Public leaders gather for Floyd Bennett Field migrant tent shelter closure
It was unprecedented, but it was considered an emergency. The placement of a migrant tent encampment on leased national parkland here
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Sen. Gounardes, blaming decades of underfunding, laments suspension of MTA’s accessibility upgrades
SOUTHERN BROOKLYN — STATE SEN. ANDREW GOUNARDES LAMENTED THAT SEVERAL UPGRADES TO MTA SUBWAY STATIONS will be deferred indefinitely following the transit agency board’s 10-1 vote Wednesday afternoon to pause its tolling plan. Had it taken effect this Sunday, June 30, the congestion pricing plan would have raised $15 million in revenue toward transit infrastructure. […]
All 3 ‘City of Yes’ segments approved by South Brooklyn’s CB6
SOUTH BROOKLYN — COMMUNITY BOARD 6 VOTED on June 12 to approve the City of Yes for Housing Opportunity zoning text amendment supported by the Adams administration. The vote was “functionally unanimous,” the board said in a letter to Daniel Garodnick, chair of the NYC Planning Commission, with thirty-four members voting in favor and two […]