David Yassky

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David rallies with cyclists for passage of his "Bikes in Buildings" bill    (Photo: William Alatriste)

May 13: David organizes the community to demand a promised park at 65 Commercial Street in Greenpoint.  Learn more here.

April 23: UPDATE David's Guidebook to the Federal Stimulus Package is now available in Spanish.

April 15: Read David's letter to Deputy Mayor Walcott and Chancellor Klein, calling on the City's top two education officials to take ownership of the site selection process for a middle school in Downtown Brooklyn.

April 14: Read David’s letter urging the Bloomberg administration to evaluate all private contracts before making any layoffs or further cuts to overburdened City agencies

March 25: The India Street Mural Project submission guidelines are now available

March 23: Read "Running on Empty" to learn how taxi brokers in New York City are evading the lease caps at the expense of working drivers

March 22:  Read David's guidebook to the federal stimulus packages for small businesses

March 5: Learn all about Brooklyn's history at Brooklyn Revealed, courtesy of David and the New York Historical Society! (New York Historical Society, New York Times, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, The Epoch Times)

February 20: Read David's op-ed calling for the elimination of income taxes on working families

February 19: David seeks fairness in New York City's income tax system

February 17: Read David's report on restructuring New York City's income tax system

February 10: David proposes tax incentives for "green roofs" (NY Daily News, Epoch Times)

February 6: David introduces legislation to legalize beekeeping to spur economic growth 

February 5: David fights for Latino small business owners over excessive rent increases 

February 4: David celebrates the salvation of St. Brigid's parish from demolition 

January 28: David introduces legislation to curb engine idling

January 22: David leads effort to save the B25 Bus 

January 7:  UPDATE: Judge halts the city's plan to reopen the Brooklyn House of Detention

December 28:  After helping with funding, David celebrates new affordable housing complex 

December 17:  David fights to keep special needs pre-school open  

December 15:  Daivd protests cuts in anti-displacement funds to protect tenants from eviction

December 10:  David holds MTA accountable for unused properties

December 9:  David testifies at City Hall on bike commuting

December 5:  David continues to support "Bikes in Buildings" bill

December 4:  David supports making Prospect Park car-free

December 3:  David celebrates renaming of J.J. Byrne Park

November 28:  David fights to protect funds that would prevent the displacement of tenants

November 24:  David calls on MTA to maximize assets with budget crisis looming

November 21:  David protests the Department of Education's redrawing of school bus routes

November 19:  David files a lawsuit against the reopening of the Brooklyn House of Detention (NY Daily News, NY Post, The Brooklyn Paper, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle)    

November 17:  David discusses the reopening of the Brooklyn House of Detention

November 14:  David and Daniel Squadron call for more efficient government

November 6:  Voice your opinion on Long Island College Hospital!

November 5: David calls for an oversight hearing on NYC elections procedures

October 23:  David pushes for term limits referendum (NY Times, NY Daily News, NY Post)

October 22: STATEMENT ON TERM LIMITS BILL

October 7: David pushes for needed repairs at Brooklyn public school 

October 1: David leads effort for a new middle school in Downtown Brooklyn

September 25: David pushes legislation that would require bike racks in buildings (Epoch Times, The Daily News and The Brooklyn Daily Eagle)

September 20: David introduces a bill to increase the City's film production tax credit

September 19: David calls on City to sell ad space on trash cans

September 16: David rallies for car-free Prospect Park

End of Summer Special: Go inside David's fridge with Edible Brooklyn! 

September 10: David honors Gracious Home of the Upper East Side with the Small Business Community Excellence Award

August 22: David calls for full audit of all NYCHA elevators to move worst examples to front of repair line

August 21: David blasts plan to put a parole office next to a Brooklyn middle school

August 20: David mourns the tragic loss of Jacob Neuman in Williamsburg elevator tragedy

August 18:  The Brooklyn Eagle Discusses David's Energy Saving Tips for Small Businesses

August 14: David presents the Small Business Community Excellence Award to Fern Jaffe of Paperbacks Plus in Riverdale

August 13:  David slams DOT for interfering with Brooklyn Bridge Park ice rink plans

August 7: David pushes to renew parking preference program for neighborhood residents

August 6: David calls on media outlets to expose China's human rights record

August 6:  David continues to call for Middle School in Downtown Brooklyn

August 5: David condemns rogue construction company's shameful practice of "Abandon and sink" on NYC waterways in the NY Times, NY Post, NY Daily News, NY Sun, on NPR and in the Epoch Times

August 1: David attends Brooklyn's annual concert series featuring Peter Frampton, at Coney Island’s Asser Levy Park

July 31:  David celebrates P.S 8 expansion

July 31: David weighs in on Governor Paterson's budget address  

July 29:  David speaks out in support of slammed biker and biker rights

July 29:  David discusses the plight of small business in New York

July 25: David presents American Vintage Wine Biscuits in Queens with the Small Business Community Excellence Award

July 23: Do you own a small business? Read David's Energy Saving Tips for Your Small Business!

July 15: David calls on MTA to sell its $100 million abandoned headquarters

July 10: David calls for year-round Ferry Service on the East River

July 3:  The New York Sun commends David for his efforts to extend the film industry tax credits that have created thousands of jobs in New York

July 1:  David pushes his proposal for bicycle parking in and around commercial buildings

June 23: David and Comptroller Thompson mobilize against expansion of the Brooklyn House of Detention 

June 16: The New York Sun commends David's call for an online budget database

May 20: David blasts DOE for failing to address overcrowding in City schools

April 29: Read David's op-ed on budget reform in the New York Post

April 27: NYC cab drivers praise David's hybrid taxi initiative

April 11: Speaker Quinn embraces David's budget transparency reforms

April 6: The Daily News praises David as a "budget hawk"

March 31: David levels with New Yorkers on the budget 

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