This has been an important issue on the dock, but not one that has drawn alot of headlines. Due to the tough economic times (and the rather stupid way our local government banks entirely on the success of Wall Street) every piece of budget is getting slashed. But New York’s Public Libraries are already woefully underfunded. Despite the fact that library use always increases in an economic downturn, the city is still trying to cut the Public Library’s budget by 22%. Vincent Gentile (who chairs the City Council’s sub-committee on libraries), a number of other city councilmembers, community activists and library union leaders held a rally to protest the [...]
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Sunset Park, is a neighborhood in South Brooklyn that has long served lower and moderate income families. It has been a launching pad for millions of American Dreams, as immigrants from around the world have flocked to one of the last few neighborhoods where housing and living costs are still affordable. Now the city wants to [...] If you haven’t heard, the People’s Transportation Program is to the ‘hood, what the Treasury Department is to AIG. Which is actually funny considering who should be serving the ‘hood, who the government is instead serving. That being said, here’s PTP doing it again Sunset Park ReZoning Hearing Call Met Council’s hotline at 212-979-0611 between 1:30 and 5:00 pm for brief answers to questions about your rights as a tenant, help in organizing a tenant association in your building or complex, or referrals to further assistance. Housing Notebook, produced by Met Council, normally airs Mondays on WBAI, 99.5 FM from 8:00 to 9:00 pm [...] Here are the details for the Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst and Dyker Heights American Cancer Society Relay for Life. Here is the link from ACS with all the details. And here’s a link about Relay for Life as a whole. 2009 Relay For Life of Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst & Dyker Heights June 13, 2009 at Fort Hamilton Athletic [...] You can find it here Demographics & Households Median Age Male Female Married White Black American Indian Asian/pacific Islander Hispanic Other Race Here’s the details from BRIC DATE: TIME: CATEGORY: NEIGHBORHOOD: ADMISSION: DETAILS: FOR MORE INFO: Featured this [...] If you live in sunset park, it’s time to get involved. The city is trying to force re-zoning on the neighborhood that would a) make your rent higher Bayridgistan’s editorial policy on yuppies, hipsters, yupsters and their brand of selfish herdthink is clear. Screw em. They ruin our neighborhoods and drain valuable resources out in favor of… well, more sushi joints… Reported today in the Brooklyn Paper (recently purchased by hyper-right wing media mogul Rupert Murdoch), Brooklynites will have the chance to tee off this [...] |
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