Cobble Hill

NYPD Crash Investigation Policy Changes

Posted on March 11, 2013

Statement by Council Member Brad Lander on NYPD Announcement of Changes in Crash Investigation Policies

I welcome Commissioner Kelly's steps to make sure that traffic crashes that result in serious injuries get an actual investigation. If these policies were already in effect, the crashes that claimed the lives of Clara Heyworth and Stefanos Tsigrimanis would likely have gotten a serious investigation.

In a city where traffic crashes kill as many people as are murdered by guns, reducing traffic fatalities and injuries must be a top priority, and the NYPD has an important role to play here through investigations and enforcement. Read more »

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Elected Officials Call for Extension of 50’ Height Limit to Save LICH and Protect Cobble Hill

Posted on February 25, 2013

Brooklyn, NY – Today, Brooklyn elected officials called on the Bloomberg Administration to extend Cobble Hill’s existing 50’ height limit to cover the Long Island College Hospital (LICH) campus, in order to help save LICH and protect Cobble Hill. Read more »

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Lander Cheers More Frequent Service for B61 Bus

Posted on February 20, 2013

Following a string of improvements in response to December 2011 report and labor-community campaign, MTA adds additional service in AM, midday

Brooklyn, NY – City Councilmember Brad Lander applauded an MTA plan to add additional buses to Brooklyn’s B61 bus route, improving service during AM rush hour and midday. The changes will go into effect in April. Read more »

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Statement on Long Island College Hospital

Posted on February 7, 2013

Statement to the SUNY Board of Trustees on the
Proposed Closure of Long Island College Hospital

Chairman McCall, members of the Board of Trustees, while I appreciate the opportunity to testify today, I must start by strenuously objecting to the rushed nature of this hearing, which denies many members of my community the opportunity to comment, and undermines the integrity of your public process.

I am here today to plead with you to reconsider your plan to close Long Island College Hospital. It is the wrong plan. It will do real harm to families and to our community. It is a long-term abandonment of essential health care infrastructure. And it unfortunately raises serious questions about SUNY Downstate’s intentions at the time of its acquisition of LICH in 2011. Read more »

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Councilmembers Call for “Bus Clocks” at NYC Bus Stops

Posted on December 10, 2012

It’s an age-old question, “Where’s my bus?”

Today, City Councilmembers, joined by transit advocates and riders, introduced a resolution calling on city agencies to install “bus clocks” at bus stops across the city. Bus clocks give real-time bus arrival information using digital displays, so that riders know how far away their bus is. New York is behind other cities, including Washington, DC, Albany, and Syracuse, where bus clocks are already in use. Read more »

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Giving thanks for "courtesy, gentleness and goodness beyond description"

Posted on November 21, 2012

Over the past month, we’ve had stark reminders of how much most of us have to be grateful for. Our homes and our health. Our families and our neighborhoods. Heat and power and food to eat. Our safety, and indeed our very lives.

We’ve seen – far too dramatically and close to home – how fragile those things can be, and we’ve been reminded not to take them for granted. Read more »

Signs of recovery

Posted on November 16, 2012

It took more than two weeks, but most of our neighbors in Red Hook finally have power, and more and more public housing buildings are getting their heat restored each day. Residents are rightfully angry that it took this long - and there will be a time soon to look at what happened, what should have been done differently, who’s accountable for it, and what we need to learn for the future. But I’m sure glad to see the progress. Read more »

Behind the Scenes of Participatory Budgeting in District 39

Posted on November 13, 2012

By Rachel Fine of the Participatory Budgeting District Committee 

As a District Committee member, I have been focusing on getting the word out about participatory budgeting and engaging our district’s diverse communities in this process. Although the past few weeks have been a whirlwind of activity getting ready for the neighborhood assemblies, our outreach efforts have targeted a number of communities. Read more »

Three shelters from the storm

Posted on November 9, 2012

Over the past week, we wrapped up operations at one hurricane evacuation shelter (John Jay High School campus), continued to provide an incredible level of compassion and support to evacuated high-needs residents in another (Park Slope Armory), and welcomed evacuated homeless veterans into a third (on West 9th Street in south Carroll Gardens).  And we continued to do all we could to help our neighbors down in Red Hook, more than 3,000 of whom are still – unacceptably – without power or heat twelve days later. Read more »

Hurricane Recovery: Ways to Help Sunday

Posted on November 3, 2012

Here are some ways you can help out with hurricane relief efforts today (Sunday, November 4) at the two evacuation shelters in Park Slope, in Coney Island, and in Red Hook:

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