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Mar
16
Number of Community Board Applications Dramatically Rise In Brooklyn

Number of Community Board Applications Dramatically Rise In Brooklyn

Brooklyn Borough Hall by jmf0802 via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BRgrL4kDTHI/?taken-at=47160]Frustrated by the election results
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Mar
15
Second Meeting On Bergen Street Homeless Shelter Scheduled For Tonight

Second Meeting On Bergen Street Homeless Shelter Scheduled For Tonight

After a contentious, last-minute, public meeting on Saturday, March 4 [/homeless-shelter-proposed-1173-bergen-street/] discussing the opening of a homeless shelter at 1173
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Mar
08
Activists Rally For Planned Parenthood While Donovan Decides If He’ll Support ACA Replacement Plan

Activists Rally For Planned Parenthood While Donovan Decides If He’ll Support ACA Replacement Plan

Dan Donovan’s District Office, 7308 13th Avenue in Dyker Heights. (Photo by Carly Miller)In response to a House
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Mar
06
Raise The Age Lobby In Albany Tomorrow

Raise The Age Lobby In Albany Tomorrow

New York and North Carolina are the remaining two states to prosecute [https://www.themarshallproject.org/2015/03/03/the-17-year-old-adults#
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Mar
06
‘Something’s Not Kosher’ Pols Argue NYPD’s Determination In Gravestone Toppling

‘Something’s Not Kosher’ Pols Argue NYPD’s Determination In Gravestone Toppling

Washington Cemetery. (Photo via Dov Hikind)Local politicians and NYPD investigators responded to more than 40 toppled headstones found at
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Mar
01
Local Pols Respond To Trump’s Congressional Address Last Night

Local Pols Respond To Trump’s Congressional Address Last Night

Republican Congressman Dan Donovan speaks with CNN this morning about Trump’s address. (Photo via Dan Donovan/twitter [https://twitter.
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Feb
28
“Our Nation Is Struggling” Rep. Bichotte Fights For Housing & Immigration Reform

“Our Nation Is Struggling” Rep. Bichotte Fights For Housing & Immigration Reform

Photo by James SienkievicIn the State of the City Address, Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichotte discussed the dire need for adequate housing,
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Feb
23
“It’s The Titanic Approaching The Iceberg,” Rep. Yvette Clarke Slams Trump’s First Days In Office

“It’s The Titanic Approaching The Iceberg,” Rep. Yvette Clarke Slams Trump’s First Days In Office

“We need to act up! We have overcome tyranny before,” U.S Democratic Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke shouted to the
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Feb
23
Illegal Home Conversions Making 13th Avenue Trashy, Says McCabe

Illegal Home Conversions Making 13th Avenue Trashy, Says McCabe

Photo courtesy of the Liam McCabe Campaign OfficeCity Council candidate (43rd District) Liam McCabe recently spoke to Dyker Heights residents
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Feb
22
TONIGHT: Join Rep. Yvette Clarke’s Town Hall On Democratic Resistance

TONIGHT: Join Rep. Yvette Clarke’s Town Hall On Democratic Resistance

(Photo via repyvettedclarke [https://www.instagram.com/p/BP3ecWTFuTk/?taken-by=repyvettedclarke]/instagram) Join Democratic U.S. Congressmember Yvette Clarke of
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