District 39

Shahana Hanif

Kensington, Borough Park, Windsor Terrace, Park Slope, Gowanus, Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, Boerum Hill, and the Columbia Waterfront

‘The Heartbeat of Gowanus’: New Groundswell mural honors neighborhood’s past, present and future

August 26, 2025

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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DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AND WORKER PROTECTION AND COUNCIL MEMBER SHAHANA HANIF CELEBRATE THE START OF BUSINESS EDUCATION DAYS IN BROOKLYN

July 23, 2025

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | July 23, 2025

NEW YORK, NY – Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) Commissioner Vilda Vera Mayuga and Council Member Shahana Hanif celebrated DCWP’s annual series of Business Education Days with a walkthrough in Kensington, Brooklyn. Commissioner Mayuga, Council Member Hanif, and DCWP staff went door-to-door answering questions and informing small businesses about what they need to know to comply with the City’s business laws, which cover consumer and workplace protection, licensing, financial counseling, and more.

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After months of backlash, city to close concrete recycling facility in Columbia Waterfront District

July 14, 2025

BrooklynPaper – By Kirstyn Brendlen | Published July 14, 2025

The city will stop operations at a controversial concrete recycling facility in the Columbia Waterfront District next month and close the plant altogether by the end of the year, Mayor Eric Adams announced on Friday.

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Councilmembers sponsor Brooklyn Laptop Fix-a-thon to address upcoming Windows 10 expiration

July 7, 2025

BrooklynEagle – By Brooklyn Eagle Staff | Published July 7, 2025

BOROUGHWIDE — TWO BROOKLYN CITY COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE TEAMED UP ON A SOLUTION TO THE UPCOMING EXPIRATION OF MICROSOFT WINDOWS 10 support and the e-waste that is expected to result from it.

Councilmembers Shahana Hanif (D-39) and Jennifer Gutiérrez (D-34) on Monday, July 7, are sponsoring the Brooklyn Laptop Fix-a-thon to reduce e-waste and support local literacy programs.

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NYC Council votes to expand Narcan access in jails to prevent OD’s

June 12, 2025

DailyNews – By GRAHAM RAYMAN | Published Jun 12, 2025 |

The City Council voted 51-0 Wednesday to pass a bill designed to expand access to the overdose prevention drug Narcan in the city jails — a response, in part, to the fallout from the 10 OD deaths behind bars in 2022 and 2023.

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Community leaders, elected officials demand Governor Hochul make good on promises for affordable housing at Atlantic Yards the public has waited on for more than 20 years

June 3, 2025

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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Council Member Shahana Hanif Earmarks $20,000 to Support Food Pantries Amid Federal Cuts to Anti-Hunger Programs

May 22, 2025

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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NYC musicians hire private lab to test for toxic Gowanus Canal vapors after landlord’s silent treatment

May 15, 2025

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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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

May 5, 2025

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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Senior housing development to rise on site of Boerum Hill parking lot

April 25, 2025

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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New York City Council

District 39

Shahana Hanif

‘The Heartbeat of Gowanus’: New Groundswell mural honors neighborhood’s past, present and future

DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AND WORKER PROTECTION AND COUNCIL MEMBER SHAHANA HANIF CELEBRATE THE START OF BUSINESS EDUCATION DAYS IN BROOKLYN

After months of backlash, city to close concrete recycling facility in Columbia Waterfront District

Councilmembers sponsor Brooklyn Laptop Fix-a-thon to address upcoming Windows 10 expiration

NYC Council votes to expand Narcan access in jails to prevent OD’s

Community leaders, elected officials demand Governor Hochul make good on promises for affordable housing at Atlantic Yards the public has waited on for more than 20 years

Council Member Shahana Hanif Earmarks $20,000 to Support Food Pantries Amid Federal Cuts to Anti-Hunger Programs

NYC musicians hire private lab to test for toxic Gowanus Canal vapors after landlord’s silent treatment

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

Senior housing development to rise on site of Boerum Hill parking lot

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