Category Archives: Businesses
Penalty Relief Program
The New York City Council recently partnered with the Bloomberg administration to create the NYC Penalty Relief Program, which will allow businesses and homeowners with outstanding default judgments against them from the Environmental Control Board to pay only the base … Continue reading
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Filed under Budget, Businesses
Dreamland to reopen for Labor Day weekend!
I’m proud to annouce that Dreamland has been reopened. After it was closed with little warning on August 21, I intervened and helped broker a deal that would keep it open through Labor Day weekend, one of the biggest weekends … Continue reading
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Filed under Businesses, Coney Island, Events
New York Road Runners half-marathon
I spent the morning at the finish line for the New York Road Runners half-marathon on Saturday, and words can’t describe how I felt watching thousands of runners streaming onto the boardwalk and then spending the day in Coney Island. … Continue reading
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Now hiring: Ringling Brothers
If you’ve ever wanted to join the circus, here’s your chance – and you don’t even have to run away. Feld Entertainment and the Coney Island Development Corporation are hosting a job fair for Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey’s … Continue reading
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New York Road Runners race
Yesterday I was excited to join the New York Road Runners in announcing that their third half-marathon, presented by Continental Airlines, which will take nearly 10,000 runners through Brooklyn – around Prospect Park and down Ocean Parkway to the finish … Continue reading
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Bronx Zoo to lose animals
I was very disturbed yesterday to learn that the Bronx Zoo is on the verge of losing hundreds of animals because of the economic downturn. The Bronz Zoo is the biggest urban zoo in the country, and draws visitors from … Continue reading
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Filed under Budget, Businesses, Cultural Affairs
Help for Small Businesses
Councilman David Yassky, chair of the Committee on Small Business, has assembled a guidebook to help small business owners navigate the benefits made available to them in the federal stimulus package. The guidebook brings stimulus incentives directly to the New … Continue reading
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Filed under Advisory, Businesses, Coney Island
