Celebrating Community
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 […]
It is no surprise that, due to the financial crisis imposed by COVID-19 upon the municipal budget, Mayor Bill de Blasio is reconsidering advancing his $2.7 billion Brooklyn Queens Connector streetcar project known as BQX. There was never a guarantee that the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) would pay for 50 per cent of the cost. Dreams of Amazon doing the […]
Whatever the Chinese government may say, there is not a country with better weapons to face the outbreak, but only countries with better or worse transparency. As never before, sharing information among governments is vital to save lives, and it is a demonstration of solidarity by far bigger than sending medical equipment – which is clearly useful but is not […]
When I announced my campaign for District Leader in Assembly District 51, my goal was to bring the T.E.A. to Kings County Democratic Committee: Transparency, Equity, and Accountability. We hear far too often about the self-serving narcissism and general lack of leadership from our President. But this is a problem at all levels of government, and when it comes to […]
To flatten the curve of the coronavirus, all New York City movie theaters are indefinitely closed, and New Yorkers are urged to stay indoors except when absolutely necessary. For those who miss being able to venture all around Brooklyn, here are four easy-to-find, contemporary films set in the borough’s neighborhoods that don’t typically get featured in cinema all too much. […]