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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

NepYork – By Kishor Panthi | Published July 31, 2025

New York City has taken a significant step to protect its immigrant communities from fraud with the automatic enactment of two City Council bills into law. Introduction 205-A and Introduction 980-A became law on July 31, 2025, after the Mayor opted not to take action on them within 30 days of their passage.

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BrooklynEagle – By Brooklyn Eagle Staff | Published July 7, 2025

BOROUGHWIDE — TWO BROOKLYN CITY COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE TEAMED UP ON A SOLUTION TO THE UPCOMING EXPIRATION OF MICROSOFT WINDOWS 10 support and the e-waste that is expected to result from it. 

Councilmembers Shahana Hanif (D-39) and Jennifer Gutiérrez (D-34) on Monday, July 7, are sponsoring the Brooklyn Laptop Fix-a-thon to reduce e-waste and support local literacy programs. 

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Gothamist – By David Brand | Published Jun 3, 2025 | Modified Jun 3, 2025

Brooklyn community leaders and elected officials say the state’s economic development arm had no right to waive millions in monthly penalties over a developer’s failure to complete affordable housing at Brooklyn’s Atlantic Yards complex, and they say they may sue to force the state’s hand.

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New York Post – By Nicole Rosenthal | May 15, 2025

These Brooklyn musicians are playing to deaf ears.

Tenants at a band rehearsal space near Brooklyn’s toxic Gowanus Canal are taking matters into their own hands and pooling funds to hire a private company to test for cancer-causing vapors inside the building after the landlord refused to let state inspectors inside.

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Brooklyn Daily Eagle – By Raanan Geberer | April 25, 2025

BOERUM HILL — Plans to transform a city-owned parking lot in Boerum Hill into a new rent-stabilized senior housing development were announced Thursday by the city’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development.

The dilapidated lot on Third Avenue, between Bergen and Wyckoff Streets, will be converted into approximately 68 units of affordable senior housing.

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