LES residents face Thanksgiving without gas, Bay Ridge car vandalism continues, & more

By Emily Myers | November 21, 2019 - 11:00AM

Hundreds of NYCHA residents living on the Lower East Side face Thanksgiving without gas (Patch)

Increased police patrols in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, haven’t put an end to cars on the streets there having their tires slashed (NY Post)

Flatbush residents are trying to get their block landmarked to prevent development that would alter its historic character (Brooklyn Eagle)

Bus-mounted cameras on the M14 buses will start snapping photos of cars illegally parked along the busway—drivers will get warnings, but in the new year they'll get fines (Gothamist)

Six months of brainstorming on the future of Soho and Noho has resulted in a report outlining a commitment to artist communities, affordable housing, and diversity in the neighborhood (press release)

An audit claims years of negligence and “serious flaws” in inspections led to the partial ceiling collapse at Brooklyn Borough Hall station last year (Brooklyn Paper)

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