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Straphangers can scan the bar code for access to the 14-point questionnaire on subway performance.BAY RIDGE — This week, Speaker and Acting Public Advocate Corey Johnson launched a five-borough subway service series with Brooklyn as its second stop. Johnson and Councilman Justin Bannan distributed leaflets at the 77th Street R
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Who will replace her? Former Public Advocate Letitia James at a rally on Ocean Parkway. (Photo by Sean Egan/Bklyner)BROOKLYN — Six days after Mayor Bill de Blasio gave the go-ahead for the special election, only nine of the nearly three dozen hopefuls are on the ballot for the Public
Bay Ridge
Mathylde Frontus addresses the audience inside William E. Grady at her inauguration into the New York State Assembly.BRIGHTON BEACH — Hundreds of people came out to celebrate the multi-cultural inauguration of newly-elected Assemblywoman Mathylde Frontus on Sunday, January 6, at William E. Grady High School in Brighton Beach. The lawmaker-heavy
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Public Advocate Candidate Melissa Mark Viverito on the Q train platform at the Newkirk Avenue station in Flatbush in December 2018 (Photo credit: Perri Litton) EAST NEW YORK — The mad dash to get on the ballot for the Feb. 26 special election for Public Advocate has at least one candidate
Central Brooklyn
Zellnor Myrie (Photo: Office of Zellnor Myrie)PARK SLOPE — Brooklynites voted overwhelmingly to extinguish the torches of former Independent Democratic Congres (IDC) members this past November 6 election, allowing for a new slate of progressive state lawmakers. Bklyner spoke to one of those freshman state senators about what he wants
Bushwick
BUSHWICK — On November 6, State Sen. Julia Salazar was elected the youngest female New York state senator in history. She turned 28-years-old on December 30. Bklyner spoke to her new chief of staff, Boris Santos, who gave us some insight on what’s to come for the freshman senator serving
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City Councilman Brad Lander (Photo: Screenshot of New York City Council site) PARK SLOPE – Brad Lander will take another victory lap for his anti-smoking legislation, this time as the bill to prohibit the sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products at pharmacies goes into effect on January 1, 2019. The
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Brooklyn — New York State Supreme Court Justice William C. Thompson Sr., the first African American state senator from Brooklyn died December 24, 2018. He was 94. Thompson served for 20 years on the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court [http://www.courts.state.ny.us/history/legal-history-new-york/history-legal-bench-appellate-02.
Bay Ridge
8517 3rd Avenue in Bay Ridge belongs to the 82nd worst landlord in New York City, according to the NYC Public Advocate’s office. Gounardes’ HQ was located on at the 86th street entrance (Photo: Google Maps screenshot)BAY RIDGE — Negotiating rent laws in Albany could be a problem if
Development
Construction at Greenpoint Landing continues apace, with a second tower rising next to One Blue Slip (Paul Stremple/Bklyner)GREENPOINT – This week, representatives from the Department of City Planning (DCP) met with residents in Greenpoint to explain the process of waterfront zoning with a presentation, an event organized by the
Brooklyn Heights
A packed house for the Brooklyn Heights Public Advocate’s forum at the First Unitarian Congregational Society in Brooklyn Heights. (Photo: Kadia Goba/Bklyner)BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — Candidates for New York City’s Public Advocate [https://advocate.nyc.gov/] position made an appearance in Brooklyn Tuesday night, jockeying for position as
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Photo from archives.The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) was added to the list that since 2010 has focused on the city’s worst private landlords, for the first time, and turns out the largest landlord in the city, is also its worst. Of the NYCHA buildings listed [https: