Senator Kevin Parker

DEC Blocks Williams Pipeline Project

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced on Friday, May 15, their denial of the required Clean Water Act Section 401 Water Quality Certification (WQC) for National Grid’s proposed Northeast Supply Enhancement (NESE) pipeline project, effectively blocking construction on the project. The project, which would have

News

Newly Modernized LIRR Nostrand Avenue Station Opened Today

New canopies and new yellow tactile warning strips at Nostrand Avenue Station. Rachel Baron/Bklyner.BED-STUY — MTA Long Island Railroad (LIRR) President Phillip Eng invited local officials and members of the community to a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the newly modernized Nostrand Avenue LIRR Station, which opened this morning. The two-track

Central Brooklyn

Windsor Terrace Park Dedicated To Local Hero

WINDSOR TERRACE – A previously unnamed green space across from the Prospect Expressway has been dedicated to the memory of a hometown hero. Captain John McKenna IV Park, Windsor Terrace (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER) Captain John McKenna IV Park naming ceremony (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)Captain John McKenna IV Park naming

Central Brooklyn

Crisis Intervention Teams: A New Model For Dealing With The Emotionally Disturbed (OPINION)

By State Senator Kevin Parker Two recent shootings involving police officers – one of an emotionally disturbed man in the Flatbush section of my district, and the other of a police officer on tour in Cypress Hills, have once again given rise to the national debate about policing and the training

Neighbors

BP Eric Adams Offers Award To Nab Armed Suspect Preying On Elderly Women In Park Slope

Left-Right: Assembly Member Jo Anne Simon, Senator Kevin S. Parker, BP Eric Adams, Senator Jesse Hamilton, NYPD 78th Precinct Commanding Officer Frank DiGiacomo. In background, hidden, Community Activist Tony Herbert. (Courtesy of the Office of BP Adams)Standing across the street from 551 9th Street, where Elizabeth Gioino, the 91-year-old

Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli

Rodneyse Bichotte Easily Defeats GOP Challenger & Other Results From Yesterday’s General Election

From our local Assembly districts to the governor’s office, Democratic candidates vying to represent our neighborhoods easily claimed victory in yesterday’s election, including Rodneyse Bichotte in the 42nd Assembly District, Assemblyman Jim Brennan in the 44th AD, and state Sen. Kevin Parker in the 21st Senate District. Following