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May
13
More Open Streets Coming To Brooklyn This Week, One Block At A Time, In Areas With Few Cases Of COVID19

More Open Streets Coming To Brooklyn This Week, One Block At A Time, In Areas With Few Cases Of COVID19

This morning Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the next installment of open streets [https://bklyner.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/bklyner/
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May
12
Health, Housing, Justice – Justin Cohen Offers A Progressive Vision For Bed-Stuy And Crown Heights

Health, Housing, Justice – Justin Cohen Offers A Progressive Vision For Bed-Stuy And Crown Heights

Campaign photoThis June 23 is the Democratic primary, which in most NYC districts is the actual election as residents vote
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May
11
New York Has a Checklist for “Going Back to Normal,” but “Normal” Wasn’t Working

New York Has a Checklist for “Going Back to Normal,” but “Normal” Wasn’t Working

Katherine Walsh, courtesy of Katherine Walsh.On Saturday, Governor Andrew Cuomo released a detailed checklist for New York State that
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May
07
Marcela Mitaynes, The Housing Candidate For AD51, Leads In Endorsements.

Marcela Mitaynes, The Housing Candidate For AD51, Leads In Endorsements.

Marcela Mitaynes canvassing in Sunset Park, March 4 2020, Photo credit: Caroline OursoSUNSET PARK – The last three months have brought
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May
07
Bunkeddeko Calls For Massive Investment In Environmental Infrastructure For Post Pandemic World 

Bunkeddeko Calls For Massive Investment In Environmental Infrastructure For Post Pandemic World 

Navy Yard. Liena Zagare/BklynerCOVID-19 pandemic has shown the world just how harsh the inequalities in our society are. Communities
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May
04
Batya Goldberg Turns On Trump: How The President Lost One Of His Fiercest Supporters

Batya Goldberg Turns On Trump: How The President Lost One Of His Fiercest Supporters

Batya Goldberg. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)ISRAEL – Brooklyn’s passionate young conservative activist is no longer conservative. And she is
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Apr
27
Parents, Teachers, Electeds Blast The Proposed $800M Cuts To Schools, Suggest Trimming Bureaucracy Instead

Parents, Teachers, Electeds Blast The Proposed $800M Cuts To Schools, Suggest Trimming Bureaucracy Instead

Mapleton School /P.S. 48. Liena Zagare/BklynerEarlier today, parents, teachers, students, advocates, and elected officials urged the Mayor to
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Apr
27
Mayor Will Open Some Streets To Pedestrians And Bicyclists In May

Mayor Will Open Some Streets To Pedestrians And Bicyclists In May

Parkside Av. Liena Zagare/BklynerThis morning Mayor Bill de Blasio said the City will, over the next month – May – “create
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Apr
24
Brooklyn Legislators Want Insurance Companies To Pay Up

Brooklyn Legislators Want Insurance Companies To Pay Up

LBK Pizza is open for take out and delivery only, in park Slope. Photo by Ellie Plass.New York State
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Apr
24
The Mayor Won’t Open Walking And Biking Lanes. But Can He Stop Us?

The Mayor Won’t Open Walking And Biking Lanes. But Can He Stop Us?

Today’s City Council hearing on Open Streets legislation sponsored by Speaker Corey Johnson and Council Member Carlina Rivera introduced
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