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Mandi Spishak-Thomas @aspishakthomas.com · 14/08/2026
As chair of the @bkcb6.bsky.social Business Affairs and Licenses committee, we have been pushing for year-round outdoor dining for years. When it went away, so did mass support for our favorite bars and restaurants. I’m thrilled and cannot wait to be having a cozy dinner outside in December!
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Mike Racioppo @racioppomike.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Credit to @mayor.nyc.gov & Deputy Mayor Borzag on Block by Block & LIFT list w/ 120 city owned sites to build housing on. I sent letter flagging 250 Baltic St (yes @bkcb6.bsky.social office) , zoned R6, so residential needs no ULURP. 🤞 list become 121 🏠 sites 🏢. bkcb6.app/blockbyblock
Two panels. Left: CB6 graphic headed “LIFT list + 1,” with the city’s Block by Block and LIFT banners and maps of the 120 LIFT sites, noting CB6 wants to add one more. Right: CB6’s letter asking that 250 Baltic Street join the list. A QR code and bit.ly/Cb6lift812 run down the middle.
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Mike Racioppo @racioppomike.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
NYC’s headed for a “heat dome”, with an emergency declared and heat indices possibly hitting 109° ~4/5 of @bkcb6.bsky.social runs hotter than citywide avg I built a page about it •CB6 cooling center map •Heat vulnerability map • CB6 surface map bkcb6.app/cooldown
bkcb6.app/cooldown
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Mike Racioppo @racioppomike.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Thanks @bradlander.bsky.social Here’s the Gowanus Rezoning portion bkcb6.app/gowanus.html
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CB6 Gowanus Rezoning
Maps and information on the Gowanus rezoning, including active ULURP applications.
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Eric McClure @ericmcclure.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Jim Walden seems addicted to losing. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/n...
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Mamdani’s Opponents Raise More Than $1 Million to Fight His Agenda
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Brandon West @brandonwestnyc.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
My new op-Ed in @citylimitsnews.bsky.social on @emilyassembly.bsky.social and @juliasalazar.bsky.social Small Business Rent Stabilization Act. Let’s fight to keep our neighborhood businesses open and from big real estate controlling nyc! citylimits.org/opinion-comm...
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Opinion: Commercial Rent Stabilization is Our Only Hope - City Limits
"It would ensure that small business owners can afford to keep their doors open and that we don’t live in neighborhoods lined with Sweet Greens, Targets, and Whole Foods."
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Open Plans @openplans.org · 13/05/2026
it's never been easier to find your local CB!! we love!
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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Check out this great new app created by @bkcb6.bsky.social’s @racioppomike.bsky.social! It’s never been easier to find your local community board, access useful data, get connected with your officials, and understand how community boards work. (Or learn about the Gowanus Rezoning!) Check it out!
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CB6 & Beyond
Brooklyn Community Board 6 plus every Community Board across NYC.
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CB6 - Brooklyn Community Board 6 @bkcb6.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
🎉 Congrats to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social on being elected Mayor, and to @bkbpreynoso.bsky.social, @shahanafrombk.bsky.social, @cmalexaaviles.bsky.social, and @jumaane.bsky.social on re-election. And congrats to @aschierenbeck.bsky.social and the CRC team on Questions 2 to 5 passing. enr.boenyc.gov
A graphic showing a screenshot of the New York City Board of Elections unofficial election night results page for November 4, 2025. On the left is a list of election contests including Mayor, Public Advocate, City Comptroller, District Attorney, Borough President, and several ballot proposals. On the right is a circular “I Voted” sticker with a skyline silhouette. Text reads: “See results from the Board of Elections @ enr.boenyc.gov.” The graphic is framed in red, white, and blue.
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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Lots of focus on Lina Khan (because yay!) but the real exciting thing is that Maria Torres-Springer is on the team. Nobody knows city government better.
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Mike Racioppo @racioppomike.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
I'm very happy that this statement is true for me and Cuomo. Not mayor, just Italian. 🤌 🇮🇹
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Mike Racioppo @racioppomike.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Let’s goooooo @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social !!!!
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YES on Affordable Housing @yesonaffhousing.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social has already proven that nothing changes unless we change it. Today, by joining Zohran and voting YES on Proposals 2 through 5, New Yorkers are wielding the power of our votes to change the course of our city’s future. @opennewyork.org
Graphic reading Zohran Voted Yes on Props 2,3,4, & 5! Vote by 9pm! Paid for by Yes on Affordable Housing disclosure.
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Mike Racioppo @racioppomike.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Read my latest in Patch. Why I believe you should vote yes on questions 2 through 5 and help make Mamdani’s plans to build hundreds of thousands of units of affordable housing a reality. patch.com/new-york/bro...
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My Sixth Mayor, Your Ballot.
One of your neighbors posted in Politics & Government. Click through to read what they have to say. (The views expressed in this post are the author’s own.)
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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
New short two-way protected bike lane connector on Union Street in Gowanus. Thanks @nyc-dot.bsky.social! Another project supported by @bkcb6.bsky.social. Glad to see the network taking shape in this part of the neighborhood.
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CB6 - Brooklyn Community Board 6 @bkcb6.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Now that we’ve got an extra hour, the question becomes: what will we do with it? Vote! 🗳️ Today, Sun, Nov 2, is the last day of early voting. Polls are open 9 AM –5 PM. It won’t take the whole extra hour, and you get a sticker. Not sure where to vote? findmypollsite.vote.nyc
Graphic with dark blue background and orange and white text that reads: “Sunday, November 2, 2025. TODAY is the LAST day to VOTE EARLY! POLLS are OPEN from 9AM until 5PM.” Below, white text lists: “Vote for Mayor, Comptroller, District Attorney, Public Advocate, Borough President, City Council, Charter Changes.” Bottom line reads: “Find out where to vote @ findmypollsite.vote.nyc.” On the left is a red circular sticker graphic with a blue Brooklyn Bridge illustration and text that says “Brooklyn VOTES EARLY.” The Brooklyn Community Board 6 logo appears in the top right corner.
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CB6 - Brooklyn Community Board 6 @bkcb6.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
While less spooky today, you can still vote early until 5PM today, Saturday, November 1st, and tomorrow, Sunday , November 2nd, from 9am until 5pm. findmypollsite.vote.nyc
A Brooklyn Community Board 6 graphic with a dark blue background and orange border. Large orange and white text reads “VOTE EARLY! Saturday, November 1, 2025.” It says polls are open until 5 PM and lists races for Mayor, Comptroller, District Attorney, Public Advocate, Borough President, City Council, and Charter Changes. The CB6 logo is in the upper right, and a red “Brooklyn Votes Early” sticker featuring the Brooklyn Bridge illustration appears in the bottom right with the line “You’ll get a sticker!”A similar Brooklyn Community Board 6 graphic promoting early voting with the same layout and color scheme. The text reads “VOTE EARLY! Sunday, November 2, 2025.” It notes that polls will be open from 9 AM until 5 PM and lists the same races. The CB6 logo is in the top right, and a red “Brooklyn Votes Early” sticker featuring the bridge illustration appears in the lower right corner.
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Mike Racioppo @racioppomike.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
. @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social in Park Slope / @bkcb6.bsky.social! (happiest district) @carloscalz07.bsky.social making sure, unlike Cuomo, we know it’s Mamdani! Esp great to 👀 on day I voted for him, @shahanafrombk.bsky.social & @bkbpreynoso.bsky.social & got a 🎃🗳️ sticker!
A collage of voting-related images in New York City. On the left is a red, white, and blue “Vote NYC” arrow sticker from the Board of Elections placed on a sidewalk. In the center are sections of a New York City general election ballot showing names such as Zohran Kwame Mamdani, Curtis A. Sliwa, Jumaane D. Williams, Mark D. Levine, Eric Gonzalez, Antonio Reynoso, and Shahana K. Hanif. On the right is an orange and black “Halloween Voter 2025” sticker featuring a cartoon pigeon wearing a witch hat and holding a pumpkin-shaped candy bucket in its beak, surrounded by small bats and ghosts.
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CB6 - Brooklyn Community Board 6 @bkcb6.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Greetings from Spooky CB6! 🎃 Vote early, vote today. It’s Friday, October 31, 2025, and polls are open from 9 AM until 5 PM. Cast your ballot and get this year’s limited-edition Halloween Voter sticker. findmypollsite.vote.nyc
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Mike Racioppo @racioppomike.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
If Brad runs for Congress, do that mean we get a 1st Deputy Mayor Stavros in a @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social administration?
Photo credit Jeremy Slevin. 

Comedian Stavros Halkias, Mayoral Candidate and Democratic Nominee Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani, and United States Senator Bernie Sanders stand outdoors at night in front of a blue “Zohran for New York City” campaign backdrop. Halkias wears a denim jacket and cap, Mamdani wears a dark coat and smiles slightly, and Sanders, in glasses and a dark suit, gestures while speaking.
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CB6 - Brooklyn Community Board 6 @bkcb6.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
As @aspishakthomas.com said, take our survey! bit.ly/CB6SurvFY27
Graphic for Brooklyn Community Board 6’s FY2027 District Needs Survey. The background is navy blue with bold white and orange text. Large text reads “FY2027 District Needs Survey.” On the right, the CB6 logo appears with the words “Brooklyn Community Board 6” beneath it. Below, smaller text reads “Click, Scan, Visit bit.ly/CB6SurvFY27” next to a QR code. The design uses CB6’s signature navy, orange, and white color scheme with clean, block-style typography.
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Kathy Park Price @kathyparkprice.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Mike has been a steady and principled voice for safe, sustainable streets in BKCB6. He knows that prioritizing walking, biking, and transit makes sense in a district + city where most people don’t drive. Grateful to be mentioned by Doug alongside leaders of the safe streets movement.
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Mike Racioppo @racioppomike.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Thank you @brooklynspoke.bsky.social for acknowledging me in Life After Cars! Great move by @shahanafrombk.bsky.social in appointing Doug to CB6 in 2023 & @ericmcclure.bsky.social becoming CB6 Chair, so I can tell people that @thewaroncars.bsky.social is the @bkcb6.bsky.social transportation chair!
A hand holds the book Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile by Sarah Goodyear, Doug Gordon, and Aaron Naparstek. Next to the yellow and white cover is an open page of acknowledgments showing a list of names.
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Thank you @streetspac.org!
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Mike Racioppo @racioppomike.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
I’ve been informed this is a reskeet So thank you @aspishakthomas.com and take our survey! bit.ly/cb6survfy27!
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CB6 FY2027 District Needs Assessment Survey
Brooklyn Community Board 6 is currently preparing our Fiscal Year 2027 District Needs Assessment. This document, which we submit to the City of New York each fall, helps guide our budget priorities. ...
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Mandi Spishak-Thomas @aspishakthomas.com · 23/10/2025
We want to hear from you! If you live in Brooklyn CB6 (Red Hook, Gowanus, Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, Park Slope, Columbia Waterfront) fill out our survey and let us know what you want to see prioritized in this year's district needs statement.
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CB6 FY2027 District Needs Assessment Survey
Brooklyn Community Board 6 is currently preparing our Fiscal Year 2027 District Needs Assessment. This document, which we submit to the City of New York each fall, helps guide our budget priorities. ...
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Mandi Spishak-Thomas @aspishakthomas.com · 23/10/2025
Every year community boards across New York City submit a "District Needs Statement", identifying their district's priorities with the hopes of influencing the city budget. @racioppomike.bsky.social writes about the process and highlights our call on @bkcb6.bsky.social for community input.
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Suggesting You Choose to Take A Survey
One of your neighbors posted in Politics & Government. Click through to read what they have to say. (The views expressed in this post are the author’s own.)
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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
"Housing is the most-pressing crisis facing New York City. The plan delivers up to 6,000 new homes, with 2,650 permanently below market rate at deep affordability levels, including 250 units reserved for NYCHA residents from the surrounding neighborhoods."
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Mike Racioppo @racioppomike.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
I’m in @nyc.streetsblog.org this morning with an op-Ed on my ‘Yes’ on the Brooklyn Marine Terminal Vision Plan. bit.ly/streetsblogmikerac930
Website header with an article titled "Pro: Why I Voted 'Yes' on the Brooklyn Marine Terminal Vision Plan" and a cityscape image below.

STREETSBLOG NYC Pro: Why I Voted ‘Yes’ on the Brooklyn Marine Terminal Vision Plan By Mike Racioppo
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abundanceny.bsky.social @abundanceny.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
The Brooklyn Marine Terminal Vision Plan is a big win that will increase housing supply, open space, & public transit. Great op-ed by @racioppomike.bsky.social about how this came to be, & we’re excited to see & support more of these kinds of plans going forward! citylimits.org/opinion-how-...
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Opinion: How And Why I Voted Yes on the Brooklyn Marine Terminal Plan - City Limits
"The Vision Plan is not perfect, but it is clear and concise. It is a 15-year, three-phase framework that sets enforceable commitments around housing, climate resilience, transportation, and social se...
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Mike Racioppo @racioppomike.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
A strong CB contingent out for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social !
A large group posing on a patio, and three people holding a campaign poster.
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Mike Racioppo @racioppomike.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Celebrated #CityOfWaterDay w/ the Gowanus Canal Conservancy at Thomas Greene Park! Huge credit & thanks to @bkcb6.bsky.social members Aurelia Casey & Joe Anne Brown for making it happen. It all reinforces why a Gowanus BID will benefit Gowanus’s future. gowanusimprovementdistrict.org
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CB6 - Brooklyn Community Board 6 @bkcb6.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Come by 250 Baltic and take out a book like @aspishakthomas.com did today!
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Mandi Spishak-Thomas @aspishakthomas.com · 09/07/2025
We did it, it's open! I both checked out and returned books today at the new Carroll Gardens popup library. In just 3 months, so many people came together to make this dream a reality and it's a beautiful thing, we've never been more back 🥹
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CB6 - Brooklyn Community Board 6 @bkcb6.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
A former member of @bkcb6.bsky.social , @bradlander.bsky.social , says it best.
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tonymelone.bsky.social @tonymelone.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Join me, let’s win this thing!
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Eric McClure @ericmcclure.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Deeply honored to have the two best mayoral candidates riding together on the Eric McClure Bikeway on Prospect Park West!
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Mike Racioppo @racioppomike.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Why you should rank @bradlander.bsky.social #1 , and use @abundanceny.bsky.social ‘s voter guide. My latest: @ bit.ly/61825racpatch
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Vote, Good Guidance, and the Future
One of your neighbors posted in Politics & Government. Click through to read what they have to say. (The views expressed in this post are the author’s own.)
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Shahana Hanif @shahanafrombk.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
I'm so proud to receive the endorsement of @streetspac.org! From universal daylighting, to protected bike lanes, to traffic-calming infrastructure—there's so much we have to do to make Brooklyn's streetscape safer. 👩‍🦽🚴‍♀️🚶‍♀️
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Eric McClure @ericmcclure.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
I'm personally endorsing Shahana Hanif for re-election in Brooklyn's 39th Council District. I've worked closely with @shahanafrombk.bsky.social with @streetspac.org and in my community role and found her smart, principled, and hard-working. She's taken politically risky positions in favor of...
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Streetsblog NYC @nyc.streetsblog.org · 11/06/2025
NEW: StreetsPAC recommends that voters rank Comptroller Brad Lander first for mayor, saying his plan for safer streets and better public transit is "by far the most comprehensive blueprint ... we've ever seen from a candidate for any office." buff.ly/WgU5qEr
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StreetsPAC Ranks Lander #1 for Mayor, Offers Other Picks for Comptroller, Beeps and Council - Streetsblog New York City
The livable streets political action committee says Lander's plan for safer streets and better public transit is "by far the most comprehensive blueprint ... we've ever seen from a candidate for any…
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StreetsPAC @streetspac.org · 13/06/2025
Proud to get a shoutout from @bradlander.bsky.social, our top pick for Mayor, in last night's final debate ahead of tomorrow's start to early voting. Read about our mayoral endorsement here: www.streetspac.org/2025_nyc_may...
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Mike Racioppo @racioppomike.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
@nytimes.com following @streetspac.org lead and supporting @bradlander.bsky.social
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Mike Racioppo @racioppomike.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
The Council & Coop — why you should vote for @shahanafrombk.bsky.social for Council and @brandonwestnyc.bsky.social for the Park Slope Food Coop Board. Read it @ bit.ly/June9patch
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Mike Racioppo @racioppomike.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Elections Aren’Enough:Democracy, Elections,& Twin Peaks bit.ly/45QBf1E
Split image with article promotion on the left and two movie screenshots on the right discussing elections.
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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Because @shahanafrombk.bsky.social is standing up for workers and fighting for things like paid sick leave, Uber is backing her opponent with over $129,000 in mail and digital ad spending. If you live in District 39 in Brooklyn, please vote for Shahana Hanif. Let's keep big money out of politics.
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‘Money vs. democracy’: Hanif and supporters accuse Uber of election interference • Brooklyn Paper
Rideshare drivers, delivery workers, labor activists and local Democrats rallied May 28 in Kensington with City Council Member Shahana Hanif, who accused Uber
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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
The fact that so much outside money is flooding into this local race is all the more galling when you consider that Hanif's opponent, worked at the Brennan Center for Justice on "money in politics."
Maya Kornberg is a senior research fellow and manager in the Brennan Center’s Elections and Government Program, where she leads work related to information and disinformation in politics, Congress, and money in politics.
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CB6 - Brooklyn Community Board 6 @bkcb6.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
📚 service returns to #CarrollGardens @ 250 Baltic (🏢 CB6) — partnership initiated by @bkcb6.bsky.social ‘s @racioppomike.bsky.social w/ @bklynlibrary.bsky.social & funds @agounardes.bsky.social , @cmshahanahanif.bsky.social & @joannesimonbk52.bsky.social
Side-by-side text updates about the Carroll Gardens Library: "how it started" describes construction updates, and "how it's going" announces temporary library services.
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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
CM Hanif also stood up to NIMBYs on the Arrow Linen rezoning
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