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Photo via Participatory Budgeting in New York CityCity Council districts throughout our area just got more funding for Fiscal Year 2017 — and residents will be deciding how that money is spent. Borough President Eric Adams announced last week that his office will be allocating an additional $1 million in FY
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Photo by Fort Greene Focus.The debate around traffic, pedestrian, and street safety is a constant in Brooklyn, with changes large and small happening almost daily: new bike lanes and pedestrian islands added, left turns banned, and extended crossing times for pedestrians are just a few examples. But there’s
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New York State Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichotte. (Photo: Office of Rodneyse Bichotte)Scores of residents, local elected officials and other community leaders, along with police officers and firemen, came out in the bitter cold last night to hear New York State Assemblywoman Rodneyse Bichotte [http://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/Rodneyse-Bichotte/
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Courtesy of Councilman Vincent Gentile/FacebookCouncilman Vincent Gentile, a rare third-term politician [/editorial-having-won-third-term-councilman-gentile-must-bring-home-the-bacon/] representing Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, and Bensonhurst, has been hitting up Mayor Bill de Blasio for a job before the end of his final stint in office, reports the New York Post [http://nypost.com/2016/02/
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Photo via Baby Carrier Drive – Brooklyn [https://www.facebook.com/babycarrierdrive/photos/pb.542141842621611.-2207520000.1455039457./554709694698159/?type=3&theater] While baby carriers are relatively common in our neighborhood, refugees fleeing violence from the civil war in Syria are lacking basic necessities when needing to walk great distances with
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Rendering via New York YIMBY [http://www.yimbynews.com/2015/01/revealed-271-fourth-avenue-park-slope.html] City Council members pushed back against Mayor Bill de Blasio’s zoning proposals Wednesday — questioning city officials about some of the more contentious aspects of the plan. Department of Housing Preservation and Development Commissioner Vicki Been made
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Housing along Ocean Avenue. (Photo: Google Maps)City Council members pushed back against Mayor Bill de Blasio’s zoning proposals Wednesday — questioning city officials about some of the more contentious aspects of the plan. Department of Housing Preservation and Development Commissioner Vicki Been made the case for the mayor’s
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Housing along Ocean Avenue. (Photo: Google Maps)City Council members pushed back against Mayor Bill de Blasio’s zoning proposals Wednesday — questioning city officials about some of the more contentious aspects of the plan. Department of Housing Preservation and Development Commissioner Vicki Been made the case for the mayor’s
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Cars parked on Voorhies Avenue. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)City Council members pushed back against Mayor Bill de Blasio’s zoning proposals Wednesday — questioning city officials about some of the more contentious aspects of the plan. Department of Housing Preservation and Development Commissioner Vicki Been made the case for
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A boarded up home. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Elected officials called on Brooklyn landlords Wednesday to help the city reach the finish line for Superstorm Sandy recovery efforts by opening available apartments to homeowners enrolled in the Build it Back [http://www.nyc.gov/html/recovery/html/homeowners/rebuild.
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Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders being interviewed by CBS. (Photo: CBS News) Midwood residents caught a glimpse [/bernie-sanders-spotted-midwood-afternoon/] of presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on Wednesday. The Vermont Senator, who met that same day with civil rights leader Al Sharpton, stopped by his childhood home near East 26th Street and Kings Highway
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> TONIGHT: See @ScottPelley [https://twitter.com/ScottPelley]‘s interview with @BernieSanders [https://twitter.com/BernieSanders] in the Brooklyn neighborhood where the senator grew up pic.twitter.com/G3wz67FK2N [https://t.co/G3wz67FK2N] — CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) February 10, 2016 [https://twitter.com/CBSEveningNews/status/697504897315508224] Following a big win