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D13 CEC Hosts Electeds and Journalists for Forum on School Desgregation

By on May 15, 2017 1:37 am in Brooklyn Heights, Downtown Brooklyn, DUMBO, Education, Events, Kids, Neighborhoods, Parents, schools, Vinegar Hill

Studies show that for all its diversity, NYC has one of the most segregated public school systems in the country.  Almost two academic years after the re-zoning of P.S. 8 and P.S. 307, the District 13 Community Education Council will hold an important forum on Tuesday evening (May 16th) as part of its scheduled calendar […]

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Love Thy Neighbor: Upcoming Vote to Fund Community Projects

By on March 24, 2016 2:32 pm in Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO, Education, Government, Other Brooklyn, Politics, Vinegar Hill

It’s Participatory Budgeting time again and City Council Member Steve Levin wants to know how you would spend up to 1.5 million dollars of the city’s money.  “These funds can go towards capital projects in our parks, our schools—or wherever else the residents of our district decide,” Council Member Levin explains via his Tumblr blog. Levin […]

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