Politics

Nov
15
Councilmember Treyger’s Legislation Will Explicitly Outlaw Sex Between Police Officers And Those In Custody

Councilmember Treyger’s Legislation Will Explicitly Outlaw Sex Between Police Officers And Those In Custody

Council Member Mark Treyger of the 47th District (Photo via Council Member Treyger’s Office)Today, Councilmember Mark Treyger unveiled
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Nov
13
Councilmembers Call For Increased Safety on Coney Island Boardwalk

Councilmembers Call For Increased Safety on Coney Island Boardwalk

Coney Island (Photo courtesy of Alliance for Coney Island)CONEY ISLAND – Councilmembers Mark Treyger and Chaim Deutsch have called for
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Nov
13
Flatbush Community Gathers to Protest Eviction of Octogenarian Tenant

Flatbush Community Gathers to Protest Eviction of Octogenarian Tenant

State Senator Jesse Hamilton, Ms. Joy P. Noel, Estefania Trujillo of the Flatbush Tenant Coalition, City Councilmember Jumaane Williams and
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Nov
09
Opening of Building 77 Brings Manufacturing, Jobs to Brooklyn Navy Yard

Opening of Building 77 Brings Manufacturing, Jobs to Brooklyn Navy Yard

The Navy Yard’s Building 77, which will hold 1 million square feet of manufacturing space (Photo via NYC Mayor’
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Nov
09
Numbers Don’t Back Up Mayor’s Coming Crackdown Against E-Bikes

Numbers Don’t Back Up Mayor’s Coming Crackdown Against E-Bikes

A delivery e-bike chained to a bike rack (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)Last month, when Mayor De Blasio announced a crackdown
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Nov
08
Cunningham Lost, But The Reform Minded Democrats Were Not Defeated

Cunningham Lost, But The Reform Minded Democrats Were Not Defeated

PLG/FLATBUSH – Last night was a somber affair at Brian Cunningham’s headquarters at Brooklyn Commons on Flatbush Avenue, and
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Nov
08
Democrat Justin Brannan Narrowly Beats John Quaglione in Contested Council Race

Democrat Justin Brannan Narrowly Beats John Quaglione in Contested Council Race

BAY RIDGE – Pledging to “fight like hell for everyone who calls this district home,” the Democratic candidate for New York
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Nov
07
Coney Island Creek – Good Enough to Dump Untreated Sewage in, Not Good Enough to Have Oysters to Clean It Up.

Coney Island Creek – Good Enough to Dump Untreated Sewage in, Not Good Enough to Have Oysters to Clean It Up.

Serene view of the sewage-heavy Coney Island Creek, from Calvert Vaux Park. (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)GRAVESEND – One state
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Nov
07
NYC General Election 2017: Here’s How 3 Neighbors Voted In Park Slope

NYC General Election 2017: Here’s How 3 Neighbors Voted In Park Slope

PARK SLOPE – It’s Election Day 2017! Today, New Yorkers get to vote [/remember-to-vote-new-yorks-elections-are-tomorrow/] for Mayor, Pubic Advocate, Comptroller, Borough
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Nov
06
There Will Be Russian and Haitian-Creole Poll Translators at 20 Polling Sites

There Will Be Russian and Haitian-Creole Poll Translators at 20 Polling Sites

SOUTHERN BROOKLYN – There will be Russian-speaking translators at 15 polling sites and Haitian-Creole-speaking translators at 5 polling sites in Southern
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