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The R train entrance on 86th Street and Fourth Avenue in Bay Ridge. Elected officials and transit advocates are pushing the MTA for a full inspection of the subway line.

Squadron urges MTA to inspect R subway line

The R train is desperately in need of improvements, according to state Sen. Daniel Squadron, who is among several elected officials pushing the MTA to conduct a top-to-bottom review of the subway line. … Full Article
 
Carlo Scissura (left), president and CEO of the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, pictured with Assemblymember Peter Abbate at a dinner the night before the State of the State Address, said he was pleased with Governor Andrew Cuomo’s comments on helping small businesses. Eagle photos by Paula Katinas

Cuomo’s State of State draws mixed reaction in Brooklyn

Reaction poured in from both sides of the political aisle and from Brooklyn’s business community in the wake of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s sixth State of the State Address on Wednesday. … Full Article
 
Front from left: NYPD Capt. Kenneth Quick, volunteers NYC Civil Court Judge Devin Cohen, Levi Leifer, Xuhui Davis Kuang, Peter A. Morici, Joseph Esposito, Shahid Amin, William Vitale, Janet Perry and NYPD Auxiliary Inspector Rose Racouglia. Back from left: Volunteers Israel Rosenthal, Saul Perlstein, Pinchas Ringel, Raymond Lukacs, Ronald J. Dillon and Herman Schaffer. Photo courtesy of New York City Emergency Management

NYC Emergency Management honors volunteers who assisted in October Borough Park building explosion recovery efforts

New York City Emergency Management Commissioner Joseph Esposito hosted a recognition ceremony at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn to honor the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) volunteers who assisted the Borough Park community following a building expl … Full Article
 
Assemblymember Nicole Malliotakis says Governor Cuomo shouldn’t circumvent the State Legislature. Photo courtesy of Malliotakis’s office

Malliotakis blasts Cuomo’s minimum wage hike

Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s executive order raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour for State University of New York (SUNY) workers sets a dangerous precedent, according to Republican Assemblymember Nicole Malliotakis. … Full Article
 
The proposed pre-kindergarten site is located next to the 86th Street exit of the Gowanus Expressway. Eagle photo by Paula Katinas

City eyes opening Bay Ridge pre-K site next to expressway

Roaring trucks and 4-year-olds aren’t a good combination, according to a Bay Ridge educational leader who is raising objections to a proposal by the city’s School Construction Authority (SCA) to open a pre-K center next to a Gowanus Expressway exit. … Full Article
 
U.S. Rep. Dan Donovan says Obamacare “just isn’t working.” Photo courtesy of Donovan’s office

Donovan defends move to repeal Obamacare

U.S. Rep. Dan Donovan, who sided with his fellow Republicans in the House majority in voting to repeal major components of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on Jan. … Full Article
 
Dr. Stephan Kamholz says “modest and realistic” New Year’s resolutions have a better chance of sticking. Photo courtesy of Maimonides Medical Center

Did you break your New Year’s resolutions yet?

A week has passed since New Year’s Day and already many Brooklyn residents are probably kicking themselves over breaking their resolutions. … Full Article
 
Brrrr, that’s cold! Braving the chilly waters, volunteers from DGK Holy Cross School take part in New Year’s Day plunge at Coney Island. Photos courtesy of Andrew Gounardes

Holy Cross volunteers take New Year’s Day plunge

Fundraising is going swimmingly at the Dimitrios and Georgia Kaloidis Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School in Bay Ridge. And when we say it’s going swimmingly, we mean it literally! … Full Article
 
Mayor Bill de Blasio signs the non-public school security guard bill. At left, next to mayor, is Councilmember David Greenfield, the bill’s sponsor. Photo courtesy of Greenfield’s office

City to reimburse non-public schools for security guard costs

Private and religious schools will be able to hire security guards and get reimbursed by the city, thanks to a new law Mayor Bill de Blasio signed on Jan. 5. … Full Article
 
Community Board 10 District Manager Josephine Beckmann says the board is concerned about the homeless population in Bay Ridge. Eagle file photo by Paula Katinas

Bay Ridge stepping up efforts to help homeless

The problem of homelessness in New York City hit home for the Community Board 10 district manager in December, when she learned that a mother and child were sleeping in a bank ATM vestibule on Fifth Avenue across the street from the board’s Bay Ridge office. … Full Article
 

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