Published by Brooklynspeaks | June 3, 2025
Empire State Development declines to honor a 2014 settlement that provided for monetary damages if affordable apartments are delayed past May 2025, instead trying a new version of a risky single-source strategy under which two previous developers failed.
BROOKLYN, NY, June 3, 2025: Eleven years after local organizations in the BrooklynSpeaks coalition
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | May 22, 2025
Press Contact: Mus Lamia | mlamia@council.nyc.gov | Clio Rose | media@gothamfoodpantry.org
As hunger soars past pandemic levels and federal safety nets collapse, Gotham Food Pantry and CHiPS help keep Brooklyn families fed
Brooklyn, NY — In response to drastic federal cuts to hunger relief programs and rising need, today, Council Member Shahana Hanif announced $20,000 in discretionary funding earmarked in her FY26 budget to support two frontline organizations: Gotham Food Pantry and Community Help in Park Slope (CHiPS).
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60+ events across the five boroughs last week aimed to highlight the importance of parks to quality of life for New Yorkers
Elected officials and advocates are pushing to restore funding for 795 essential jobs at the NYC Parks Department
NEW YORK, NY (May 19th, 2025) – New Yorkers for Parks and the Prospect Park Alliance were joined on Sunday by advocates, including NYCRUNS, community members and elected officials – including Council Member Crystal Hudson and Council Member Shahana Hanif – for a rally at Grand Army Plaza.
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New York Post – By Nicole Rosenthal | May 15, 2025
These Brooklyn musicians are playing to deaf ears.
Tenants at a band rehearsal space near Brooklyn’s toxic Gowanus Canal are taking matters into their own hands and pooling funds to hire a private company to test for cancer-causing vapors inside the building after the landlord refused to let state inspectors inside.
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**PRESS RELEASE** | Katal Center for Equity, Heath, & Justice
May 14, 2025
Contact: Yonah Zeitz | 347-201-2768 | yonah@katalcenter.org
Follow online: #ShutRikers #CutShutInvestNY | @katalcenter | shutrikers.org
Community Groups, Elected Officials, and Directly Impacted People Hail Decision of Federal Courts to Take Control of Rikers to Address Violence and Dysfunction
With the Rising Jail Population and Nearly 40 Deaths Since Adams Took Office, Courts Must Work to Save Lives and Advance the Closure of Rikers Island
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | May 5, 2025
Press Contact: Mus Lamia | mlamia@council.nyc.gov
Council Member Shahana Hanif Announces $1.5 Million in Community-Funded Projects, along with Record-Breaking Turnout and School Engagement in District 39’s Participatory Budgeting
Brooklyn, NY | Yesterday, Council Member Shahana Hanif announced the winning project proposals of the 2024-2025 Participatory Budgeting (PB) Cycle, which saw the highest participation in the district’s 14-year PB history.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 1, 2025
Press Contact: Mus Lamia | mlamia@council.nyc.gov, (646) 353-4549
Legislation would create a clear order of operations in the hiring process to shield workers from employment verification misuse
New York, NY | On May Day, New York City Council Member Shahana Hanif introduced Intro.
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Brooklyn Daily Eagle – By Raanan Geberer | April 25, 2025
BOERUM HILL — Plans to transform a city-owned parking lot in Boerum Hill into a new rent-stabilized senior housing development were announced Thursday by the city’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development.
The dilapidated lot on Third Avenue, between Bergen and Wyckoff Streets, will be converted into approximately 68 units of affordable senior housing.
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AMNY – By Adam Daly | April 24, 2025
The City Council on Thursday approved a broad legislative package aimed at strengthening civil rights protections and healthcare access for transgender, gender non-conforming, non-binary, and intersex (TGNCNBI) individuals, marking one of the most comprehensive local efforts in the nation to safeguard gender-diverse communities.
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Crain’s New York Business – By Amanda D’Ambrosio | April 25, 2025
The City Council passed a slate of bills on Thursday to bolster legal protections for people
seeking gender-arming services.
The legislation comes months after local hospitals – including NYU Langone and Mount
Sinai – abruptly halted care for patients under 19 following an executive order that
threatened to pull federal funding from facilities providing services including puberty
blockers, hormone therapies or gender-arming surgeries to minors.
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