Education
A CEC15 meeting in January 2019.If you are a public school parent, you have probably heard about New York’s upcoming Community and Citywide Education Council elections. [https://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/091-19/mayor-de-blasio-chancellor-carranza-kick-off-2019-community-citywide-education-council#/0] This is where parents of public school students get to run for a
Announcements
Council Members Treyger, Reynoso and Rivera are allocating $5M to rehab Woodhull Hospital’s emergency room/department. Kadia Goba/BklynerBROADWAY TRIANGLE – NYC Health + Hospitals Woodhull is getting a much-needed infusion of capital funds thanks to the Speaker Corey Johnson and Council members Mark Treyger, Antonio Reynoso and Carlina Rivera. When
affordable housing
Prospect Lefferts Gardens/East Flatbush – This morning Lynne Patton was on tour at her new temporary home in Brooklyn. Patton, who is the regional director of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, moved in last night with Leonard and Gwendolyn Jones who reside in one of 36 apartments at
Central Brooklyn
EAST FLATBUSH — L. Rickie Tulloch is the ninth person to jump into the crowded race to replace Public Advocate-Elect Jumaane Williams in the 45 council district. L. Rickie Tulloch (Photo: Compliments of the campaign)Tulloch is Senior Director at NYC Health + Hospitals (Office of Facilities Development) and is the Chairman
News
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — Today a Brooklyn judge did not grant the Board of Election’s (BOE) their request for a temporary restraining order to prevent the city’s interpreters from being stationed inside polling sites during tomorrow’s Election Day. The decision was upheld this afternoon by the Brooklyn Appeals Court.
Central Brooklyn
SPONSORED: City Councilmember and lifelong Brooklyn resident Rafael Espinal is running to be New York’s next Public Advocate in a special election on February 26th. With a diverse coalition of supporters including the Freelancers Union, environmental activists, small business people, and the Teamsters, he’s in a strong position
Nonsponsored
Pete Buttigieg at the Dr. S. Stevan Dweck Cultural Center with New York Times journalist promoting his book and 2020 presidential run. (Photo: Kadia Goba/Bklyner)PROSPECT HEIGHTS — The first presidential candidate to visit Brooklyn is Pete Buttigieg from South Bend, Indiana. Bernie Sanders was rumored to announce in Brooklyn
Announcements
Chaim Deutsch. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)SHEEPSHEAD BAY – Council Member Chaim Deutsch deleted a tweet blaming two Muslim leaders for a recent spree of anti-Semitic incidents after Bklyner asked him to clarify his statement. Deutsch’s now-deleted tweet referred to several anti-Semitic incidents that have taken place in the last
hate crimes
Mayor Bill de Blasio during a rally against anti-Semitism at Kingsway Jewish Center (Photo: Todd Maisel)MIDWOOD — Mayor Bill de Blasio denounced the recent uptick in hate crime complaints Thursday morning during a rally at the Kingsway Jewish Center [https://www.kingswayjewishcenter.org/] in Midwood. Hate crimes are up 81
Events
Jumaane Williams. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)GREENPOINT — Councilman Jumaane Williams reigned supreme at Tuesday night’s Kings County Democratic Committee meeting after 10 candidates running for public advocate pleaded their cases and one rogue “write-in” candidate was asked not to. When 10 of the 17 candidates on the ballot finished
Boerum Hill
BOERUM HILL – Jazmine Headley, the 23-year-old mother from Bed-Stuy whose young son was forcibly torn from her arms [/video-nypd-violently-yanks-1-year-old-from-mother-at-snap-office/] during an altercation at a Boerum Hill Human Resources Administration (HRA)/Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) office received a public apology from NYC Council Speaker Corey Johnson on Monday. Human Resources
News
BROOKLYN — There’s a lot going on in Brooklyn today and some important things happened this week. U.S. Rep Hakeem Jeffries of Congressional District 8 is delivering his annual State of the District at Brooklyn Technical High School [https://www.bths.edu/] in the Clinton Hill/Ft. Greene area