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Councilmembers Rally Around Effort To Landmark Riegelmann Boardwalk

Source: blhphotography via FlickrCity councilmembers are pushing back against the effort to rip up parts of Coney Island’s Reigelmann Boardwalk and replace the wood planks with recycled materials and concrete. All but one of the council’s 50 active members have signed on to support a resolution introduced by

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Morning Mug: “In Nature, Nothing Is Perfect And Everything Is Perfect. Trees Can Be Contorted, Bent In Weird Ways, And They’re Still Beautiful.” — Alice Walker

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Mayor’s Controversial Rezoning Plan Moves To City Council For Approval

Photo by Leon LipkovichMayor Bill de Blasio’s controversial rezoning plan — meant to address the city’s affordable housing crisis — will now move to the City Council for a final review after it was approved Wednesday [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/plans/zqa/zoning-for-quality-and-affordability.page] by the City Planning

Health

Local Pols Call Out Cuomo For Using Seniors As Political Pawns

Governor Andrew Cuomo at his 2016 State of the State speech. (Photo: PROgovernorandrewcuomo [https://www.flickr.com/photos/governorandrewcuomo/23994415209/] / Flickr) Several Albany Legislators called out Governor Andrew Cuomo for stripping a law from his executive budget that protects seniors from losing their savings when a spouse falls ill. They

Health

Now That Zika Virus Has Arrived In NYC, Here’s What You Need To Know

Most of us have heard about the Zika virus [http://www.paho.org/hq/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9183%3A2015-preguntas-frecuentes-virus-fiebre-zika&catid=8424%3Acontent&Itemid=41463&lang=en] and the fact that there are now confirmed cases in New York City, but

Police & Fire

Cops Arrest Another Suspect Involved In Grisly Murders At Sheepshead Bay Houses

Police arrested a 28-year-old man Wednesday who allegedly assisted teenager Destiny Garcia in the grisly murder [/15-year-old-girl-taken-into-custody-after-cops-find-two-bullet-riddled-bodies-at-the-sheepshead-bay-houses/] her mother and mother’s boyfriend in the Sheepshead Bay Houses. Authorities charged Jerry Maisonett, of Sunset Park, with two counts of murder and four counts of criminal possession of a weapon, according

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Morning Mug: “The Best And Most Beautiful Things In The World Cannot Be Seen Or Even Touched — They Must Be Felt With The Heart.” — Helen Keller

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Food & Drink

New Uzbek Restaurant ‘Tandoori’ Opens On Coney Island Avenue

The samsas at Tandoori. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)A new Uzbek restaurant has set up shop in Sheepshead Bay — joining the neighborhood’s already plentiful number of eateries specializing in Middle Asian/Eastern European cuisines. Tandoori, named after the dome-like tandoor brick ovens used to bake some of its

Education

P.S. 255 Students Donate More Than 1,500 Socks To Local Women’s Shelters

P.S. 255’s Student Council with some of their teachers, administrators and City Councilman Chaim Deutsch. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Children at P.S. 255 [http://schools.nyc.gov/SchoolPortals/22/K255/default.htm] proudly displayed the contributions for their winter sock drive — which will go to local

Business

Ever Visited A Russian Banya? Here’s What It’s Like

The pools in Sandoony USA. (Photo: SANDOONY USA [https://www.facebook.com/230627283534/photos/pb.230627283534.-2207520000.1454521162./10153573835653535/?type=3&theater] / Facebook)With the passing of Blue Monday the darker side of winter has truly begun. The days are short and the wind doesn’t so much pull

Animals

Conservationists Say Plan To Eliminate Sheepshead Bay’s Swans Is Based On ‘Weak’ Science

Swans, geese, and ducks in Sheepshead Bay. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Sheepshead Bay’s swans have long been a target for extermination [/and-now-they-want-to-murder-sheepshead-bays-swans/] by the state. But a growing body of prominent environmentalists and conservationists say the evidence against these snow-white waterfowl – an indelible part of the neighborhood’s

Police & Fire

Rowdy Hoodlums Rough Up Man In Coney Island Apartment Building, Cops Say

(Photo provided by the NYPD)Three punks ambushed a man last week in an attempted robbery at an apartment building in Coney Island, cops say. The suspects stalked their victim, a 24-year-old man, onto an elevator in a building on West 23rd Street on January 24, according to authorities. When