De Blasio, who already considered and backed-out-of two races this year, is among many liberal leaders eyeing a new congressional seat.
Opponents of the rezoning who are suing NYC over the plan wrote a letter to the EPA saying the city also violated laws in its canal cleanup.
New local art spaces and menstrual equity workshops are some of the other projects Park Slopers deemed worthy of $1.5 million in city funds.
Park Slope would join forces with Lower Manhattan and a swath of Brooklyn from Dumbo to Borough Park in the newly-proposed map. See it here.
"This is an environmentally conscious, economically sound policy," said Council Member Hanif. "I am thrilled to introduce #Intro244."
The firm owes upwards of $6.8 million for violating state business laws in a series of "deceptive" suits against tenants, the suit contends.
A GOP judge deemed Democrats' redistricting plans unconstitutional, but election officials told candidates to keep preparing for primaries.
Policy changes and investments could address COVID's disproportionate toll on women, especially women of color, in NYC, a new report says.
Laurie Cumbo, a former politician who was tapped to be the Cultural Affairs commissioner, has been criticized for "anti-immigrant" remarks.
A delegation of 18 New York rabbis went to Poland to deliver food and supplies to Ukrainian refugees fleeing their war-torn homeland.
Officials, including a Park Slope leader, said that parking requirements limit affordable housing in Brooklyn and worsen the climate crisis.
"This rezoning is rotten to its core," said Katia Kelly, one of several petitioners suing the city to stop the rezoning. "And it's illegal."
This marks the second political race he's decided to sit out of in the past couple of months.
Susan Donoghue will oversee all of NYC's of greenspaces instead of Brooklyn's backyard, but she'll remain a neighbor and park supporter.
No, seriously.
The redistricting changes could put New York City's only Republican representative's seat in question.
The congress member is recovering at home after testing positive for the virus, her office said Tuesday.
The Brooklyn unemployment rate improved recently, according to the newest figures.
The new role for the Fifth Avenue Business Improvement District's leader comes along with a $1.3 million federal grant for the chamber.
"The images of January 6, 2020 are still seared in our memory," New York's attorney general said from a rally in Brooklyn.
"If this was a movie my character would not be getting a key to the city — he’d be stealing a key to the city," the Park Slope actor said.
The majority leader is the second Brooklynite this week to get the ceremonial honor, which was also given to Spike Lee.
The Brooklyn unemployment rate improved somewhat, according to the newest figures.
A new online platform will help New Yorkers submit ideas for how to spend more than $1.5 million in the incoming council member's budget.
The plan, which will transform 80 blocks around the Gowanus Canal, is the largest rezoning under Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration.
The Brooklyn unemployment rate improved somewhat as fall approached.
The rezoning, which has been in the works for a decade, will face the full City Council at its meeting on Tuesday.
A 21-page deal on outstanding demands — including $200M to NYCHA — paved the way for City Council committee approval of the plan.
The controversial plan to transform the neighborhood is nearing the end of the city review process.
Hanif is the first Muslim woman to be elected to the city's legislature and the first woman to represent District 39.
Park Slopers will vote this fall in the general elections for City Council, mayor and other offices. Patch is profiling each candidate.
Breon Peace was sworn in Friday as the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District courts, which cover three boroughs and parts of Long Island.
A real estate firm bought 70 Prospect Park West and dramatically raised rent. Its residents will protest their displacement Friday morning.
Brett Wynkoop, part of a "right-wing extremist group" tied to the Jan. 6 riots, wants to represent District 39 in the New York City Council.
At a City Council hearing, Council Member Brad Lander said he is committed to addressing activists' housing and environmental demands.
The Brooklyn unemployment rate improved somewhat during the late summer.
The mayor, whose strolls became infamous during the coronavirus pandemic, was spotted walking near his former neighborhood of Park Slope.
Jay Street, where the DA's office is located, was co-named to honor Thompson, the former District Attorney who died of cancer in 2016.
The public can testify on the proposal at the 10 a.m. hearing. The project's review process will finish after the City Council votes on it.
City & State released its annual Brooklyn Power 100 list for 2021. Here are the Park Slope figures that were among the top-ranked.