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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September 15, 2025
Dear Mr. Schreiber,
I am writing on behalf of my office and the residents of Park Slope and surrounding neighborhoods to express deep concern about the potential closure of Steve’s 9th Street Market (C-Town). For decades, this market has been a vital lifeline for our community—particularly for seniors, people with disabilities, and low-income residents who rely on its affordability, accessibility, and essential services.
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Project Will Make Commutes Faster and More Reliable for 132,000 Daily Bus Riders —Primarily Low-Income Commuters of Color — and Enhance Safety Along a High-Crash Corridor
Press Releases
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 5, 2025
Contact: (212) 839-4850, press@dot.nyc.gov
NEW YORK – New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez announced today the agency will begin installing new bus lanes on Flatbush Avenue this fall, following extensive public feedback on a
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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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BrooklynEagle – By Mary Frost | Published August 26, 2025
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — The New York City Department of Transportation has completed improvements on two pedestrian intersections on Atlantic Avenue around the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway entrance and exit ramps — dangerous crossings for pedestrians trying to enter Brooklyn Bridge Park from the avenue.
The improvements include a new pedestrian island at Furman Street, expansion of the pedestrian island at Columbia Street, new signal timing to give pedestrians dedicated crossing time, the installation of audible pedestrian signals and other tweaks, according to state Sen.
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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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The New York Times – By John Leland | Published July 29, 2025
From the moment the news broke of a mass shooting on Park Avenue on Monday, misinformation careened through social media, declaring the massacre an act of Islamic terrorism or blaming Zohran Mamdani, who is seeking to become the city’s first Muslim mayor.
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