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Carl Fischer started a petition calling for handicap parking spaces at Carmine Carro Community Center. Photo by Jessica Parks
IN COM-PETITION!
Parents and seniors fl oat dueling petitions in dispute over handicap spots
BY JESSICA PARKS
Its a war of petition!
Marine Park moms are
squaring off against local
seniors in a battle over three
handicap-parking spots the
city is installing at a senior
center located in Brooklyn’s
biggest green space.
Disabled seniors say they
need the spots to access services
at the Carmine Carro
Community Center — which
attracts thousands of oldsters
with free activities and
workshops — while parents
claim that inviting traffic
through the park will put
their kids in danger, and
both sides have launched
dueling petitions in opposition
to one another!
“I started a petition that
reached over 100 signatures
in just hours,” said Marine
Park mom Brittany Nunez
about the petition launched
on Jan. 22. “With all the recent
injuries and deaths of
young children at the hands
of drivers, parents of this
community do not understand
why the parks department
would put our children
in such immediate danger.”
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BLUE
VS
BLUE
Bay councilman
announces challenge
to fellow dem
BY JESSICA PARKS
Term-limited City Councilman
Chaim Deutsch officially
announced his run for
Congress on Jan. 21, pitting
himself against incumbent
Rep. Yvette Clarke — a fellow
Democrat.
“My parents survived the
Holocaust and came to America
with nothing except hope
in their hearts. They taught
me to be selfless and help
others,” Deutsch wrote on
Twitter. “I’m running for US
Congress to carry on their
legacy.”
Deutsch was first elected
to his Council post — which
covers Sheepshead Bay,
Manhattan Beach, Brighton
Beach, and Midwood —
in 2013 and won reelection
in 2017, but now he’s timebarred
from serving another
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