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A 'Healthy Start' for Your Baby in Brooklyn? Yes, You C.A.N!

Some of the members of the Healthy Start Brooklyn Community Action Network Photo: The Brooklyn Reader Mary-Powel Thomas is on a mission.

Jun 9, 2015 10:00 AM Read more >

NYC Immigrants Pitch For Larger Slice of City Budget Pie

Click here to view original web page at www.kingscountypolitics.com Kensington's large Bangladeshi immigrant population enjoys a recent street fair on Church Avenue.

Jun 8, 2015 8:19 PM Read more >

Councilmember Cumbo to Hosts Job Training Info Session in Crown Heights for the Homeless

New York City Council Member Laurie A. Cumbo will host an information session in Crown Heights on Tuesday to inform constituents and other attendees about job training opportunities with the Association of Community Employment Programs (ACE).

Jun 8, 2015 3:27 PM Read more >

Police Searching for Robber of Beso Restaurant in Bed-Stuy

Police are looking for a man who was caught on video stealing valuable items from out of Brooklyn Beso Restaurant just before Memorial Day.

Jun 8, 2015 3:21 PM Read more >

Sen. Hamilton Holds Town Hall on NYCHA Housing in E. New York

Thursday night, more than 80 people gathered at the Van Dyke Community Center in East New York for a town hall meeting on NYCHA and key concerns for its residents.

Jun 5, 2015 3:48 PM Read more >

Illuminating the Under-Told History That Shaped Weeksville

Weeksville 1903 Photo: fastcompany.

Jun 5, 2015 12:36 PM Read more >

Bklyn Lawmakers On The Move June 5: Yvette Clarke

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Jun 5, 2015 8:51 AM Read more >

Bklyn Lawmakers Arrested While Protesting Need For Stronger Rent Laws

Click here to view original web page at www.kingscountypolitics.com Council Member Williams (center) stands with city and state elected officials before they were arrested in the state Capitol during yesterday's civil disobedience.

Jun 4, 2015 11:19 PM Read more >

Talk of Last Minute Compromise On Education Tax Credit Bill

Click here to view original web page at www.kingscountypolitics.com Rodneyse Bichotte is refusing to compromise on a bill to help nonpublic schools and parents of students that attend them.

Jun 4, 2015 8:19 PM Read more >

Councilmember Cornegy's 'Avonte's Law' to Result in 21,000 Door Alarms in NYC Public Schools by Year's End

City Councilmembers Robert Cornegy, Jr. and Daniel Dromm announce the results of the first DOE report required by Avonte's Law Does the name Avonte Oquendo ring a bell or cause alarm? Well if it didn't before, it surely will now.

Jun 4, 2015 4:40 PM Read more >