Sheepshead Bay

Local Daycares Failed To Test Water For Lead, Audit Shows

Health

Local Daycares Failed To Test Water For Lead, Audit Shows

(Photo by SimonQ / Flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/qiaomeng/7476574314/in/photolist-coFp4G-8Au5is-3DEXQR-3nwUhH-4tzxq5-CM2cF-3vdiS-W9dLz-7CPUtt-tDQUk-ofWYUo-anALKn-2B2MAs-7e8CrT-7sePbz-7TAatL-79pm1K-4XrfUr-8Gp2ob-qiig6R-5ptr19-79oXRX-4Jo1Cu-6XCxNC-o4HG2t-5GdqxV-8rPZGV-5ErMZ2-79sPLG-8rT6a7-5VPvJE-79ozm6-79sr5J-o4UBvU-5Bonze-79oWrP-6XKWw1-79sr6W-79rnhD-79ozga-79piTZ-dpwXyd-4xy3nV-7GfseM-79pax2-79rni8-pPYMiu-EcJT2a-8QCBbS-bvn7a7] )Sixteen daycare centers in Brooklyn failed to meet lead testin

Morning Mug: “For To Be Free Is Not Merely To Cast Off One’s Chains, But To Live In A Way That Respects And Enhances The Freedom Of Others.” — Nelson Mandela

Nonsponsored

Morning Mug: “For To Be Free Is Not Merely To Cast Off One’s Chains, But To Live In A Way That Respects And Enhances The Freedom Of Others.” — Nelson Mandela

Photos by Michael GoldsteinMorning Mug is our daily showcase of photographs from our readers. If you have a photograph that you’d like to see featured, send it to photos@sheepsheadbites.com. Also, follow us on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/SheepsheadBites], Twitter [http://twitter.com/sheepsheadbites], and Instagram [https:

Weinstein Bill To Address “Zombie Homes” Signed Into Law

Nonsponsored

Weinstein Bill To Address “Zombie Homes” Signed Into Law

Trash piles up behind the wooden walls around the property. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Legislation introduced by Assemblywoman Helene Weinstein to address so-called “zombie homes” — abandoned and foreclosed properties — was signed into law [https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-signs-sweeping-legislation-combat-blight-vacant-and-abandoned-properties] last week. The bill, passed as part of the