Public Advocate Leticia James

Arts & Culture

Check Your Hate: Senator Squadron, Beastie Boys’ Ad-Rock Lead Rally After Hate Graffiti Found At Adam Yauch Park

Beastie Boys’ Adam “Ad-Rock” Horovitz (with paper) speaks at protest in Adam Yauch Park in Brooklyn Heights. To his left is Public Advocate Letitia James. To his right is NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer. (Photo by Pamela Wong / BKLYNER) Hundreds of neighbors and Beastie Boys fans united to “stand up against

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Following Backlash, DOT Withdraws Clinton Avenue Bike Lane Proposal

(courtesy NYC Department of Transit [http://nycdotfeedbackportals.nyc/content/project-proposal])Amidst a sea of opposition from local residents, the Department of Transportation (DOT) has decided to withdraw its plan to change Clinton Avenue from a two-way street to a one way street [/blog/2016/01/20/first-look-dots-proposed-buffered-bike-lane-for-lafayette-avenue/] in order to