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Jumaane Williams announced his run for Lieutenant Governor outside City Hall (Photo via Ernest Skinner)Just before the long weekend, East Flatbush Councilmember Jumaane Williams made official what had been expected for some time: he’ll be running for the position of Lieutenant Governor of New York State in the
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BORO PARK/MIDWOOD – On Thursday, 26 community organizations led by New York Senate District 17 for Progress [https://www.facebook.com/nysd17forprogress/] (NYSD 17 for Progress) shared a letter they sent to Senator Felder (see below), who represents District 17, asking him to take a position on an issue that
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Post Office on Coney Island Avenue. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BKLYNER)Congresswoman Yvette Clarke (D9, Crown Heights, Flatbush, Kensington, Midwood, Sheepshead Bay) met with Anthony Impronto, Brooklyn Postmaster on Monday, February 12, to discuss how to address the poor service provided by the postal offices in her district, that has been
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Simcha Felder. (Photo: NY Senate)MIDWOOD – We received the following email from the NY State Senator Simcha Felder (D17) today in response to yesterday’s school shooting in Florida. Felder is renewing his call for armed police officers to be stationed at every school, and emergency drills to include all
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FLATBUSH – Mayor de Blasio delivered his big annual State of the City speech at the Kings Theater on Flatbush Avenue last night. He got down to business around 8:00 pm, saying that “there is a point at which extreme inequality makes a mockery of a democratic society”, and that
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DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Mayor de Blasio and New York City Council Speaker Corey Johnson announced today an agreement to replace Rikers Island with smaller borough-based jail facilities in Manhattan, the Bronx, Queens, and Brooklyn. Brooklyn Detention Center, 275 Atlantic Avenue (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)The Brooklyn Detention Center located at 275
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Harris speaking at a campaign event in 2015. (Photo: BKLYNER)Brooklyn Assemblywoman Pamela Harris representing the 46th Assembly District has not attended any Assembly sessions in Albany following her indictment last month, yet she continues to get paid [http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/brooklyn-pol-absent-albany-bust-paid-article-1.3814799] . Harris was indicted on
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FLATBUSH – The Mayor will deliver his 5th State of the City at the Kings Theater on Flatbush Avenue tonight at 7:00pm, and the theme is “Making New York America’s Fairest Big City”. The Mayor previewed the event on NY1 last night [http://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/politics/
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Andrew Gounardes at The Owl’s Head/Megan McGibneyBAY RIDGE – About 30 people turned up last night at The Owl’s Head [http://theowlshead.com]Bar in Bay Ridge to meet Andrew Gounardes [http://www.andrewgounardes.com/], who is running to unseat longtime state Senator Martin Golden [/andrew-gounardes-announces-senate-run-district-22/] this year,
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Today, Governor Cuomo announced a budget amendment that would provide state funding for early voting in New York in the 12 days leading up to elections. The proposal allots $7 million in the FY 2019 Executive Budget for New York Counties to cover the cost of early voting. Cuomo had
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The New York League of Conservation Voters’ [http://nylcv.org/] recently published 2017 Scorecard [http://nylcv.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/2018-Council-Scorecard-2.5.18.pdf] shows the majority of Brooklyn’s Councilmembers have perfect records supporting environmental legislation—but a few members of the delegation are well behind. Laurie Cumbo,
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A rendering of the elevated comfort stations (Via NYC Parks)BRIGHTON BEACH – After years of controversy, two new “comfort stations” will be coming to Brighton Beach in time for Memorial Day Weekend, Assemblymember Steven Cymbrowitz (D-45) announced this morning. The $2 million elevated bathrooms are finally coming to the Reigelmann