Public advocate and mayoral hopeful Bill de Blasio weighed in on the 5th Avenue food cart fight during a recent meeting of the Bay Ridge Democrats – stating that the carts are hurting restaurants on the strip and may have to go, writes Will Bredderman for Brooklyn Daily. “The fact is right now that the [...]
POLITICS: Yesterday, Congressman Michael Grimm (R-Staten Island) held a press conference with community members and Iraq War veterans at Fort Hamilton to speak out against a Department of Defense plan to eliminate one of New York State’s two National Guard Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Teams (WMD-CST), one of which resides at the Bay Ridge army base.
A man who was found dead Sunday in a van near the Verrazano Bridge may have taken his own life.
After seven women State Senators urged State Senate majority leader Dean Skelos to support gender equality legislation last week, Senatorial hopeful Andrew Gounardes held a press conference yesterday, along with a group of female community leaders, in order to help in the push for equal pay.
In the saga of the 5th Avenue food cart wars, perspective can be everything. A recent Daily News piece, which reported on the recent immersion of public officials into the matter, took a decidedly different approach than the News Corp-owned CNG publications Brooklyn Daily and Brooklyn Paper – an angle best illustrated by… illustrations.
POLICE, FIRE & EMS: A Staten Island man accused of exposing himself to a Bay Ridge woman is out on only $1,000 bail, despite having an open case involving groping another woman in Midtown Manhattan.
The alleged perv, Ivan Prokopenko, 34, has a lengthy arrest record. However, his rap sheet didn’t stop him from walking out of Brooklyn Criminal Court in April without having to post a single dime in bail, reports DNAinfo’s Murray Weiss.
A Staten Island man who tried to jump to his death yesterday was saved after being pulled from the side of the Verrazano Bridge – where he was hanging by just one arm
The following is a press release from the campaign of State Senate hopeful Andrew Gounardes: Gounardes Slams Closures, Says Students Deserve Better , Not Just Different , Schools (Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, NY) During a marathon late-night session, the Panel for Educational Policy voted to close 24 New York City public schoolsas part of the Department [...]
TRAFFIC & TRANSIT: This summer, you may have to shield your eyes from the waves of Granny Smith-colored car service vehicles waiting to be legally hailed on the streets of South Brooklyn. While the decision has many, including Gothamist’s Christopher Robbins staring in disbelief, TLC Commissioner David Yasskey seems absolutely pleased with the livery cabs’ puke-green pallor. Yasskey describes the new color as contextual camouflage for the outer borough urban jungle. Maybe he just really digs pickled tomatoes?
POLITICS: On the same day that Occupy Wall Street protestors stage a May Day general strike, the Bay Ridge Democrats, Brooklyn Chapter of the Working Families Party, Citizens Action NY, Common Cause, and MoveOn Brooklyn will meet at Longbow Pub & Pantry to kick-off a month-long push for “Fair Elections” – public financing of campaigns, lower campaign contribution limits and an end to pay-to-play politics – in New York State.