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Heastie says he’s a yes on the plastics bill, the votes are there, and for a third year he killed it without a vote

NY Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie is blocking a floor vote on the plastics bill for the third year and pushing a constitutional redistricting amendment. Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, who again ...
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Judah Friedlander of 30 Rock is doing a 10 p.m. set in Bushwick for $15, BYOB

Comedian Judah Friedlander, known for his role on 30 Rock, headlines a 10 p.m. Saturday set at Bushwick Comedy Club for $15 with BYOB policy in Bushwick, Brooklyn. bushwickdaily July 12, 2026 · 1 min ...
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Raya Salter named to New York’s permanent environmental justice council

Raya Salter, executive director of the Energy Justice Law and Policy Center, has been appointed to New York State's Permanent Environmental Justice Advisory Council. bushwickdaily February 11, 2026 · ...
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Claire Valdez ran on rejecting PAC money, then a $2 million superPAC showed up: “we have a campaign that we need to win”

NY Assemblywoman Claire Valdez reversed her no-PAC pledge at a Wednesday NY1 debate on her NY-7 congressional bid, citing outside AIPAC spending in the race. Assembly Member Claire Valdez, whose ...
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An 18-year-old kept her grandmother’s locket from a Crown Heights subway mugger. He shot her in the chest, and no straphanger stepped in

An 18-year-old woman was shot in the chest while fighting off a mugger at the President St.-Medgar Evers College subway ...
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Restler held out for 50% affordable, and now Monitor Point’s 1,324 waterfront apartments are coming to Greenpoint

Councilmember Lincoln Restler secured 50% affordable housing for the Monitor Point development, approved by NYC Council, ...
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Monitor Point just cleared the City Council: 662 of its 1,324 new Greenpoint waterfront apartments will be permanently affordable

The NYC Council approved Monitor Point, a 1,324-unit mixed-income complex on Greenpoint’s waterfront, with 662 permanently ...
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Mesiba’s name means ‘party’ in Hebrew. The Williamsburg restaurant just served its last one and is becoming a rentable events space

Mesiba, the Levantine restaurant in Williamsburg’s Moxy Hotel, has closed permanently after opening in March 2024 and will ...
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NYC froze rent on roughly a million stabilized apartments. If yours isn’t one, your landlord can still charge whatever they want.

The NYC Rent Guidelines Board froze rent on roughly a million stabilized apartments, but Bushwick tenants in unregulated ...
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Waacking was born in Black queer LA clubs in the ’70s. Now South Korea’s top dancers are bringing it to Brooklyn on July 26.

Waacking, born in Black queer LA clubs in the '70s, arrives in Brooklyn on July 26 with South Korea’s top dancer Lip J at ...
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Frost Street is getting pedestrian ramps torn up and rebuilt at eight intersections starting Monday, with Cornelia and Bushwick Avenue on the list too

Eight intersections along Frost Street in East Williamsburg will see pedestrian ramps torn out and rebuilt from July 20–25, ...
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NYC’s landlord enforcement system has been running on paper for years. The Mamdani administration is digitizing it and launching a campaign to go after the cit…

Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced a major overhaul of NYC's housing code enforcement, digitizing paper-based systems and ...