Mental Illness, Crime and Treatment
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View ArticleHomeless Complaints Under De Blasio - Article
"Between Jan. 1, 2015, and Aug. 9, 2015, the city's 311 system received 20,242 calls about a homeless person in need of assistance, in an emergency situation or living in an encampment, according to...
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Q: How many additional apartments will Brooklyn have by 2019? A: 22,000
"According to the Brooklyn New Development Report from the data gurus at City Realty, Brooklyn is about to see a huge surge of new residential development. This is not exactly shocking news, but the...
View ArticleSecession
Every so often there is talk of one part or another of New York State trying to secede, and it always intrigues me.
View ArticleSCHOOLFEST 2015
Saturday, November 7, 2015 | 12-4 PM, Brooklyn Expo Center, FREE Tickets until November 1st, $10 after, $15 at doorNow in its 8th year, Schoolfest is a one-of-a-kind school fair for North Brooklyn...
View ArticleBlack Smoke from Chimney in Neighboring Building
There is black smoke coming from the chimney of a neighboring building with a dull chemical smell. I am on the top floor and can smell the odor in my apartment with the A/C running -- it's giving me a...
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Inclusionary Zoning ...how it will (or won't) work
http://citylimits.org/2015/09/21/read-the-de-blasio-inclusionary-zoning-proposal/
View ArticleThe details of the ambitious NYC ferry plan become clearer
http://www.gothamgazette.com/index.php/government/5892-cautious-optimism-ahead-of-hearing-on-citywide-ferry-plan
View ArticleNYC PTA EXPO 2015
NYC PTA EXPO 2015Sunday, November 8, 2015 | 12-5 PMBrooklyn Expo CenterFREE Tickets until November 1st, $10 after, $15 at door The 2nd Annual NYC PTA EXPO 2015 presents a fun and informative event with...
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Fatal crash involving a pedestrian, Grant and Atlantic, Monday 11/16/2015,...
https://twitter.com/NYCityAlerts/status/666347537058668545
View ArticleClear, informative info from the NYC IBO
FISCAL HISTORY: We’ve updated our NYC fiscal history page, which now provides data on city tax, fee, and fine revenues; agency spending; full-time staffing; and state and federal aid from fiscal years...
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The list of worst landlords is released again
Each year, the city compiles and releases a list of the landlords who operate the buildings with the most violations.Each year, it is often the same list of landlords. The buildings are largely...
View ArticleHousing policy, sans populist politicians
Housing a Growing CityJan 19, 2016, 6:30PM-8:30PMSince the Tenement House Laws of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, New York City has been a national laboratory for innovative and affordable...
View ArticleI need your help to fight against the evil grovernment.
I get a few of these tickets a year.Basically some jerk in the sanitation department gives me a ticket for not cleaning 18" to the street. Not my side walk but the street. Does anyone know what the...
View ArticleThis may be the summer we see fewer NYPD and FDNY helicopters and more gov...
NYPD and FDNY helicopter traffic seems to be most noticeable during the summer months, in part because residents have their windows open and can hear them operating.People then utilize online media to...
View ArticleA list of free outdoor movies this summer
https://calendar.google.com/…/spucdr1kejao…/public/basic.ics
View ArticleMusic events at Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition Gallery for May 29th...
Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition (BWAC)’s Three New Spring Art Shows:Roode Hoek—Wide Open 7— RecycleSaturday, May 28th, 2016 and Sunday May 29th, 2016The Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition...
View ArticleNYC Sugary ban now applies to AmazonFresh
As of this morning, the NYC ban on sugary drinks is now banning Amazon Fresh from delivering 2 liter bottles of Coke to anyone in NYC. As of right now, Fresh Direct is still selling them. But that may...
View ArticleBody Cameras come to the NYPD
There will be lots of press over the next few months about the NYPD's implementation of body cameras. On this thread, I'll attempt to link aspects of the project that I find interesting and...
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