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Save Coney! Adopt Steeplechase the Coney Island Bunny

Posted in Animals, tagged adoption, animal rescue, Coney, Coney Island, House Rabbit Society, rabbit, Rabbit Rescue and Rehab on January 26, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Steeplechase, Coney Island Bunny Rescued after 21 Days on the Run. January 26, 2014. Photo © Jozefa Cheman

Steeplechase, the Coney Island “coney” rescued after 21 days on the run, posed for her first official photo today. Want to “Save Coney” and give Steeplechase the bunny a home? This refugee from the bulldozed Coney Island Community Garden will be up for adoption after she is spayed next week.

William Leung, a volunteer with Rabbit Rescue and Rehab successfully “netted” the rabbit, whom he named Steeplechase, on January 18th after ten days of trying to befriend her with bananas and other treats.

“She is scheduled to be spayed next Wednesday,” said Leung, who visited the shy bunny today at New York City’s Animal Care and Control. Rabbit Rescue and Rehab, the New York City chapter of the House Rabbit Society, is the primary bunny rescue group that works with ACC. “Our volunteers go there every day to feed the rabbits,” Leung said.

A list of bunnies up for adoption in New York City is on the group’s petfinder page. Email nyc.metro.rabbits@gmail.com if you are interested in adopting Steeplechase.

Coney Island Councilman Treyger to Chair New Resiliency Committee, Serve on 5 Others

Posted in News, tagged City Council, Committee on Resiliency and Recovery, Coney Island, Mark Treyger on January 23, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Newly Elected City Councilman Mark Treyger at Coney Island Alliance Meeting. November 15, 2013. Photo © Tricia Vita

On Wednesday, City Council committee assignments were given out and Councilman Mark Treyger, who represents Coney Island, Gravesend and Bensonhurst, was selected as Chairman of the new Committee on Resiliency and Recovery. In December, the newly elected councilman, together with Councilman Carlos Menchaca, whose neighborhood of Red Hook was also devastated by the storm, called for the creation of a committee dedicated to the oversight of Sandy recovery efforts.

Treyger was also selected to be a member of five other committees whose issues are crucial to Coney Island: Land Use, Parks & Recreation, Education, Aging, and Plannings, Dispositions and Concessions.

“I am honored to have been selected to chair this new and vital committee and I take this post very seriously” said Councilman Mark Treyger. “This new committee will create a mechanism for greater oversight of Sandy recovery efforts in our city and ensure that allocated funds are spent on rebuilding impacted communities, strengthening our infrastructure to build up our resiliency, and preparing our coastal communities for future storms. The city’s recovery efforts thus far have simply not been fast enough.”

Last June, the City released “A Stronger, More Resilient New York,” a comprehensive plan for rebuilding the communities impacted by Sandy and increasing the resilience of infrastructure and buildings citywide.

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Photo of the Day: Coney Island Snowscape by Bruce Handy

Posted in Photo of the Day, Photography, tagged beach, Bruce Handy, Coney Island, Parachute Jump, snow on January 22, 2014| 1 Comment »

While Manhattan’s avenues were snarled with slow-moving traffic during Tuesday’s snowstorm, Coney Island Beach was as tranquil as the moon. In this striking snowscape by Coney Island photographer Bruce Handy, Steeplechase Pier peeks out from behind snow-dusted rocks as the Parachute Jump shimmers in the distance.