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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

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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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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Neighbors in the new location say they have already dealt with dust pollution and air quality issues due to the facility.

News12 Brooklyn | by Karina Gerry — Nov 26, 2024, 5:57 PM

Residents gathered near the Columbia Street Waterfront Tuesday to voice their concerns over a city-run concrete recycling plant.

The facility moved to the Columbia Street Waterfront neighborhood in February from the South Brooklyn Army Terminal in Sunset Park.

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Hell Gate | by Max Rivlin-Nadler 4:04 PM EDT on November 25, 2024

Residents of the sliver of land that borders Red Hook and Cobble Hill aren’t
strangers to heavy industry. Their neighborhood, also known as the Columbia
Waterfront District, is sandwiched between commercial piers and the
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. Their streets carry plenty of big trucks belching
noxious fumes from the nearby shipping terminal and Amazon distribution
centers. 

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November 25, 2024

Investments will strengthen affordability, homeownership, neighborhood infrastructure, tenant protections, agency capacity, and planning efforts while advancing zoning reforms to produce over 80,000 new homes

City Hall, NY – The New York City Council highlighted the $5 billion in commitments the Council secured for its City for All housing plan, as part of its agreement on the Zoning for Housing Opportunity (ZHO) citywide zoning text amendment.

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