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Farah Louis Gets Council Seat & Community Boards Get More Time To Review Land Use Projects

New York City — Last night the city held a general elections for city civil court, supreme court, and the District 45th city council seat tomorrow. On the ballot were also proposed revisions to the New York City Charter, legislation proposals built on public meetings and hearings throughout the city that

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Here’s What You Need to Know About Tomorrow’s General Election

New York City — The city is holding general elections for city civil court, supreme court, and the District 45 city council seat tomorrow, on November 5, 2019. On the ballot are also proposed revisions to the New York City Charter, legislation proposals built on public meetings and hearings throughout the

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All You Need To Know On November’s Elections

Early voting mailer. Liena Zagare/BklynerNew Yorkers on Saturday will, for the first time ever, get the chance to vote in the general election before election day, as a result of the state’s newly passed early voting law. Despite it being an off-year election, Brooklynites have plenty of things

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Kashif Hussain Is The New Deputy Public Advocate Of Infrastructure

Kashif Hussain speaking at New Zealand vigil. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner) LITTLE PAKISTAN – Neighbor Kashif Hussain was appointed the Deputy Public Advocate of Infrastructure and Environmental Justice last week. His new role makes him “responsible for advocating the resiliency of cities, environment, and infrastructure including transportation, food, air, and water

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Brooklyn Pols Call for Pantaleo to be Fired

Jasmine Robinson speaks into a microphone with a protester holding a sign that reads “Justice for Eric Garner Now! Your Silence is Violence” (Image by Sam Raskin/ Bklyner)After a police judge recommended the firing of Daniel Pantaelo, the NYPD officer who during an arrest killed Eric Garner five years

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Public Advocate Race: CUNY Edition

Espinal and Rodríguez. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)FLATBUSH – Candidates for the February 26 Public Advocate special election have been spending their days in debates [https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2019/02/06/nyc-public-advocate-debate-] , one-on-one series, and just yesterday, a forum by City University of New York (CUNY) students.

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Gravesend Seniors Sue Landlord To Stop Elevator Repairs That Would Leave Them Trapped

Apartment complex that includes 49 Bokee Court (Source: Google Maps)Three elderly, disabled Gravesend residents, along with Public Advocate Leticia James, are suing their landlord to block elevator repairs that they say would leave them trapped for months in their high-rise apartment building. Yevgenya Feldman, 90, Konstantin Berezovsky, 83, Lyubov

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City Agency Confirms Small Business Fines A Revenue Ploy

DCA Commissioner Jonathan Mintz (Source: NYC.gov)The Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) has admitted to hiring extra staff to dole out more fines on small businesses to make up for a budget shortage. The New York Post is reporting [http://nypost.com/2013/10/07/dca-hired-extra-staff-to-fine-small-businesses/] that DCA Commissioner

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Report: City Has Secret Quota System For Small Business Fines

The New York City Department of Consumer Affairs has secretly ordered agents to dole out a minimum number of fines to small businesses, while also pressuring judges to rule in favor of the city during the appeals process, the Daily News claims in an exclusive report. The paper reports that

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Public Advocate Bill De Blasio Pushes Bill To Protect Straphangers From Sexual Assault

Source: Wikimedia CommonsPublic Advocate Bill de Blasio and the advocacy group Hollaback want the State Legislature to pass a new law that would protect straphangers from “subway grinders.” A recent court ruling threw out a felony sexual assault case against a repeat offender who assaulted his victims on crowded subways.

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Video: Bill De Blasio Speaks Before MBCG

New York City Public Advocate Bill de Blasio made an appearance before the Manhattan Beach Community Group at its March 16 meeting. The official spoke about his duties, and listened to community members’ grievances about the city. One of the top issues was lack of Department of Buildings enforcement of