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Local News for Brooklyn, by Brooklyn

Category: Policy & Government

Posted inFeatured News, Policy & Government

Adams, Williams Decry Viral Anti-Muslim Campaign ‘Punish a Muslim Day’

by Andrea Leonhardt April 3, 2018
Posted inFeatured News, Lifestyle & Culture, Policy & Government, Popular

De Blasio Extends Rent Stabilization Law in Response to NYC’s Housing Crisis

by Andrea Leonhardt April 2, 2018
Posted inBusiness & Innovation, Featured News, Policy & Government, Popular

Brooklyn Councilmember Espinal Proposes Bill to Give Employees the ‘Right to Disconnect’ After Work

by Andrea Leonhardt March 23, 2018
Posted inFeatured News, Lifestyle & Culture, Policy & Government

Cuomo Proposes Tenant-Led Oversight Council to Rectify NYCHA Mismanagement

by Andrea Leonhardt March 13, 2018
Posted inCrown Heights, Featured News, Lifestyle & Culture, Policy & Government

Brooklyn DA Launches Program to Get Low-Level Drug Offenders Treatment Instead of Jail Time

by Andrea Leonhardt March 7, 2018
Posted inFeatured News, Lifestyle & Culture, Policy & Government

NYC Comptroller Releases Comprehensive Immigrants’ Rights Manual

by Andrea Leonhardt March 6, 2018
Posted inBusiness & Innovation, Featured News, Policy & Government

Open Data Week: How to Improve New Yorker’s Lives with City’s Public Data

by Andrea Leonhardt March 6, 2018
Posted inFeatured News, Lifestyle & Culture, Policy & Government

BP Adams, Councilmember Ampry-Samuel Demand Real-Time NYCHA Project Updates for Tenants

by Andrea Leonhardt February 26, 2018
Posted inFeatured News, Lifestyle & Culture, Policy & Government

Brooklyn BP, Councilmembers Call for City Funding of Borough’s Own Burn Unit to Treat Fire Victims

by Andrea Leonhardt February 21, 2018
Posted inFeatured News, Flatbush, Lifestyle & Culture, Policy & Government

Flatbush Councilmember Jumaane Williams Announces Run for NY Lt. Governor

by Andrea Leonhardt February 20, 2018
Posted inBrownsville, East New York, Featured News, Lifestyle & Culture, Policy & Government, Popular

Comptroller’s New Pilot Program Lets Tenants Boost Credit Scores Through Rent Payments

by Andrea Leonhardt February 16, 2018
Posted inFeatured News, Lifestyle & Culture, Policy & Government, Popular

Councilman Williams Calls for ‘Common Sense Measures’ in Wake of Florida School Shooting

by Andrea Leonhardt February 15, 2018
Posted inPolicy & Government

City Moves to Replace Rikers Island with Community-Based Jails

by Andrea Leonhardt February 15, 2018
Posted inCommunity Health Page, Community Health Slideshow, Featured News, Health & Wellness, Latest News, Policy & Government

New Web Portal NYCHOPE Offers Resources for Domestic Violence Survivors

by Andrea Leonhardt February 9, 2018
Posted inFeatured News, Lifestyle & Culture, Policy & Government

Senator Hamilton Pushes to Decriminalize ‘Turnstile Jumping,’ Introduces Bill

by Andrea Leonhardt February 8, 2018
Posted inBusiness & Innovation, Featured News, Policy & Government

City Launches New Program to Offer Free Legal Services to Small Businesses

by Andrea Leonhardt February 7, 2018
Posted inBedford Stuyvesant, Brownsville, East New York, Featured News, Flatbush, Fort Greene / Clinton Hill, Lifestyle & Culture, Policy & Government

Adams Proposes Plan of Action to Tackle NYCHA Heating Crisis

by Andrea Leonhardt February 7, 2018
Posted inBedford Stuyvesant, Brownsville, East New York, Featured News, Lifestyle & Culture, Policy & Government

City Expands Free ‘3-K for All’ to Bed-Stuy, Opens Application Process

by Andrea Leonhardt February 6, 2018
Posted inFeatured News, Lifestyle & Culture, Policy & Government

NYPD to Equip All Patrol Cops with Body Cameras by End of 2018

by Andrea Leonhardt January 31, 2018

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