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Nigel Roberts/BklynerBROWNSVILLE – Folks passing by could easily have mistaken the gathering Wednesday night (Nov. 6) at NYCHA’s Van Dyke Houses in Brownsville for a party. R&B music from inside the tent, assembled on the grounds of the apartment complex, could be heard half-way down the block.
Announcements
Steven Patzer. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)BENSONHURST/CONEY ISLAND – Steven Patzer is an almost-23-year-old who is running to represent District 47 in City Council [https://stevenpatzer.com/] with a mission to bring folks together and get stuff done for the good of the community. Current Council Member Mark Treyger is
community
By Keith Polasko, a concerned citizen. CROWN HEIGHTS — On the afternoon of Monday, November 4, 2019 the New York City Police Department posted tow-away-zone signs in Crown Heights, Brooklyn announcing a parking ban for tree pruning that took effect less than 24 hours later on Tuesday, November 5, 2019 from
Development
New York City — Last night the city held a general elections for city civil court, supreme court, and the District 45th city council seat tomorrow. On the ballot were also proposed revisions to the New York City Charter, legislation proposals built on public meetings and hearings throughout the city that
Central Brooklyn
New York City — The city is holding general elections for city civil court, supreme court, and the District 45 city council seat tomorrow, on November 5, 2019. On the ballot are also proposed revisions to the New York City Charter, legislation proposals built on public meetings and hearings throughout the
News
Early Voting. Anna Van Der Heijden/BklynerThe New York City Campaign Finance Board sent voter directories with inaccurate poll site information to 150,000 voters citywide, a spokesperson for the CFB told Bklyner. The inaccurate information was included in the CFB’s annual General Election Voter Guide, which since 2017
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Board of Elections. Anna Van Der Heijden/BklynerThe General Elections [/all-you-need-to-know-on-novembers-elections/] are on November 5, but for people with busy schedules, family obligations or other responsibilities that day, New York now offers early voting opportunities for the first time. Early voting is essentially the same as voting at Election Day,
Central Brooklyn
Bernie Sanders for President campaign event. Photo by Phil Roeder/Flickr. [https://www.flickr.com/photos/tabor-roeder/21145251444/in/photolist-ydwWyL-ydFNii-DsEuaF-2dMhLeo-D3GAGN-D3GAE3-D3GAJG-Dsvjh7-D3GBq1-DuPfeP-DuPfrT-Dkf6ay-Dkf69S-D3GBDs-DsvjYY-D3GBhA-CWjsvB-Dkf6L3-Dkf6gf-Dsvjj1-CWjsQe-CxqNpK-D3GAQo-D3GBKu-Dkf62C-DsvjLU-CWjsHa-D3GAVd-D3GBEE-CxqNjz-CxiXVd-CxqND2-CxiXTu-uKPWCA-ydF3cx-ySXm3h-vVL7to-ySX8nC-yT3NpX-ydwjSA-zbo9aa-CD84u5-Dkf6hC-CWjtcg-Dkf6Ns-wakZkE-wsqemg-D9vYj1-D9vYQb-CD84pA] As th
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Early voting mailer. Liena Zagare/BklynerNew Yorkers on Saturday will, for the first time ever, get the chance to vote in the general election before election day, as a result of the state’s newly passed early voting law. Despite it being an off-year election, Brooklynites have plenty of things
Boerum Hill
Brooklyn Detention Complex, 275 Atlantic Avenue (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER) Brooklyn’s new jail is expected to have 885 beds in 2026, when new “borough-based” jails are up-and-running, city officials say. The current capacity is 815 beds. The capacity of Brooklyn’s new borough-based jail will be equal to new
clinton hill
Jason Salmon. Courtesy of Salmon for Senate.The race to replace State Senator Velmanette Montgomery, currently the longest serving member of the Senate, is expanding even as the senator stays mum on whether she will retire or not. Democratic Socialist and former City Council candidate Jabari Brisport [https://nypost.com/
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Carlos Weeks (right) and his attorney Craig Cagney. Ben Brachfeld/Bklyner Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced on Thursday that his office would move to vacate the 1993 murder and assault conviction of Carlos Weeks, after an investigation by the DA’s Conviction Review Unit (CRU) found that the witnesses