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Council Member Jumaane Williams in City Hall announcing police transparency bills on July 14. (Courtesy: Office of Jumaane Williams)The City Council introduced a new bill to enforce New Yorkers’ right to record police activity without intimidation from cops. The ‘Right to Record Act’ focuses on New Yorkers’ rights to
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> “We are making #herstory [https://twitter.com/hashtag/herstory?src=hash] every single day.”-@cmlauriecumbo [https://twitter.com/cmlauriecumbo] pic.twitter.com/D8Ma5v1TYb [https://t.co/D8Ma5v1TYb] — A Better Balance (@ABetterBalance) July 14, 2016 [https://twitter.com/ABetterBalance/status/753598233134391296] New York City will now require breast feeding
Bensonhurst
Courtesy of Councilman Vincent Gentile/FacebookFor the City Council’s 2017 fiscal year — which began on July 1, 2016 — Councilman Vincent Gentile has allocated more than $1.2 million in local initiative and discretionary funding to more than 80 groups, including agencies which keep our streets clean, ensure our youth
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City announces voter registration forms in five new languages at Hillcrest Library in Brooklyn. (Courtesy: Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Office)Just in time for election day. Voter registration forms in five new languages — Russian, Urdu, Haitian Creole, French and Arabic — are available under the City’s effort to expand
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Photo courtesy of Pamela Harris/FacebookFor a second time [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2015/09/pamela-harris-wins-democratic-nomination-for-brook-krasnys-assembly-seat/#.V449o5MrLos] , Assemblywoman Pamela Harris has won the endorsements of the Working Families Part y(WFP) and 1199 United Healthcare Workers East (1199SEIU) — one of the largest healthcare union in the nation — this time in
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Central Brooklyn
Council Member Jumaane Williams in City Hall announcing police transparency bills on July 14. (Courtesy: Office of Jumaane Williams)[Correction: This legislation was introduced on July 14th. A previous version of this article stated that the bill had passed on that date.] The City Council introduced a new bill to
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New MTA photo shows a clean 53rd Street station in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. (Courtesy: MTA Renderings [https://www.governor.ny.gov/sites/governor.ny.gov/files/atoms/files/MTA_renderings.pdf] )The New York City subway might get a much-needed makeover. Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the Metropolitan Transit Authority announced
Bensonhurst
Photo courtesy of Pamela Harris/FacebookFor a second time [/pamela-harris-wins-democratic-nomination-for-brook-krasnys-assembly-seat/#.V449o5MrLos] , Assemblywoman Pamela Harris has won the endorsements of the Working Families Party (WFP) and 1199 United Healthcare Workers East (1199SEIU) — one of the largest healthcare union in the nation — this time in her bid for re-election. The WFP says
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(Photo: Adam Giambrone / Facebook)A former Toronto mayoral candidate — with a past sex scandal — has been selected by Mayor Bill de Blasio to oversee the creation of the city’s Brooklyn-Queens streetcar project [/blog/politics/brooklyn-queens-connector-streetcar-may-become-reality-under-mayors-2-5-billion-proposal/] . Adam Giambrone, 39, who served as a Toronto city councilor, was involved in steamy
Politics
Pam Harris at a press conference in Kaiser Park last week. (Photo by Alex Ellefson/Sheepshead Bite)Assemblywoman Pamela Harris [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/?s=pamela+harris#.V4z5yJMrLWU] — who has been under fire last week [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2016/07/harris-campaign-pushes-back-allegations-inappropriate-ties-nonprofit/#.V4z5lZMrLWU] for the blurred line between her political
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> “We are making #herstory [https://twitter.com/hashtag/herstory?src=hash] every single day.”-@cmlauriecumbo [https://twitter.com/cmlauriecumbo] pic.twitter.com/D8Ma5v1TYb [https://t.co/D8Ma5v1TYb] — A Better Balance (@ABetterBalance) July 14, 2016 [https://twitter.com/ABetterBalance/status/753598233134391296] New York City will now require breast feeding
Events
(Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)The Flatbush Tenant Coalition [https://flatbushtenantcoalition.wordpress.com], a group of more than 55 active tenant associations, hosted its third annual open-forum for political candidates and community members to discuss the neighborhood’s critical challenges: rapid gentrification, escalating rents, predatory equity corporations, and criminal justice