Business
In a busy street like Fulton, there’s not a public bathroom for people who don’t have a place to live. (Esther Shittu/BKLYNER)FORT GREENE – Walking down Fulton Street between Washington Avenue and Grand Avenue, Yvonne Smith can find a bar, a deli, a supermarket, a laundromat, a
Big Story
Council Member Mark Treyger of the 47th District (Photo via Council Member Treyger’s Office)Five years on from Hurricane Sandy, a new task force will prepare New York City for future natural disasters. Yesteday, on Tuesday, October 16, the City Council voted unanimously on Councilmember Mark Treyger’s (47th
News
Subway delays are up—way, way up, according to new report [http://www.ibo.nyc.ny.us/iboreports/we-are-being-held-momentarily-how-much-time-and-money-are-new-york-city-subway-riders-losing-to-delays-october-2017.pdf] from the NYC Independent Budget Office. “After two days of major breakdowns upended subway service on a number of lines and left many commuters irate, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams
Announcements
Just a reminder—you have until this Friday, October 13, to change your party affiliation to vote in next year’s primaries. Visit the Board of Elections in the City of New York [http://www.vote.nyc.ny.us/html/voters/register.shtml] site for more details: you can update
News
Senator Chuck Schumer is sounding the alarm on a new NRA-backed bill that would allow out-of-state visitors to carry concealed weapons in New York. The Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017 [https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/38?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22concealed+carry+reciprocity+act%22%
Central Brooklyn
Jabari Brisport (l), Green Party candidate for New York’s 35 th City Council District, gives his campaign flyer to Alex Asher (r) as Gabriella Agranat-Getz looks on at the Fort Greene Park Greenmarket on Sept. 30, 2017. (Ben Foldy / BKLYNER)On a fall Saturday at the Greenmarket in Fort
Announcements
BENSONHURST – This Saturday, for the 36th time 18th Avenue in Bensonhurst, which also bears the name of Cristoforo Colombo Boulevard, will host the annual Columbus Day Parade [/tag/columbus-day-parade/]. This year, the Grand Marshals will be Councilmember Mark Treyger, Deputy Inspector Anthony Sanseverino (62nd precinct), Nick Pesce of LaBella Market
community
GOWANUS – City Council Members Brad Lander and Stephen Levin are rallying with community stakeholders today to demand Mayor De Blasio reopen the Gowanus Houses Community Center. “We’re fighting for a concrete commitment from the mayor’s office,” said a representative from Council Member Levin’s office. The Gowanus Houses
Announcements
PBNYC District 39 Project Expo at Camp Friendship in Park Slope, March 2017 (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)The new cycle of the New York City Council’s Participatory Budgeting [https://council.nyc.gov/pb/] has officially begun! Participatory budgeting (PBNYC) is a city program that allows residents to vote on
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Council Member Mark Treyger of the 47th District (Photo via Council Member Treyger’s Office)With the 5-year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy approaching, City Council Member Mark Treyger has called for the creation of a new Hurricane Sandy Recovery Task Force. Council Member Treyger, of the 47th District, is chair
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Council Member Stephen Levin, District 33 (Via Council Member Levin’s Office) BROOKLYN – The City Council passed a final piece of tenant harassment legislation this week in a sweeping effort to improve protections which included 18 tenant harassment bills [/city-council-passes-bills-protect-tenants-harassment/] that passed in early August. The bill, Intro 934 [https:
Announcements
Shelley Worrell of CaribBEING.FLATBUSH JUNCTION – This morning around 10:30 am about two dozen neighbors, activists and members of the press gathered at the Flatbush Junction to hear a large swath of Flatbush, East Flatbush, and PLG be pronounced – Little Caribbean [http://littlecaribbean.nyc/index.php]. The driving force