Brooklyn College has announced an important partnership with TheDream.US. First-time college students with fewer than 12 credits earned or community college graduates at CUNY who have DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) or TPS (Temporary Protected Status) approval could be eligible...
The Bridge Multicultural Project seeks to connect different racial groups. Mark Meyer Appel raised $300,000 in private funds to repair a 6,000 square-foot brick building he has long owned at 1894 Flatbush Ave. Its renovated first floor open studio space, which can...
In a Brooklyn Eagle article, Midwood’s Dorothy Horowitz Fand shared memories of turn-of-the-century Brooklyn on the occasion of her 107th birthday. According to her daughter, Susan Moses, “she remembers when they delivered seltzer bottles to the house. A man...
The 2014-2015 Participatory Budgeting (PB) cycle kickoffs in District 45 today, with a volunteer recruitment meeting from 6:30-8:00 PM in the office of Council Member Jumaane Williams, at 4517 Avenue D. This meeting is open to all constituents, and...
Councilmember Chaim Deutsch, in conjunction with Coney Island Hospital and Mt. Sinai / Beth Israel Brooklyn, has announced free flu shots by appointment only. Shots will be available on Monday, October 20th, from 9 am to 1 pm, at...
Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz has announced delivery of the Family Tax Relief Credit. This initiative helps families cope with the ever-rising cost of living and the added burden of city, state, and federal taxes. About a million New Yorkers who had...
Senator Simcha Felder has announced Vision Zero plans for Ocean Parkway. As part of Mayor DeBlasio’s street-safety program, the NYPD and the Department of Transportation have a major two-week initiative planned along Ocean Parkway in the confines of the...
Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz has announced free flu shots at his district office (1800 Sheepshead Bay Road, between Emmons Ave. and Shore Parkway) on the following dates: Monday, September 29, 1:30 – 4:30 p.m. Monday, October 6, 10 a.m. – 2...
Assemblyman Dov Hikind and the Orthodox Union (OU) Job Board will present a job fair on Thursday, October 23, from 4-7 p.m. at the Young Israel of Midwood, 1694 Ocean Avenue. “These job fairs have proven to be excellent opportunities...
Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz has announced important changes to Social Security Income, which will take effect on October 1st. Federal and State funds will be distributed separately. For details, please see Assemblyman Cymbrowitz’s press release here. A version in Russian...