Borough President Adams hosts first Brooklyn Black History Month event
Brooklyn's Eric Adams led the first annual Black History Month celebration at the Brooklyn Historical Society with 33 community honorees. The ceremony honored Weeksville Heritage Center, Brooklyn Historical Society, and Irondale Ensemble Project for the exhibit In Pursuit of Freedom.
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Eric Adams
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Historical Society
BHS
Adams
Weeksville Heritage Center
Irondale Ensemble Project
BASIS School Seeks Final Permitting in Red Hook IBZ Hearing
NYC Board of Standards and Appeals heard BASIS Independent School’s proposal to operate on a Red Hook Industrial Business Zone site on Columbia Street. Opponents fear traffic and loss of industrial jobs. supporters cite local jobs and pollution concerns as a rationale for the school. A second hearing is set for March 25 with a decision pending.
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NYC Board of Standards and Appeals
BSA
Independent
Red Hook
Pro
Columbia Street
Red Hook Farm
Red Hook Houses
John Quadrozzi
Gowanus Gbx
Lillie Marshall
Red Hook West Tenant Association
Jim Vogel
Velmanette Montgomery
John McGettrick
Wally Bazemore
John Battis
Push for Universal Pre K in Sunset Park and beyond
Activists led by Carlos Menchaca collected signatures at 4th Avenue and 37th Street to back the City Council bill expanding Universal Pre K to middle-school aged youth and increasing after-school funding. Beacon Program funding and citywide cuts draw concern from Lydia Bellascene with PS 15 PTA as Cobble Hill PS 29 offers paid after schooling options. budget priorities and a proposed wealthy-ny tax cloud the plan.
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Carlos Menchaca
4Th Avenue
37Th Street
Sunset Park
PS 15 Pta
Lydia Bellascene
Red Hook
Beacon
Good Shepherd Services
Department of Youth and Community Development
Bill de Blasio
Cuomo
Bellascene
Cobble Hill
Carlos
Universal
Sunset Park HS
Fiala
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Kimberly B
Abraham Lincoln
Frederick Douglass
Carter G. Woodson
North Carolina
Delaware
Washington D.C
Baltimore
West Virginia
Black United Students
Kent State University
Kent State
Gerald Ford
The
Christian Cultural Center
Arts Ministry
Sandra Chapman
Marty Markowitz
Walter Mosley
Mosley
Latitia “Tish” James
Ken Adams
Diana Reyna
Reg Flowers
Falconworks
Price
Falconworks Artists Group
Milton Puryear
Brooklyn Greenway Initiative
Flowers
Puryear
BGI
Mill River Park and Greenway
Stamford
Connecticut
Borough Hall
Doc D’s Desserts
Sugarhill Disco & Restaurant
Brooklyn Waterfront
George Fial
Tion of
Industrial
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