Council Member Shahana Hanif released the following statement on the Ceasefire Agreement and Hostage Release on January 19, 2025: 

I am encouraged by the recent news of a ceasefire agreement in the Middle East and the beginning of the hostage release as Romi Gonen, Emily Damari, and Doron Steinbrecher reunite with their families.

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Queens Ledger Brooklyn Downtown Star/ BQE Media | By Jack Delaney — January 16, 2025

The city finally redesigned this intersection on 9th St after a cyclist was killed in 2023. But at the victim’s vigil, both her family and transit advocates said the changes didn’t go far enough. 

When Sarah Schick was hit and killed by a box truck two years ago while riding an e-bike at the intersection of Ninth Street and Second Avenue, the tragedy ignited a firestorm of local activism.

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Eyewitness News | Wednesday, January 15, 2025

PARK SLOPE, Brooklyn (WABC) — A 90-year-old Brooklyn man is fighting to stay in the home he says was sold out from under him years ago without his knowledge — and now his neighborhood is joining the fight to keep him from being evicted.

Flanked by neighbors, family, and lawmakers, Ray Cortez is fighting eviction from the only home he’s known for over half a century.

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PIX 11 | by Cory McGinnis — January 15, 2025

RED HOOK, Brooklyn (PIX11) — Dozens of Brooklyn residents rallied in front of a concrete recycling facility on Columbia Street in Red Hook, citing concerns over noise and dust pollution.

The protest, which required NYPD officers to urge demonstrators away from the entrance, highlighted growing frustrations with the city-run operation that moved to the neighborhood in February 2024.

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New York Post | By Valerie Kellogg | Published Jan. 15, 2025, 1:29 p.m. ET

A war veteran’s historic, but crumbling, Brooklyn brownstone could face the wrecking ball if city building officials get their way. But a group of preservationists are trying to save the property constructed the same year the Brooklyn Bridge opened.

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Ninth Street should be safer, say Brooklyn residents as they mourned one of their own last week. Plus other news.

StreetsBlog NYC | By Gersh Kuntzman
12:01 AM EST on January 14, 2025

Friends and family of Sarah Schick, the Citi Bike rider who was killed by a truck driver on Ninth Street in Brooklyn two years ago, rallied at the fatal corner on Friday to mourn and also to demand that the city make the roadway safer.

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Brooklyn Eagle | January 14, 2025 — Brooklyn Eagle Staff

EAST FLATBUSH — BROOKLYN PARENTS AND ADVOCATES are campaigning for city officials to implement “Universal 2-Care,” a program that would offer free childcare for two-year-olds, reports the New York Daily News. At a “stroller brigade” rally on Sunday at City Hall, families were joined by local politicians, including Comptroller Brad Lander and Councilmembers Alexa Aviles, Tiffany Caban, Shahana Hanif and Sandy Nurse, to push for affordable services accessible within 15 minutes of home.

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I was cycling home on Henry Street in Brooklyn on Dec. 20 when I became Exhibit A in my campaign for protected bike lanes in Cobble Hill and Carroll Gardens.

StreetsBlog NYC | By Julia Lichtblau

12:02 AM EST on January 9, 2025

I was cycling home on Henry Street in Brooklyn on Dec.

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Progressive Playbook 2024: A guide for advocates, legislators, and the public on progressive state policy wins and how to achieve them.  As we look ahead to progressives’ next possible governing moment, we have a chance to learn from visionary legislation we’ve won at the state level, and share success stories that advocates and lawmakers can model where they live.

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Brooklyn Daily Eagle | December 11, 2024 Brooklyn Eagle Staff

CARROLL GARDENS — STUDENTS AND OFFICIALS cut the ribbon on a new solar installation atop a Carroll Gardens school Tuesday, at an event attended by top brass from the city, NYC Public School’s Green Team, the principal and students of P.S. 58 and representatives from partner Generate Capital in Brooklyn.

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