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Aug
07
Council Member Laurie Cumbo Welcomes Baby Boy

Council Member Laurie Cumbo Welcomes Baby Boy

> This is what 24 hours of labor and love look like!! Welcome to my healthy, beautiful, baby boy Prince
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Aug
03
Meet Your Candidate: Park Slope Attorney Richard Bashner Is Running For Mayor

Meet Your Candidate: Park Slope Attorney Richard Bashner Is Running For Mayor

Richard Basher, Mayoral candidate. (Photo by Tom Sullivan)Many politicians aspire to run for higher office, but it’s new
4 min read
Aug
01
Meet Your Candidate: Justin Brannan For Bay Ridge’s District 43

Meet Your Candidate: Justin Brannan For Bay Ridge’s District 43

Photo: The Brannan CampaignThe 43rd District currently has nine candidates running for Vincent Gentile’s City Council seat. Those candidates
4 min read
Jul
27
Felder Slams Brakes On ‘Raise The Ocean Parkway Speed Limit’ Bill

Felder Slams Brakes On ‘Raise The Ocean Parkway Speed Limit’ Bill

Ocean Parkway and Church Avenue, via 2014. (Photo via Ditmas Park Corner)Four months after he introduced the legislation, State
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Jul
25
“You Will Be Brought To Justice” Say Officials To Hit-And-Run Drivers

“You Will Be Brought To Justice” Say Officials To Hit-And-Run Drivers

Council Members Mark Treyger, Stephen Levin, and Ydanis Rodriguez, with Executive Director of Transportation Alternatives Paul Steely-White, July 25, 2017.
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Jul
19
Meet Your Candidate: Kevin Peter Carroll For Bensonhurst, Dyker Heights & Bay Ridge

Meet Your Candidate: Kevin Peter Carroll For Bensonhurst, Dyker Heights & Bay Ridge

Photo: KPC 2017“I want to make sure that when I put my head on the pillow at night, that
5 min read
Jul
18
Just In: Kalman Yeger Is Greenfield’s Replacement For City Council

Just In: Kalman Yeger Is Greenfield’s Replacement For City Council

CB 14 member Kalman Yeger, at a meeting in 2015. (Photo via BKLYNER)Kalman Yeger is officially the Democratic nominee
2 min read
Jul
17
Council Member Greenfield Won’t Seek Re-Election, He Announced

Council Member Greenfield Won’t Seek Re-Election, He Announced

Greenfield announcing 2016 Participatory Budgeting results at Brooklyn School of Inquiry, 2017. (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)Council Member David
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Jul
13
Meet Your Candidate: Liam McCabe For Bensonhurst’s District 43

Meet Your Candidate: Liam McCabe For Bensonhurst’s District 43

Photo: McCabe CampaignThe 43rd District currently has nine candidates running for Vincent Gentile’s City Council seat. Those candidates include
5 min read
Jul
07
Meet Your Candidate: Mawuli Hormeku For East New York’s District 42

Meet Your Candidate: Mawuli Hormeku For East New York’s District 42

Photo via Nehemiah Economic Development Inc.“To have our own community we must own our community,” Mawuli K. Hormeku The
4 min read