Celebrating Community
The biggest surprise about Patrick Higgins’ 2015 record Bachanalia was how straight he played it. Maybe best known as a guitarist for the experimental trance group Zs, Higgins approached a variety of Bach’s works for solo strings and keyboard on their own terms, adapting them to his instrument without trying to repurpose or contextualize. It’s that part of Higgins’ head […]
Frustrated as we are the almost complete irrelevance of our vote in the Presidential race to the ultimate result, the desire of Brownstone Brooklyn voters to at least send a complete up and down the ballot repudiation to the GOP in its entirety has been cleverly frustrated by the Brooklyn GOP’s decision not to run candidates. Local Republicans in my […]
As the city and NYCDOE scramble to put a plan in place for the 2020-2021 school year, we can’t lose sight of the importance of equity. We need to be mindful of what is happening to each segment of our diverse communities because equity isn’t found at the average or sum total of what is being experienced. In 2013, Bill […]
Many neighborhoods across New York City have implemented community refrigerators during the pandemic and as of August 16 Red Hook has one as well. Hashtag Brooklyn had a ribbon cutting ceremony to officially open the fridge. Anaika Forbes, who started at Hashtag Lunchbag Brooklyn four years ago, has been helping people get food since the beginning. The ribbon cutting ceremony […]
In the 1980s, most, but not all, of Sunset Park was linked in the State Assembly with most of Park Slope and Windsor Terrace in a district which was majority Latino on paper, but where the majority of voters were white. Since the 1984 election, it had been represented by Jim Brennan, a white liberal whose support was based in […]
Good Shepherd Services Urges Mayor to Rethink Budget Ahead of Next Week’s Deadline 1,300 Red Hook Youth and Neighbors Lose Vital Community Center Brooklyn, New York – As a result of the Mayor’s Executive Budget proposal eliminating the Beacon, Cornerstone, School’s Out NYC (SONYC) and COMPASS programs, in Red Hook, the Joseph Miccio Cornerstone Community Center was forced to shut its doors on […]
Tuesday, June 23 was election day in Red Hook and PS 15 (71 Sullivan Street) and the Miccio Community Center (110 West 9th Street) were two locations that Red Hook residents could go and vote. A popular way to vote during this pandemic we are in has been to vote via absentee ballot. Another way people have voted was on […]
Consuelo Morales (an alias) is in a good mood. The groceries she received at the Seventh-Day Adventist Church food pantry in Flatbush was worth the hour-long wait under the midday sun. Morelos is especially pleased with the fish fillets and fresh strawberries in her cart. Fresh food is not always a given at food banks, and it was her first […]
Earlier this week, former Assemblymember Joe Ferris, who was my predecessor Jim Brennan’s predecessor, passed away. He was 85. Ferris was elected to the Assembly in 1974 and served for 10 years until Jim was elected in 1984. Joe Ferris had a profound impact on the politics of Brooklyn and New York City and was a fierce advocate for independence […]
After 36 years with Senator Velmanette Montgomery, Red Hook will have a new voice in the New York State Legislature’s upper chamber in 2021. With little doubt that the Democratic primary on June 23 will also determine the victor in November’s general election, the open seat in Senate District 25 – rarely challenged by a significant opponent under Montgomery, who […]