Thursday, February 13, 2025, 12 P.M.
Committee Room, City Hall
Good afternoon, I am Council Member Shahana Hanif and I represent the 39th District in Brooklyn. Thank you, Chairs Kevin Riley and Rafael Salamanca for holding today’s hearings and including the 441 & 467 Prospect Avenue Rezoning, also known as the Arrow Linen Rezoning, on the agenda.
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Council Member Shahana Hanif released the following statement on Tuesday, February 4, 2025, on interruptions to Trans Healthcare:
“Shame on NYU Langone, Mount Sinai, and any other medical providers who are denying care to trans patients. I am furious that hospitals are acquiescing to President Trump’s bigoted agenda of trans erasure.
I am aware of at least one young constituent whose pre-scheduled appointments for gender-affirming care have been canceled in recent days.
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Despite fewer speed camera violations, repeat offenders rack up hundreds of tickets.
BK Reader | By BK Reader Staff — Feb 2, 2025 10:00 AM
Traffic crashes killed 253 New Yorkers in 2024, averaging one fatality every 35 hours, according to a new analysis from Transportation Alternatives and Families for Safe Streets.
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Enhancement expands program and its income eligibility for more working-class New Yorkers to access affordable, first-time homeownership opportunities
City Hall, NY – Today, the New York City Council celebrated the release of expanded funding for the HomeFirst Down Payment Assistance Program that it secured as part of its
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Gothamist | By Arya Sundaram — Published Jan 29, 2025
New York City is contracting with a nonprofit to provide free interpreter services at government offices, while employing immigrants in the process.
The Community Interpreter Bank, as it is called, will be run by the nonprofit New York Immigration Coalition, initially under a $1.4 million city grant from 2024.
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PIX 11 News | by: Grace Gomez — Posted: Jan 28, 2025 / 10:29 PM EST
BROOKLYN, N.Y. (PIX11) — Several arrests were reported Tuesday as Starbucks baristas went on strike in Park Slope. The strike and sit-in happened just days before the unionized store was slated to close.
Striking workers claim the company will not bargain with them.
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January 27, 2025
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Eligible Applicants Will Receive a New UL-Certified E-Bike and Additional UL-Certified Battery
Trade-In Program Will Enhance Public Safety by Replacing Hazardous Batteries and Devices
NEW YORK – New York City Department of Transportation (NYC DOT) Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez today announced applications are now open for New York City’s e-bike trade-in program for food delivery workers, the first-ever municipal program of its kind.
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CBS News New York | By Hannah Kliger — January 24, 2025
NEW YORK — Some residents in Brooklyn say their neighborhood is covered in dust and rattled by noise. They blame a city-owned concrete recycling plant that moved in last year.
Piles of recycled concrete stand nearly two stories high along Columbia Street in Cobble Hill.
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BKReader | By Megan McGibney — January 24, 2025
The Panel for Education Policy passed a resolution noting its commitment to block all federal law enforcement officials from school property.
New York City education leaders on Wednesday passed a resolution stating that the city’s public schools will protect all students, including migrant children as
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