There’s been a lot of press coverage lately about Congressional and State Senate redistricting, but work is getting underway on redrawing City Council districts. Brooklyn Heights is presently included in District 33, represented by Lincoln Restler (photo). There’s a map of the district on Council Member Restler’s website. It’s an odd looking district, indeed. The […]
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City’s Department of Environmental Protection Considers Loosening Rule on Vehicles Idling
Streetsblog reports that the NYC Department of Environmental Protection is considering amending its rule governing the idling of vehicles on city streets, which is a source of airborne pollution here in Brooklyn Heights as well as throughout the city. The proposed change, which is championed by Spectrum, would broaden the exemptions to the three minute […]
Adams Cuts Composting Funding, Citing “Low Participation”
Gothamist reports that Mayor Eric Adams has cut money slated for expansion of the composting program from the City’s budget. He said this would save about $27.5 million over the next two years, claiming that “low participation does not justify the expense.” He described the present program as “broken” and said he would study how […]
Open Letter To An Anti-Vaxxer
On Tuesday, a flyer titled “The Replacement Game,” was taped to a lamppost directly in front of my building. There’s no sugarcoating it. The message was racist, homo/transphobic, and Anti-Semitic. The “designer” relies on a smug false equivalency to plead their case, portraying anger toward anti-vaxxers as bullying and akin to discrimination against the Black, LGBTQ+, and Jewish […]
State Senator Kavanagh Co-Hosting A Homeowner Assistance Virtual Town Hall TONIGHT
State Senator Brian Kavanagh, along with State Senator Liz Krueger, will be hosting a virtual town hall meeting on the Homeowner Assistance Fund and what it can do for you tonight, January 6th, from 7pm to 8:30pm. You can register to attend here. The NY Homeowner Assistance Fund is a federally-funded program to help struggling […]
State Senator Kavanagh Virtual Townhall Today — Don’t Miss It!
NY State Senator for Brooklyn Heights (and other nabes in District 26) Brian Kavanagh will be holding a virtual townhall meeting via Zoom tonight, Monday, December 13th, from 7pm to 8:30pm. This virtual meeting is exclusively for his Brooklyn Heights, Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, Vinegar Hill, Columbia Waterfront, Fulton Ferry, and DUMBO constituents. You can RSVP […]
Could Infrastructure Funds Mean No More BQE?
As Streetsblog reports, that’s what Carlo Scissura, former head of the Mayor’s panel that considered options for repairing or replacing the crumbling Brooklyn Queens Expressway and that, to the relief of many Brooklyn Heights residents, killed the Department of Transportation’s proposal to repair the cantilevered portion below the Heights while replacing it with a “temporary” […]
PSA: Vote in Election 2021!
Reminder: Today is Election Day for 2021, don’t forget to vote! Polls close at 9pm, but vote now and get it out of the way! You can look up your local poll site (as well as see who/what will be on your ballot) at findmypollsite.vote.nyc. Though some of it may seem like a foregone conclusion […]
Our Next Council Member, Lincoln Restler
Lincoln Restler easily won the primary to be the Democratic nominee for the 33rd City Council District seat presently occupied by the term limited Stephen Levin. Mr. Restler has no declared opposition in the coming general election so, failing a successful write-in campaign, he will be our next City Council member. He grew up in […]
Curbside Composting to Resume in Fall
Our friends at Brooklyn Community Board 2 have alerted us to the announcement by the Department of Sanitation that curbside composting will be available again this fall. If you’re interested, go to their website, where you can sign up, or ask your building management to sign up, for composting service. According to the map on […]
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