Brooklyn: This week is chocked full of tidbits, from the news that Councilmembers Erik Dilan and Letitia James were named co-chairs of the Brooklyn delegation (again) to the three lucky Brooklyn blokes who were named to the Mayor’s Charter Revision Commission. Read on for more! Comment.

Brooklyn: Brooklyn parents came out in force last week to protest the state’s proposed $1 billion cut in school funding. Comment.

Brooklyn: Allowing a Carroll Gardens private school to expand into its courtyard would set a dangerous precedent and should be thwarted, a local lawmaker implored this week. Comments (3).

Brooklyn: A hearing on proposed Metropolitan Transportation Authority service cuts devolved into chaos after a woman — who tried to speak without first being called to the microphone — was arrested. Comment.

Brooklyn: East River State Park has avoided Albany’s budget axe with the agility of the hipsters who play dodgeball during the park’s popular summer concert series. Comment.

Mayor: The Environmental Protection Agency today declared the Gowanus Canal a Superfund site, ending nearly a year of often toxic debate and beginning what supporters say will be a new dawn along one of the nation’s most polluted waterways. Comment.

McMahon on Line 1: Bay Ridge’s freshman congressman is named the “most centrist” lawmaker in Washington. But our analysis shows that Mike McMahon is plenty liberal and plenty conservative when he wants to be. Comment.