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Call on MTA to Improve Station Access for Seniors, People With Disabilities, Hospital Patients, and Families with Strollers. “Age-Friendly Park Slope” Advocates Include Robert Carroll, Brad Lander, Good Neighbors of Park Slope, and the Park Slope Center for Successful Aging.

BROOKLYN, NY –Wednesday morning, outside a stairway leading down to the 7th Ave F/G line subway station, advocates, elected officials, and senior organizations throughout Park Slope announced the start of a new campaign to improve station accessibility at the 7^th Ave F/G station, by funding a new elevator. They committed to dedicate available discretionary capital funding, and to push the MTA to prioritize and provide funding for an elevator at the 7^th Ave station. Read more »

Over one million New Yorkers work as freelancers or independent contractors. Unfortunately, most of them -- over 70% according to a Freelancers Union survey -- have been cheated out of payments that they’ve earned.

People like Mauricio Niebla, part of a group of 30 writers and editors cheated out of a total of $400,000 by a national publishing company.

Like Just Raymona, a pattern-maker from the Bronx, who paid the people she owed out of her savings when she was stiffed, but couldn’t pay her own rent or phone bill.

Like Ellen Sandles, who told us of persistent problems facing freelance court reporters, and Jessica Perez, who described rampant abuses in the modeling industry.

Today at the New York City Council we made history by passing new a law to make sure they get paid on-time and in full for their work. Read more »

This week was the official kick-off for Age Friendly Park Slope a new partnership to make Park Slope a more welcoming community to age-in-place. We launched this project by recognizing 60 small businesses throughout our neighborhood that offer age-friendly shopping experiences. That includes features like accessible entrances, available bathrooms, and in many cases new discounts for seniors. You can read more about this new initiative, and hear from some of the businesses participating in News 12, DNA Info, BKLYNER, and Patch.

To see the list of small business that have been recognized, and the discounts being offered download the full brochure here (or scroll down), and keep an eye out for “Age Friendly Park Slope” window stickers at local businesses throughout our neighborhood. Read more »

Yesterday afternoon, the EPA dipped their toes—or, more accurately, a 100,000-pound hydraulic excavator—into the depths of the Gowanus Canal, and began removing the decades of debris that has accumulated there.

Looking into those dark waters, we’ve all wondered what lies beneath. This week we'll start to find out: from sunken vessels, to discarded tires and bikes, and at least one very wet art project. (For more detail, here is a fact sheet from the EPA.)

Here on dry land, we are moving forward to answer questions about the Gowanus Canal area by coming together to shape its future. This Thursday evening, the NYC Department of City Planning will hold a kick-off meeting to introduce their Gowanus neighborhood planning study (or “PLACES” study), which will build upon the ground work our community laid together through the Bridging Gowanus community planning process. Read more »