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30 Apr 2015
Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) thanked the Department of Education and the Department of Sanitation for working together to help Public School 160 better manage its piles of garbage, which residents complained was destroying their quality of life. The Assemblyman met with neighbors impacted by the daily piles of garbage then spoke with school Principal Margaret
30 Apr 2015
“Assemblyman Hikind always helps us,” said Mrs. Lanke Keller, a Holocaust survivor, as she stopped by Assemblyman Hikind’s office to pick up her free smoke detector. “I knew his mother,” she added with a smile. Recently, the Assemblyman teamed up with Home Depot to distribute free state-of-the-art smoke detectors to anyone in the community who
27 Apr 2015
At their recent ribbon-cutting event, Assemblyman Hikind addressed the Women’s League Community Residences alongside a number of his fellow elected officials. The Assemblyman noted how important the organization’s services have been and continue to be for the community. Today, with over 30 residential settings, Medicaid Service Coordination, Community Habilitation, CBR Supported Employment and Jumpstart Early
24 Apr 2015
“THIS MANY POTHOLES THIS LATE IN APRIL IS INEXCUSABLE!” “These conditions are inexcusable!” announced Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) while standing ankle-deep in one of the many potholes that are still found on 13th Avenue in Brooklyn nearly a month after the borough’s last snowfall. “These craters are endangering the lives and vehicles of everyone who
22 Apr 2015
I applauded when James B. Comey, the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, so candidly and guilelessly admitted last week the terrible truth that too few people ever want to acknowledge: Hitlerian anti-Semitism did not exist in a vacuum. While monsters like Hitler, Goebbels, Bormann, Eichmann, Mengele (their names should be erased) stand out
20 Apr 2015
Assemblyman Hikind was pleased to address the residents at Ateret Avit Senior Residence center on April 16 during the center’s Holocaust Remembrance Day program. “We honor the memories of those who were taken from us with actions that will make a difference to future generations,” the Assemblyman noted. ”  
16 Apr 2015
“D.O.T. DOING A GREAT JOB, BUT FORGOT OCEAN PARKWAY!” Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) says he’s a great fan of the NYC Department of Transportation but wonders how they could have skipped Brooklyn’s Ocean Parkway when making post-winter repairs. “It’s like a mine field,” said Hikind whose office has been receiving complaints from constituents about the
2 Apr 2015
No one has a greater stake in the Iran Talks than Israel, which just wants to live in peace. No one wants to see Iran’s aggressive military threat reduced more than Israelis. But the deal with Iran is based on trusting that terror state to suddenly keep its word. When Israeli Ministers Lapid, Herzog, and
2 Apr 2015
As a deal looms with Iran that would allow that terror State to develop nuclear weapons, Assemblyman Hikind details the real dangers to Neil Cavuto on Fox News. “An Iranian general says, ‘Israel’s destruction is not negotiable’ while the leader of Iran has thousands of people chanting, ‘Death to America.’ We’re not taking them seriously?
2 Apr 2015
Tons of shaimos, including shaimos abandoned last year in Boro Park and rescued by Assemblyman Dov Hikind’s staff, were given a proper, respectful burial this week under the supervision of Rabbi Yosef Schwartz, head of the Prag Yeshiva in Monroe and owner of Beth Genizah in Sullivan County, New York. “For years we have been
1 Apr 2015
The proposed U.S. deal with Iran would give the largest terror state in the world the ability to create nuclear weapons. Consequently columnists, clergy, military experts and world leaders are all weighing in on the possibilities. Let there be no question: The range of potential scenarios differs greatly, depending upon your vantage point. For instance,