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The New York Times [http://www.nytimes.com/projects/elections/2013/nyc-primary/mayor/map.html] recently released a map of votes for each Democratic mayoral candidate in the September primary by Election District. In our area, however–which seems to have voted so overwhelmingly for Bill de Blasio [http://www.
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Have you met your candidates yet? Community newspaper Street Hype [http://www.streethypenewspaper.com] is hosting a forum nearby that might be your last chance to do so. The event will be held next Wednesday, August 28, at Saint Gabriel’s Episcopal Church [http://sgec.org] (331 Hawthorne Street between
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The Flatbush Tenant Coalition [http://flatbushtenantcoalition.wordpress.com/] will be hosting a forum and complimentary breakfast next Saturday, June 15 featuring candidates in the 40th, 41st, and 45th Districts. If you’re not sure yet which of the prospective District 40 City Councilmembers has your vote, stop by the 9:
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As we get ready to vote on the projects that are in the running for funding [/blog/politics/expo-offers-first-look-at-participatory-budgeting-projects] through Participatory Budgeting, Neil Reilly, a District 39 Committee Member and former Transit Committee Delegate notes that one of the interesting outcomes [http://bradlander.com/blog/2013/03/21/what-starts-in-pb-doesnt-always-end-in-pb] of
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Kensington Plaza [/tag/kensington-plaza] is now contested ground, but even so, the two most successful happenings at the 6-month-old Plaza (in front of Walgreens at Beverley Road and Church Avenue) occurred on Saturday, December 15. People started showing up for the first-ever Kensington Community Holiday Sing-Along [/events/join-neighbors-for-a-sing-along-at-kensington-plaza-on-saturday] around 5pm
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Congregation Beth Elohim [www.congregationbethelohim.org], located at 274 Garfield Place between 8th Avenue and Prospect Park West, welcomes Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren [http://www.israelemb.org/washington/pages/default.aspx] on Monday, October 15 at 7:30pm. Moderated by CBE’s Rabbi Bachman, topics of discussion include Iran, our
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[View the story “Congresswoman Clarke’s Tweets on the Affordable Care Act” on Storify [http://storify.com/DPCornerblog/congresswoman-clarke-s-tweets-on-the-affordable-ca] ] Congresswoman Clarke’s Tweets on the Affordable Care Act Congresswoman Yvette Clarke, who this week won the Democratic primary for the 11th Congressional district, says we’re already benefiting from it.