citizenship
Below is a press release from Rep. Jerrold Nadler: > WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), the top Democrat on the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, reintroduced the Senior Citizenship Act of 2011 in order to help elderly immigrants become citizens. For many older immigrants without extensive knowledge
Adrian Tomine
Pete Hamill (from petehamill.com)If you happen to be available and/or broke this Sunday, New York’s largest free literary event awaits. The Brooklyn Book Festival takes place this Sunday at Borough Hall (209 Joralemon Street) in Downtown Brooklyn, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Authors
cnbc
Could one of our local bi-borough Congressmen [/grimm-and-nadler-star-in-dueling-dissents-a-love-story/] be aiming for Al Sharpton’s spot on MSNBC? The above series of videos, posted on Youtube by repmichaelgrimm [http://www.youtube.com/user/repmichaelgrimm], features Representative Grimm co-hosting an episode of CNBC’s Squawkbox. The topic? Jobs. Rep. Michael Grimm represents
(from cheezburger.com)Yesterday, News 12 Brooklyn reported that drivers in our neighborhood say they’re ‘confused’ by city parking rules for muni-meters – those annoying new parking meters that spit out teeny-tiny paper receipts. One of the good things about the meters was that they were supposed to allow minutes
depression
(from nytimes.com)According to the New York Times, the U.S. Census Bureau reported [http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/c/census_bureau/index.html?inline=nyt-org] yesterday that 2.6 million people fell below the poverty line in the United States last year. That brings the
disaster aid
By Nasa Goddard Photo and Video via flickrWell over two weeks since Irene paid us a visit, the county of Kings has finally been added to the FEMA disaster aid list. Residents, property owners, as well as certain non-profit organizations are now eligible to apply for federal aid to cover
Police sketches of the perpetratorA rapist who police thought they had back in June [/rape-suspect-in-custody/] is actually still at large and has attempted to once again prey on women in South Park Slope and now, Sunset Park [http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2011/09/13/2011-09-13_serial_perv_
second avenue subway
Below is a press release from Rep. Jerrold Nadler: > WASHINGTON, DC – Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) applauded inclusion of funding to complete funding for the Second Avenue Subway and the LIRR’s East Side Access project in the 2012 Federal Budget as passed by the House
crime stats
Justice and Divine Vengeance Pursue Crime (oil-on-canvas by Pierre-Paul Prud'hon)We’ve been meaning to report on Manhattan news site dnainfo.com [http://www.dnainfo.com/crime-safety-report/brooklyn/bensonhurst]‘s precinct-by-precinct per capita crime stat study for some time but, as they say, no news is good news
herbert s. eisenberg school
According to a link [http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=153306054758090] provided by CEC 21 on Bensonhurst Bean’s Facebook [http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bensonhurst-Bean/160918257308942?sk=wall] page, the Community Education Council [/special-cec-meeting-this-wednesday/] will be holding a meeting on Wednesday, September 21, from 7:30 p.m.
10th anniversay
Rep. Michael Grimm (from house.gov)Michael Grimm recalls digging “with his bare hands” at Ground Zero, attempting to find remains of victims of the attacks of 9/11. According to the New York Congressman, he recovered a woman’s hand and part of a person’s torso. The Brooklyn
10th anniversary
Ground Zero September 13, 2001 (photo by Andrea Booher via wikipedia.org)From a House Resolution [http://rules.house.gov/Media/file/PDF_112_1/Floor_Text/911RES_003_xml.pdf] on the 10th anniversary of 9/11: > Whereas memorials have been constructed… so that Americans and people from