American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act
Bensonhurst Bean recently ran several posts on an attempt by Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives to cut funding for mass transit [/reps-crowley-rangel-nadler-city-dot-commissioner-mta-chairman-to-speak-out-against-cuts-to-public-transit/] from a federal transportation bill. A bi-partisan group
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Walk into any supermarket and you’ll see pre-cooked rotisserie chickens lined up in neat little plastic domes like some kind of dystopian shrine to deceased poultry. If you’re going to be a real home cook, the first thing one must realize is that these ready-to-eat
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Andrew Gounardes, who recently threw his hat into the ring [/video-andrew-gounardes-makes-case-for-marty-goldens-seat/] against State Senator Marty Golden, has joined fellow Democrat Councilman Vincent Gentile and a group of successful Bay Ridge women [/gentile-bay-ridges-women-leaders-to-protest-brooklyn-11223/] in opposing
Click to enlargeCompStat reports are produced by the New York Police Department on a weekly basis. We publish the week’s statistics for the 62nd Precinct reports every Friday. The 62nd Precinct is the police command responsible for Bensonhurst and Bath Beach.
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The following is a press release from the office of Councilman David Greenfield: Brooklyn, NY – Councilman David G. Greenfield (D-Brooklyn), Flatbush Shomrim and the family of fatal hit-and-run victim Noah Foxman are asking any local residents or businesses with a video surveillance system to immediately turn over
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A woman was seriously injured this afternoon in a fire at a building on McDonald Avenue in Gravesend, writes DNAinfo [http://www.dnainfo.com/20120223/bay-ridge-bensonhurst/woman-seriously-injured-mcdonald-avenue-fire-brooklyn] . The blaze began just before 1 p.m. on the second floor of 2500 McDonald
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Tuesday, a panel of federal judges declined to dismiss a legal challenge to New York State’s redistricting process, instead naming a federal judge to assist in drawing up new district maps, writes the New York Times. The panel mandated that lawyers for New York’s legislative leaders convene with
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Michael Treybich (Source: Facebook via Politicker.com)The ever-knowledgeable Colin Campbell reported yesterday on a potential candidate for Domenic Recchia’s term-limited City Council seat. This would pit young attorney and legal director for the New York State Young Democrats Michael Treybich against Assemblyman Alec Brook-Krasny [/assemblyman-
Councilman Vincent Gentile will join an unnamed group of prominent Bay Ridge women on Friday for “a press conference in defense of our neighborhood.” They intend to protest Brooklyn 11223 – a new Southern Brooklyn-based reality show set to premier on the Oxygen Network at the end of March. A
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A new book by the daughter of snitching sociopath Sammy the Bull Gravano has the families of her father’s victims – including one woman who lives in Bensonhurst – up in arms. Karen Gravano is also one of the four main cast members of trashy VH1 reality show Mob Wives. Between
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Fire escapes could have saved Luisa Chan's life. (Source: cookipediachef via Flickr)While Bensonhurst may not display many signs of the so-called “culture of poverty,” [/report-things-looking-up-in-a-changing-bensonhurst/] there still exists another, more cutthroat side to a neighborhood with so many strong
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Grimm on Bay Ridge's 5th Avenue in June 2010, when he was a candidate seeking to unseat Democrat Michael McMahon. (Source: Brian Hedden via Bay Ridge Odyssey) The Grimm Files [http://dccc.org/pages/TheGrimmFiles/] is the newest creation of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. Modeled after sites