsofnewyork&hl=en] There may be light at the end of the tunnel for the multi-year effort to control plastic bag waste in New York City. Various council members have signed onto proposed legislation [http://legistar.council.nyc.gov/