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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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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