Change is in the air in North Brookyln as the absentee ballot count for New York’s 2020 democratic primary elections boosts upstart progressive candidates to victory, unseating longtime representatives. Greenpoint […]
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Assembly Candidates Lentol and Gallagher Prepare for Absentee Ballot Count
After the pandemic struck, Kevin Forsyth, a resident of East Williamsburg, went up to his parents’ place in Connecticut to ride out the worst of COVID-19’s spread. Anticipating that he […]
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Assemblyman Lentol Comments on Pandemic and Police Brutality Ahead of June Primary Elections
Representing Greenpoint and Williamsburg for almost half a century, Assemblyman Joseph Lentol faces one of the few primary challenges in his career from Emily Gallagher, a local activist and member […]
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Assembly Member Joe Lentol Calls For Open Streets in Greenpoint and Williamsburg
New York Assembly Member Joe Lentol is calling for the open streets plan announced by Mayor Bill de Blasio to include areas in Greenpoint and Williamsburg in order to ease […]
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Voters to Decide Fate of MTA Development Site at Bushwick Inlet Park
A contested MTA-owned warehouse abutting the future Bushwick Inlet Park could be purchased by the state and preserved as park space instead of being developed into condos, New York Assembly […]
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Greenpoint and Williamsburg Post Office Audit Results Are Here
Mail delivery in Greenpoint and Williamsburg from the U.S. Postal Service came under scrutiny last summer for reported missing and late mail in the 11211, 11222, and 11249 zip codes, […]
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Greenpoint Activist Vies to Unseat 47-Year Incumbent Lentol
This story was originally published on 12/23/19 by THE CITY. (By: Claudia Irizarry Aponte) Emily Gallagher is no stranger to being a squeaky wheel. The 35-year-old Greenpoint activist has tackled hyper-local […]
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Greenpoint’s Elementary Schools Overcrowded, Residents Say
Last summer, Darla Childs, a Greenpoint resident of 16 years, was ready to leave the neighborhood. After months of trying to get her son into a Pre-K program at neighborhood […]
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From Greenpoint to Albany: Safe Way Home Act Awaits Governor Cuomo’s Signature
A new state law that began in Greenpoint as a crowdfunding campaign to provide sexual assault victims free transportation home from the hospital following treatment is headed to Governor Andrew Cuomo for […]
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Town Hall With Senator Salazar and Assemblyman Lentol Set for Williamsburg (8/15)
A town hall hosted by state Senator Julia Salazar and Assemblyman Joe Lentol will take place in Williamsburg next week. The “groundbreaking bills passed this year” and the “goals for […]