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215 Unit Affordable Housing Coming to Brownsville on Rockaway Ave With Union Labor Involvement

RiseBoro Community Partnership, a non-profit, is partnering with Slate Property Group to build a 215-unit affordable housing project in...

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City Council Candidate Nikki Lucas Gains Strong Endorsement From Carpenters Union

By Jason Linetsky for East New York News With less than a month until early voting begins for New York City’s primaries, City Council...

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City Council Candidate Nikki Lucas Will Announce the Carpenter’s Union Endorsement of Her Campaign Wed. May 19 at a Rally in East New York to Fight the Privatization of NYCHA

Brooklyn, New York (May 18, 2021) Today it was announced that the New York City District Council of Carpenters has endorsed Nikki Lucas for...

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Join the Livestream Discussion: ENY Public Safety on NYC Subways & Buses with Founder of Progressive Action Sunday May 16

East Brooklyn residents are urged to join this week’s livestream discussion about Public Safety issues and solutions relating to...

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Local 372, the NYC Board of Education Employees Union, Endorses Nikki Lucas for City Council in District 42 Covering East New York, Brownsville, Canarsie and East Flatbush

Official Campaign Press Release Below Distributed by NYC Newswire Brooklyn, New York (May 4, 2021) Today, it was announced that District 42...

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CSA, The NYC Principal’s Union, Endorses Nikki Lucas For City Council In District 42 Covering East New York, Brownsville, Canarsie And East Flatbush

Today it was announced that Nikki Lucas the City Council candidate in the 42nd District, covering East New York, Brownsville, Canarsie...

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Nikki Lucas and Chris Banks Join Starrett City Residents To Stop Rent Hike

East New York community advocates gathered with Spring Creek Towers (Starrett City) residents to fight against rent increases.  Nikki...

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NYC Mayoral Candidate, Ray McGuire Proposes Aggressive Catch-Up Plan to Rescue Students from the Impact of COVID-19 

By Florence Mafomemeh Ray McGuire, NYC candidate for Mayor has proposed a full-time Summer “Catch-Up” to make up for the school...

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Join Senator Roxanne Persaud At A Tenants Rights Virtual Townhall About COVID-19 Eviction Moratorium Tuesday March 16

From Senator Roxanne Persaud (19th Senate District) On Tuesday evening, March 16, 2021, from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., I will host Brooklyn...

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Fulton Houses Tenants Call Out Jumaane Williams and Others for Ignoring Their 2-Year-Long Opposition to RAD the Plan That Hands NYCHA Over to Private Developers

photo: Jackie Lara and other tenants of Fulton Houses speak at a rally in December 2020 opposing any privatization of their homes and...

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