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Daily Archives: May 7, 2018

Airbnb and Stringer are sparring over facts, numbers
Posted inFeatured News, Policy & Government

What’s Fact, What’s Fiction? Airbnb and NYC Comptroller Stringer Spar Over Numbers on Rising NYC Rents

by Andrea Leonhardt May 7, 2018January 28, 2021

The comptroller calls Airbnb a group of “special interest lobbyists that needs to stop distracting.” Airbnb slams Stringer’s latest report as “deeply flawed and misleading.” Four days after NYC Comptroller […]

Healthy Start Brooklyn Community Action Network, Van Dyke Community Center, mental health awareness, healthy eating, nutrition and wellbeing, NYC Department of Health & Mental Hygiene, Brownsville Community Culinary Center, Farrah Bruno, BK Reader, Shiloh Frederick, Wellness Fest
Posted inBrownsville, Community Health Page, Community Health Slideshow, East New York, Featured News, Health & Wellness, Latest News, Neighborhoods, Popular

Brownsville’s Wellness Fest Mixes Fun with Mental Health Awareness

by Shiloh Frederick May 7, 2018January 28, 2021
Drive Change is launching a new Awareness and Access initiative.
Posted inBrownsville, East New York, Featured News, Non-Profit & Community, Popular

A Brooklyn Food Truck that Serves Social Justice

by Andrea Leonhardt May 7, 2018January 28, 2021

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