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council speaker adrienne adams appointed councilmembers to their new positions as committee chairs

Politics

13 Brooklyn pols appointed City Council committee chairs

By Kirstyn Brendlen

Politics

Former Coney Councilmember Mark Treyger appointed to city schools position

By Jessica Parks

AMNY

Preservationists rally against city plans for dog run near Downtown Brooklyn abolitionist site

AMNY

Person of the Year 2021: Eric Adams reaches the top of the heap in New York

Working Families to run Alleyne in East New York special election against Lucas

By Ben Brachfeld

activists rallied for birth centers outside gov. hochuls office

Politics

New York City midwives hesitant to celebrate gov’s passage of birth center bill

By Kirstyn Brendlen

Nikki Lucas secures Dem nomination for East New York Assembly seat

By Ben Brachfeld

Dr. Imani Perry speaks at the BAM martin luther king jr tribute

Politics

Pols join artists at BAM’s annual tribute to Martin Luther King Jr.

By Kirstyn Brendlen

barron and bichotte

Bichotte, Barrons in proxy battle for East New York Assembly seat

By Ben Brachfeld

Bedford-Stuyvesant

Vote to fund projects in 12 Brooklyn nabes with participatory budgeting

By Jessica Parks

lawmakers are asking gov kathy hochul to ban new gas hookups in the executive budget

Kavanagh, Gallagher demand Hochul ban new gas hookup this year

By Kirstyn Brendlen

AMNY

High school students in New York City stage walkout over COVID-19 policies and protocols

Politics

Assemblymember Diana Richardson named Deputy Borough President

By Ben Brachfeld

PoliticsNY

Lawmakers on the Move, Jan. 7, 2022

In South Brooklyn, a reckoning for Malliotakis a year after Jan. 6 insurrection

By Ben Brachfeld

the plaza in front of brooklyn borough hall is a no-parking zone

Brand-new beep Antonio Reynoso bans parking from Borough Hall plaza

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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