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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 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
Education
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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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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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
Events
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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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
Assistant Chief Jeffrey Maddrey
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
3495 nostrand ave
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
democratic party
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
drug abuse
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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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