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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

BrooklynPaper – By Meaghan McGoldrick O’Neil & Paul Frangipane | Published August 26, 2025

The walls of the Fifth Avenue Committee’s Center for Community Development on DeGraw Street now pulse with new life.

On Thursday, Aug. 21, FAC and Groundswell Community Mural Project unveiled “The Heartbeat of Gowanus,” a large-scale community mural created by lead artists Kristy McCarthy and Yolande Delius in collaboration with 13 youth artists from Groundswell’s Voices Her’d Visionaries program, local leaders and neighborhood residents.

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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, NY 11217
Phone: (718) 499-1090

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New York, NY 10007
Phone: 212-788-6969

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