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Oct
13
Subway Delays Cost Millions In Lost Time, Report Shows

Subway Delays Cost Millions In Lost Time, Report Shows

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]
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Oct
10
This Friday Is The Deadline To Change Party Affiliations for Next Year’s Primary Elections

This Friday Is The Deadline To Change Party Affiliations for Next Year’s Primary Elections

Just a reminder—you have until this Friday, October 13, to change your party affiliation to vote in next year’
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Oct
09
Senator Schumer Opposes NRA-Backed Gun Law That Would “Override” NY’s Concealed Carry Restrictions

Senator Schumer Opposes NRA-Backed Gun Law That Would “Override” NY’s Concealed Carry Restrictions

Senator Chuck Schumer is sounding the alarm on a new NRA-backed bill that would allow out-of-state visitors to carry concealed
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Oct
09
A Green Grows in Brooklyn 

A Green Grows in Brooklyn 

Jabari Brisport (l), Green Party candidate for New York’s 35 th City Council District, gives his campaign flyer to
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Oct
05
Bensonhurst’s Columbus Day Parade is This Saturday

Bensonhurst’s Columbus Day Parade is This Saturday

BENSONHURST – This Saturday, for the 36th time 18th Avenue in Bensonhurst, which also bears the name of Cristoforo Colombo Boulevard,
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Oct
03
Council Members Call on Mayor De Blasio to Re-Open Gowanus Houses Community Center

Council Members Call on Mayor De Blasio to Re-Open Gowanus Houses Community Center

GOWANUS – City Council Members Brad Lander and Stephen Levin are rallying with community stakeholders today to demand Mayor De Blasio
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Oct
03
Participatory Budgeting Cycle 7 Has Begun

Participatory Budgeting Cycle 7 Has Begun

PBNYC District 39 Project Expo at Camp Friendship in Park Slope, March 2017 (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)The new cycle
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Oct
02
Council Member Treyger Calls for Hurricane Sandy Relief Task Force

Council Member Treyger Calls for Hurricane Sandy Relief Task Force

Council Member Mark Treyger of the 47th District (Photo via Council Member Treyger’s Office)With the 5-year anniversary of
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Sep
29
City Council Passes Bill for “Real Time” Protection of Tenants

City Council Passes Bill for “Real Time” Protection of Tenants

Council Member Stephen Levin, District 33 (Via Council Member Levin’s Office) BROOKLYN – The City Council passed a final piece
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Sep
28
Little Caribbean v Little Haiti – Not So Simple To Designate A Cultural Area In Flatbush

Little Caribbean v Little Haiti – Not So Simple To Designate A Cultural Area In Flatbush

Shelley Worrell of CaribBEING.FLATBUSH JUNCTION – This morning around 10:30 am about two dozen neighbors, activists and members of
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