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Image via NYC.gov [http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/planning/download/pdf/plans-studies/zqa/profiles/bk02.pdf] .BY HEATHER J. CHIN AND ALEX ELLEFSON The City Council and Mayor Bill de Blasio have reached an agreement on two zoning changes meant to spur construction of affordable housing [http://www.nyc.
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Image via Park Slope Stoop.A key component of New York’s effort to bring down opioid abuse — which requires doctors to file prescriptions electronically [http://www.health.ny.gov/publications/1098.pdf] rather than with handwritten notes — takes affect next week, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced [https://www.governor.ny.
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Photo by Leon LipkovichThe City Council and Mayor Bill de Blasio have reached an agreement on two zoning changes meant to spur construction of affordable housing [http://www.nyc.gov/html/housing/assets/downloads/pdf/housing_plan.pdf] in the New York City. The proposals, Zoning for Quality and Affordability
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Image via New York Daily News [http://m.nydailynews.com/new-york/donald-trump-loving-nyc-sanitation-workers-fight-driver-article-1.2568005] .Road rage + Trump trash talk = a bizarre brawl that took place yesterday morning (Thursday, March 17) on Clinton Avenue near Greene Avenue between city sanitation workers and an SUV driver. According to video obtained by [http://m.
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Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm at a “Youth Dialog Program,” part of the Model Cities initiative, in 1970. (Photo: CaptJayRuffins via Creative Commons)The political club named for a ground breaking Caribbean-American politician from Central Brooklyn has endorsed Hillary Clinton for president. The Shirley Chisholm Democratic Club announced its endorsement of Hillary
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Presidential candidates Hillary Clinton photo via Wikipedia [https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Clinton_presidential_campaign,_2016#/media/File:2016.02.09_Presidential_Campaign_New_Hampshire_USA_02797_(24643391800)_cropped.png] and Bernie Sanders Photo: Nick SolariDo your neighbors’ political views surprise you? An interesting new dataset [https://www.renthop.
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Congresswoman Yvette Clarke. (Photo: U.S. Rep. Yvette D. Clarke [https://www.facebook.com/repyvettedclarke/photos/a.365490166846802.85192.135031389892682/365490493513436/?type=3&theater] / Facebook)Congresswoman Yvette Clarke sent a strongly worded letter to the Bureau of Prisons Wednesday urging the federal agency to reject a proposal to building
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City Councilman Mark Treyger. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Less than two weeks after an 81-year-old Coney Island woman was roughed up and robbed [/burglar-posing-as-con-ed-worker-robs-81-year-old-woman-at-knifepoint/] by someone posing as a Con Ed emplyee, City Councilman Mark Treyger announced he will introduce legislation to keep New Yorkers safe from people posing
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Source: Rent HopCurious about which presidential candidates your neighbors back? There’s a map for that. Data collected by Renthop [https://www.renthop.com/study/new-york-city-ny/new-york-donors.html], the apartment-hunting website, identifies and maps which neighborhoods campaign donations for the 2016 presidential election are coming from. To come up with
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Over 500 single family and small residential buildings in our area are on the City’s tax lien sale list — this year’s sale is coming up soon, May 12th. The Center for New York City Neighborhoods (CNYCN) reported [http://cnycn.org/NYC-tax-lien-sale/] last week that 6,458 buildings in
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A recent segment on BRIC TV [http://bricartsmedia.org/community-media/bric-tv] produced by Steve de Sève is an engaging and informative mini-documentary which tracks through the ongoing 5th Avenue Key Food development controversy [/blog/business/its-a-bodega-and-more-outcries-as-developer-presents-plans-for-5th-avenue-key-food-site/] that has been a major concern for community members in Park Slope, Gowanus, and
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CB6 Chair Sayar Lonial. (Courtesy of Sayar Lonial)Our Community Board 6 [http://www.brooklyncb6.org/] has recently undergone a change in leadership, as Sayar Lonial assumed the role of the Chair of the Community Board during their meeting last month. Outgoing Chair Gary Reilly — who was elected in December