October 25, 2025
Brooklyn, NY: This morning, Council Member Shahana Hanif hosted the 17th Annual Brooklyn PTA Fun Run in Prospect Park to raise funds for Title I schools. The event raised $24,079 for schools in which over 60% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch.
This intergenerational event drawing over 1,000 registrants fostered a powerful sense of community, uniting public school families in a shared mission.
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Common Dreams – By Keanu Arpels-Josiah | Published October 24, 2025
In New York City, things seem to be falling apart. Prospect Park and Van Cortland Park are on fire; 6-year-old students, high school seniors, and college students are being detained and deported by
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The Guardian – by Cy Neff | Published October 22, 2025
Hundreds showed up to protests that broke out in New York City on Tuesday evening after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids related to “selling counterfeit goods” were conducted in the Chinatown neighborhood earlier in the day and resulted in an unknown number of people being detained.
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News 12 – By Julia Burns | Published October 20, 2025
Tenants of 225 18th Street in Park Slope and local officials in Brooklyn rallied Monday saying their rights and safety is at risk. Councilwoman Shahana Hanif joined tenants in calling for safety.
“This building has over 167 oath office code violations, 97 Department of Buildings violations and 227 on-the- record complaints.
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The Park Slope Walk – By Dan Myers | Published October 17, 2025
At a press conference this morning, Brooklyn Conservatory of Music Executive Director Chad Cooper announced that the acclaimed local music school will be expanding with a music therapy-focused second campus in the neighborhood, on the lower level of One Prospect Park West, between Union and President Streets.
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NY Post – By Katherine Donlevy | Published October 12, 2025
The Ryder Cup left Brooklyn in a tailspin!
The flyover borough was so tormented by the incessant buzzing from $1,275-a-seat charter flights ferrying wealthy golf gawkers to Long Island, politicians are now demanding an outright ban on the exclusive, low-flying aircraft.
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BrooklynPaper – By Gabriele Holtermann | Published October 1, 2025
After serving the Park Slope community for decades, Steve’s 9th Street Supermarket between 5th and 6th avenues, shuttered permanently on Sept. 30 with little notice to the community.
News of the abrupt closure of the supermarket sparked concerns among Park Slope residents, who worried the shop might be replaced with luxury housing, leaving them without a local affordable grocery store.
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StreetsBlog NYC – By Gersh Kuntzman | Published September 30, 2025
I’d say “three cheers for the city!” but only one is due.
On Monday, the Department of Citywide Administrative Services was all excited to announce that the city fleet has reduced fossil fuel use by 67 percent over the past 13 years.
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BrooklynPaper – By Gabriele Holtermann | Published September 29, 2025
New Yorkers citywide joined members of the New York City Council Progressive Caucus on Sept. 27 for a day of action called “Stand Against ICE,” rejecting what they called the Trump administration’s unlawful and often violent detention of immigrants and demanding an end to the disappearance of detained immigrants to unknown locations.
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September 22, 2025
My Official Statement + What Changed
In September of 2024, I was appointed to the Brooklyn Marine Terminal Vision Plan Task Force to represent my constituents in the Columbia Waterfront District and to fight for the future of our city. I took this responsibility seriously and worked closely with the community and fellow Task Force members to advocate for a plan that recognizes the urgent need to repair and modernize our last working waterfront.
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