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District 39

Shahana Hanif

Kensington, Borough Park, Windsor Terrace, Park Slope, Gowanus, Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, Boerum Hill, and the Columbia Waterfront

60+ events across the five boroughs last week aimed to highlight the importance of parks to quality of life for New Yorkers

Elected officials and advocates are pushing to restore funding for 795 essential jobs at the NYC Parks Department

NEW YORK, NY (May 19th, 2025) – New Yorkers for Parks and the Prospect Park Alliance were joined on Sunday by advocates, including NYCRUNS, community members and elected officials – including Council Member Crystal Hudson and Council Member Shahana Hanif – for a rally at Grand Army Plaza.

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**PRESS RELEASE** | Katal Center for Equity, Heath, & Justice

May 14, 2025

Contact: Yonah Zeitz | 347-201-2768 | yonah@katalcenter.org 

Follow online: #ShutRikers #CutShutInvestNY | @katalcenter | shutrikers.org 

Community Groups, Elected Officials, and Directly Impacted People Hail Decision of Federal Courts to Take Control of  Rikers to Address Violence and Dysfunction
With the Rising Jail Population and Nearly 40 Deaths Since Adams Took Office, Courts Must Work to Save Lives and Advance the Closure of Rikers Island 

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | May 5, 2025

Press Contact: Mus Lamia | mlamia@council.nyc.gov 

Council Member Shahana Hanif Announces $1.5 Million in Community-Funded Projects, along with Record-Breaking Turnout and School Engagement in District 39’s Participatory Budgeting 

Brooklyn, NY | Yesterday, Council Member Shahana Hanif announced the winning project proposals of the 2024-2025 Participatory Budgeting (PB) Cycle, which saw the highest participation in the district’s 14-year PB history.

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New York City Council – Progressive Caucus | April 24, 2025

We write this letter as the New York City Council Progressive Caucus representing over 3 million
people, many of whom are students, faculty and staff at your institutions. As federal authorities
carry out an extreme MAGA agenda that threatens to re-segregate and defund our institutions
and disappears countless students, we call upon you to step up and defend our constituents.

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Office of the New York City Comptroller | April 10, 2025

Adams’ DOT abandoned Select Bus Service and dropped every bus initiative

New York, NY — New York Comptroller Brad Lander released a new report, Behind Schedule: How the New York City Bus System Slow Rolls Riders, on the performance of the City’s bus system, finding that bus riders traveled a mere 8.17 mph on average and faced delays in reaching their stops nearly a third of the time.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | Wednesday, April 10, 2025

Press Contacts: Reed Dunlea, rdunlea@nyic.org, 929-923-8863
Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org, 347-201-2768

New York—Today, the ICE Out! NYC Coalition, Shut Rikers Campaign, New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC), Make the Road Action, Bronx Defenders, the Immigrant Defense Project, the Katal Center for Equity, Health, and Justice, elected officials, immigrants and people directly impacted by detention at Rikers held a rally and press conference outside City Hall to denounce an executive order issued by the Mayor on Tuesday allowing ICE to establish an office within Rikers Island jail.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Press Contacts: Alex Liao, (973) 647 -5001 | Bhairavi Desai, (917) 945-7286 
Emails: aliao@council.nyc.gov | media@nytwa.org 

Brooklyn, NY | Today, Council Member Shahana Hanif, New York Taxi Workers Alliance (NYTWA), and Desis Rising Up and Moving (DRUM) urged Uber and Lyft drivers employed between 2014 and 2017 to file a claim for their share of the New York State Attorney General’s $328M Settlement Fund before March 31, 2025 filing deadline.

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For Immediate Release | Friday, March 21, 2025

Contact: Emmet Teran. (917) 623-5178. ETeran@council.nyc.gov

City Hall – New York City Council Progressive Caucus Co-Chairs Shahana Hanif and Sandy Nurse and Vice Co-Chairs Carmen De La Rosa and Jen Gutiérrez issued the following statement in reaction to Mayor Eric Adams naming Randy Mastro our city’s First Deputy Mayor.

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Planned Parenthood – For Immediate Release | March 12, 2025

Contact: Senti Sojwal | senti.sojwal@ppgreaterny.org | 917-757-4908

NEW YORK, NY – Due to Medicaid underfunding alone, Planned Parenthood of Greater New York (PPGNY) is experiencing a multimillion-dollar annual underfunding of our operations. We have an urgent need to raise critical funds through public and private funding.

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District Office

197 Bond Street, 1st Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11217
Phone: (718) 499-1090

Legislative Office

250 Broadway, Suite 1731
New York, NY 10007
Phone: 212-788-6969

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