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Governor Andrew Cuomo at his 2016 State of the State speech. (Photo: PROgovernorandrewcuomo [https://www.flickr.com/photos/governorandrewcuomo/23994415209/] / Flickr) Several Albany Legislators called out Governor Andrew Cuomo for stripping a law from his executive budget that protects seniors from losing their savings when a spouse falls ill. They
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Governor Andrew Cuomo at his 2016 State of the State speech. (Photo: PROgovernorandrewcuomo [https://www.flickr.com/photos/governorandrewcuomo/23994415209/] / Flickr) Several Albany Legislators called out Governor Andrew Cuomo for stripping a law from his executive budget that protects seniors from losing their savings when a spouse falls ill. They
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Image via Friends of Brooklyn Queens Connector.After stating last month [/blog/development/a-streetcar-thats-desired-as-brooklyn-queens-connector-is-proposed/] that Mayor Bill de Blasio was taking the idea of a potential trolley streetcar between Brooklyn and Queens “under consideration,” representatives from his office and other city agencies are now confirming his formal support for the
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Image via Friends of Brooklyn Queens Connector.After stating last month [/blog/2016/01/07/a-streetcar-thats-desired-as-brooklyn-queens-connector-is-proposed/] that Mayor Bill de Blasio was taking the idea of a potential trolley streetcar between Brooklyn and Queens “under consideration,” representatives from his office and other city agencies are now confirming his formal support
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Source: Assemblyman William Colton’s officeAssemblyman William Colton is encouraging residents of southwestern Brooklyn to become more involved in the political process by applying to become election day workers. There are a number of positions available for those who want to work on Election Day at the polls that are
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Image via iamtonyang [http://iamtonyang.com/1007/ticket_machine.jpg].Would you ride the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) if there were a discount between Atlantic Avenue, Nostrand Avenue, and East New York? If so, that is what Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, the New York City Transit Riders Council
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The B Train entering the Brighton Beach Station. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz is calling on the MTA to make more subway stations in his district accessible to seniors and the disabled. Noting that of the 14 subway stations in his district, which covers Sheepshead Bay, Brighton
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Photo via benweser [https://www.instagram.com/p/BA93w7OjkKy/?taken-at=1743231] Following the record-breaking blizzard [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2016/01/volunteers-distribute-hot-food-to-neighbors-stranded-by-the-winter-storm/] that blanketed parts of the city in almost three feet of snow, support is growing in the city council for a bill that would suspend certain parking and
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A car snowed in by Winter Storm Jonas. (Photo: Ned Berke [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10206686209408488&set=a.1878414194685.107486.1071163781&type=3&theater] / Facebook)Following the record-breaking blizzard [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2016/01/volunteers-distribute-hot-food-to-neighbors-stranded-by-the-winter-storm/] that blanketed parts of the city in almost
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A car snowed in by Winter Storm Jonas. (Photo: Ned Berke [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10206686209408488&set=a.1878414194685.107486.1071163781&type=3&theater] / Facebook)Following the record-breaking blizzard [/volunteers-distribute-hot-food-to-neighbors-stranded-by-the-winter-storm/] that blanketed parts of the city in almost three feet of snow, support is
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(Photo: Ralph Hockens [https://www.flickr.com/photos/rhockens/3064265998/] / Flickr)As part of a package of bills intended to address parking headaches, City Councilman David Greenfield has introduced legislation that would eliminate fines for parking in front of busted fire hydrants. “I am committed to making life easier for
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Image via Success Academy [http://www.successacademies.org/schools/fort-greene/] .The rumors [/blog/2016/01/05/following-got-to-go-list-scandal-success-academy-fort-greene-principal-announces-leave-of-absence/] of ex-principal Candido Brown’s quiet reassignment away from Success Academy Fort Greene [http://www.successacademies.org/schools/fort-greene/], over to Success Academy Harlem 1, have now been confirmed by [http://www.capitalnewyork.