Borough Park
A fire that demonstrators started last night. (Photo via Citizen app)BORO PARK – Hundreds of Orthodox Jewish residents gathered in Borough Park near 46th Street and 13th Avenue late last night to protest Governor Andrew Cuomo’s new restrictions [/latest-on-southern-brooklyns-covid-cluster-return-to-lockdown/] on houses of worship, schools, and businesses after a spike
Big Story
Photo via Simcha Eichenstein’s office.BORO PARK/MIDWOOD – The weather is getting nicer and kids are getting restless staying inside their homes. While public parks are open, playgrounds remain closed and there is no set date when the Mayor is planning to open them. But, some locals are not
Borough Park
Simcha Felder. (Photo: NY Senate)BOROUGH PARK— A partyless Brooklyn lawmaker has picked a side. State Senator Simcha Felder, who represents Borough Park and parts of surrounding neighborhoods including Midwood, is joining the Senate Democrats, The State of Politics reported [https://www.nystateofpolitics.com/2019/07/felder-joins-senate-dem-fold/#.XRn5odFCNxI.twitter] Monday.
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Source: katerha via flickrEnvironmental advocates are fighting back against a Brooklyn State Senator’s efforts to reverse a controversial fee aimed at curbing the use of disposable grocery bags in favor of more environmentally-friendly, reusable alternatives. State Senator Simcha Felder [https://www.nysenate.gov/senators/simcha-felder], who represents communities in
Announcements
Greenfield announcing the renovations in 2015. (Photo courtesy Councilman David Greenfield)Kids from Midwood, Bensonhurst and Boro Park can enjoy the rest of the summer outdoors at the newly-renovated Gravesend Park, also know as the 18th Avenue Park, which opened this week after over a year of renovations. On Tuesday,
Nonsponsored
(Photo: jon jordan [https://www.flickr.com/photos/jontintinjordan/2984318067/] / Flickr)The MTA’s plan to close part of Avenue O for construction during Midwood Mardi Gras [http://www.cb14brooklyn.com/midwood-mardi-gras/] this Sunday has local elected officials up in arms. The construction work, part of the MTA’s project
Nonsponsored
461 Dean Street (Courtesy BerlinRosen.)The ever-changing skyline [/?s=pacific+park]could get even taller if a new bill [https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2015/s5469/amendment/original]in Albany passes. Senate bill S5469 [https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2015/a7807/amendment/original] and Assembly bill A7807 [https:
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461 Dean Street (Courtesy BerlinRosen.)The ever-changing skyline [/?s=pacific+park]could get even taller if a new bill [https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2015/s5469/amendment/original]in Albany passes. Senate bill S5469 [https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2015/a7807/amendment/original] and Assembly bill A7807 [https:
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Source: katerha via flickrThe City Council’s controversial plastic bag fee legislation — which passed on May 5 [http://legistar.council.nyc.gov/MeetingDetail.aspx?ID=484894&GUID=B22E7F6F-30CC-4A14-9BF8-A6F55432642E&Options=&Search=] — may be held up in Albany thanks to opposition from state legislators, who call the fee is
Business
(photo via katerha / flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/katerha/])The City Council’s controversial plastic bag fee legislation — which passed on May 5 [http://legistar.council.nyc.gov/MeetingDetail.aspx?ID=484894&GUID=B22E7F6F-30CC-4A14-9BF8-A6F55432642E&Options=&Search=] — is being held up in Albany thanks to opposition from
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(photo via katerha / flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/katerha/])The City Council’s controversial plastic bag fee legislation — which passed on May 5 [http://legistar.council.nyc.gov/MeetingDetail.aspx?ID=484894&GUID=B22E7F6F-30CC-4A14-9BF8-A6F55432642E&Options=&Search=] — is being held up in Albany thanks to opposition from
Bensonhurst
(photo via katerha / flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/katerha/])The City Council’s controversial plastic bag fee legislation — which passed on May 5 [http://legistar.council.nyc.gov/MeetingDetail.aspx?ID=484894&GUID=B22E7F6F-30CC-4A14-9BF8-A6F55432642E&Options=&Search=] — is being held up in Albany thanks to opposition from
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Source: katerha via flickrThe City Council on Thursday narrowly passed a controversial shopping bag fee aimed at curbing the use of disposable grocery bags in favor of reusable, environmentally-friendly materials. Proponents of the bill, which passed 28-20 [http://legistar.council.nyc.gov/MeetingDetail.aspx?ID=484894&GUID=B22E7F6F-30CC-4A14-9BF8-A6F55432642E&
Business
Source: katerha via flickrThe City Council on Thursday narrowly passed a controversial shopping bag fee aimed at curbing the use of disposable grocery bags in favor of reusable, environmentally-friendly materials. Proponents of the bill, which passed 28-20 [http://legistar.council.nyc.gov/MeetingDetail.aspx?ID=484894&GUID=B22E7F6F-30CC-4A14-9BF8-A6F55432642E&
Police & Fire
Sergeant Cara Mulham standing between City Councilman Chaim Deutsch, left, and Captain Winston Faison. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)A local cop received heaps of gratitude Wednesday night at the 61st Precinct’s community council meeting for helping deliver a baby boy [/local-cop-helps-deliver-newborn-on-the-way-to-the-hospital/] while riding in an ambulance on the
Police & Fire
Cops cuffed two teens believed to have savagely mugged a 55-year-old man in Midwood [/graphic-video-shows-jewish-man-brutally-mugged-in-midwood/] last week, according to the NYPD. Eldin Sabovic, 17, and Baskim Huseinovic, 19, were taken into custody on Thursday and charged with robbery and assault, authorities announced. The teens both live in Midwood — about four