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Google Maps image of the Brooklyn Veterans Affairs Medical Center in May 2021.
Posted inNon-Profit & Community

After Threat of Closure, Brooklyn Veterans Affairs Medical Center Will Remain Open

by Milette Millington June 30, 2022June 30, 2022

The Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Brooklyn will remain open, despite proposed plans to close it, reported the Brooklyn Eagle. In March, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) submitted its […]

Governor Kathy Hochul signs the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act of New York. (Don Pollard/Office of Governor Kathy Hochul)
Posted inPolitics

John Lewis Voting Rights Act Officially is Law in New York

by Milette Millington June 21, 2022June 21, 2022
Posted inEducation

Students Struck By Tiles, Stuck in Elevators: CUNY Staff and Students Share Stories, Demand Investment

by Will Fritz February 10, 2022February 22, 2022
Posted inBedford Stuyvesant

Jabari Brisport Will Be the First Openly Queer Politician of Color in NY’s Legislature

by Brooklyn Reader July 24, 2020January 28, 2021
Under a public financing system, candidates receive matching funds for every small-dollar donation up to a specified limit.
Posted inFeatured News

Myrie Wants ‘Big Money Kept out of Elections,’ Pushes for Public Financing Reforms

by Andrea Leonhardt March 21, 2019January 28, 2021

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