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One Of the Hardest To Count Districts In America is Central Brooklyn. Here’s Why Census 2020 Matters.

Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerCROWN HEIGHTS / FLATBUSH – The 9th Congressional District is one of the “hard to count” districts for the census in the United States. Folks don’t return questionnaires, they say, and don’t open doors. Local politicians – Congresswoman Yvette Clarke, State Senator Zellnor Myrie, Assemblywoman Diana Richardson as

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Mayor Brings ‘City Hall In Your Borough’ To Brooklyn This Week

Mayor Bill de Blasio is working from home this week. Starting on Monday, August 20, de Blasio and members of his administration will work from the Mayor’s home borough at Brooklyn Borough Hall and attend a series of events including a town hall meeting scheduled for Thursday. “City Hall

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L train will continue to run from Rockaway Parkway to Bedford Avenue in Brooklyn – Canarsie L Train Town Hall

The MTA town hall regarding the L train in Canarsie (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER) CANARSIE – The MTA’s traveling town hall tour finally reached Canarsie last night, giving attendees representing neighborhoods south of Broadway Junction a chance to learn more about the “L Train Shutdown” and pose questions to a panel

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Town Hall on L Train Shutdown Tonight in Williamsburg

Passengers leaving the L train at Lorimer Street. About 225,000 riders take the L between Brooklyn and Manhattan each day. (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)WILLIAMSBURG – In their ongoing efforts to reach out to residents that will be affected by the 15-month shutdown of the Canarsie Tunnel for repair, the MTA

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Upcoming Town Halls Provide Opportunity for Civic Engagement

Two town hall meetings this week offer Brooklynites a space to engage with elected officials before the year’s end. Residents of Councilmember Laurie Cumbo’s 35th City Council District and parents with kids attending schools in the 13th School Board District will have meetings in their neighborhoods starting this

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Mayor De Blasio Waxes Nostalgic At Park Slope Town Hall (VIDEO)

Mayor DeBlasio addresses 39th Council District residents at a Town Hall. (Megan McGibney/BKLYNER)PARK SLOPE — Mayor Bill De Blasio held another town hall in Brooklyn last night, this time in his home neighborhood, the 39th District. It was held at the William Alexander School MS 51 at 350 5th

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Register Now: de Blasio To Hold District 44 Town Hall On Tuesday

Mayor Bill de Blasio delivers his State of the City address at the Apollo Theater in Harlem on Monday, February 13, 2017. (Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office)Want the chance to speak directly to your Mayor? Next Tuesday, Mayor Bill de Blasio will hold a town hall presented by Council

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Sparks Fly Across The Aisle As Bay Ridge Hosts Town Hall In Lieu Of Congressman

Constituents lined up to ask the panel questions at the progressive-organized town hall, April 19, the Bay Ridge Manor. (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER) Wednesday night, members of Congressional District 11 met in Bay Ridge for the political event that they’ve been demanding for months: a live, public town

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Donovan To Host Tele-Town Hall; Bay Ridge Activists Host Live Town Hall

(Photo via Dan Donovan’s office)Next week, the 11th Congressional District will get two separate town hall meetings to discuss legislative issues and ask questions about how federal policy will play out in their neighborhoods. But one will be held without the district’s congressman. On Wednesday, April 19

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“It’s The Titanic Approaching The Iceberg,” Rep. Yvette Clarke Slams Trump’s First Days In Office

“We need to act up! We have overcome tyranny before,” U.S Democratic Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke shouted to the hundreds packed into her town hall event last night, addressing Donald Trump’s first 32 days in office. An estimated 1,000 people packed into the Union Temple of Brooklyn

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Cucco, McCreight & Purvis Demand Answers Regarding 42-Story Coney Island Tower

Photo courtesy of Kate CuccoAt a press conference today, Kate Cucco [/five-qs-kate-cucco-democratic-candidate-state-assembly-46th-district/#.V7y575MrI9c] , who is challenging Assemblywoman Pamela Harris for the 46th Assembly District seat, along with state committee candidates Chris McCreight and Brigitte Purvis [/32029/#.V7y605MrI9c], called on the developers behind the 42-story tower coming to Coney Island [/coney-island-residents-demand-answers-developers-proposed-40-story-tower/

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Got Qs For The Comptroller? How To Tune In To Stringer’s Southern BK Town Hall Tonight

Comptroller Scott Stringer (Courtesy of Comptroller Scott Stringer’s Office) Comptroller Scott Stringer will be taking our queries at his southern Brooklyn town hall [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2016/07/comptroller-host-town-hall-aquarium-august/#.V6OmANArIU0] in Coney Island tonight and we looked into how folks can tune in and ask him questions. The

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Got Qs For The Comptroller? How To Tune In To Stringer’s Southern BK Town Hall Tonight

Comptroller Scott Stringer (Courtesy of Comptroller Scott Stringer’s Office) Comptroller Scott Stringer will be taking our queries at his southern Brooklyn town hall [/comptroller-host-town-hall-aquarium-august/#.V6OmANArIU0] in Coney Island tonight and we looked into how folks can tune in and ask him questions. The goal of the event, which takes

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Comptroller To Host Town Hall At NY Aquarium On August 4

Comptroller Scott Stringer (Photo via Scott Stringer/Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/scottstringernyc/?fref=ts])New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer will host a town hall meeting on Thursday, August 4 at 6:30pm, at the New York Aquarium [https://nyaquarium.com/] to discuss ways to improve City services

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Submit Your Questions For Schools Chancellor Farina’s District 13 Town Hall

Photo Credit: NYC Department of EducationChancellor Fariña will be stopping by District 13 for a CEC-sponsored Town Hall in a few weeks on Tuesday, May 3, and the Community Education Council is soliciting parent input into the questions they will ask her. So if you have any questions or concerns,

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The Questions We Didn’t Get To Ask At The Mayor’s Bay Ridge Town Hall

When we heard Mayor Bill de Blasio was headed to Bay Ridge for a town hall Tuesday evening, his first appearance in southern Brooklyn since taking office in 2013, we were hoping to get some answers. For nearly two hours, the mayor and a panel of experts took dozens of

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Watch B’Hurst Middle School Kids Ask The Tough Questions At Mayor’s Town Hall [Video]

Last night hundreds filled the auditorium at Fort Hamilton High School [http://schools.nyc.gov/SchoolPortals/20/K490/default.htm] in Bay Ridge for Mayor Bill de Blasio’s first-ever town hall in southern Brooklyn. As the mayor fielded questions from community members for two hours, he addressed many important

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Small Business Struggles To Be The Focus Of Community-Led Town Hall Thursday Night

A community town hall has been organized and is scheduled for tomorrow night — Thursday, February 18 — from 6:30-8:30pm at Brown Memorial Baptist Church’s Fellowship Hall (52 Gates Avenue, between Washington and Waverly Avenues). Spearheaded by residents through online bulletin board website Nextdoor, the event is billed as

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An Emergency Town Hall Meeting Is Being Called To Address The Increase In Gun Violence In Fort Greene And Clinton Hill

Image via Public Advocate’s office.We’ve all noticed the spike in incidents of gun violence [/blog/2015/06/18/cops-release-surveillance-photos-in-may-shooting-outside-habana-outpost/] in our backyards — sometimes literally — over the past few months, with multiple [/blog/2015/08/03/man-killed-outside-walt-whitman-houses-was-one-of-dozens-shot-in-brooklyn-this-weekend/] people being killed [/blog/2015/02/19/investigation-launched-murder-20-year-old-man-whitman-houses/] and several more

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Tonight: NYPD Brooklyn North Community Forum

Tonight is our community’s first chance to collectively meet and greet Assistant Chief Jeffrey Maddrey, who just took over [/blog/2015/02/12/deputy-chief-jeffrey-maddrey-named-new-head-nypd-patrol-borough-brooklyn-north/] the role of commanding officer of the NYPD’s Patrol Borough Brooklyn North — a coverage area that includes our 88th Precinct, as well as the

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Tomorrow Night: “Stand Against Drugs” Town Hall At Kings Bay Y

Source: Group Health Cooperative / YouTubeThe Kings Bay Y and Dynamic Youth Community are inviting the community to attend a “Stand Against Drugs” town hall meeting tomorrow evening, January 22, 7:00pm at the Kings Bay Y, 3495 Nostrand Avenue. Doors open at 6:30pm. Part of an initiative that has

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Tonight: Jeffries To Visit Southern Brooklyn Democrats

Sure, it’s a little last minute, but the Southern Brooklyn Democrats, a new reform Democratic club aiming to reinvigorate progressive politics in Southern Brooklyn, has just told us that they’ve scored congressional candidate Hakeem Jeffries as a speaker at tonight’s meeting. The group meets at 8:00

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Marty Golden To Host Town Hall Tomorrow

The following is a press release from the office of State Senator Marty Golden: TEENAGE DRUG ABUSE AND BULLYING IN OUR SCHOOLS TO HIGHLIGHT TOWN HALL DISCUSSION Brooklyn – State Senator Marty Golden (R-C-I, Brooklyn) will host a town hall meeting on teenage drug use and school bullying, on Wednesday, February

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Tonight: Congressman Weiner Health Care Town Hall

As one of its key proponents, Congressman Anthony Weiner has been all tied up since the health care vote passed in March. He’s been doing a lot of bouncing around, speaking to reporters, constituents and community groups; he’s established himself as the face of national health reform. If

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Senator Marty Golden to Hold Town Hall Meeting on Public Safety

(NYS 22nd Senate District Banner) It seems like just yesterday that Senator Marty Golden’s office [http://www.senatorgolden.com/22/default.aspx] had a meeting to discuss the issues affecting our area. Hey, wait, it was just yesterday. Oh, that was the Town Hall Meeting on Education. The next