Former Politics Reporter for Bklyner, covering Brooklyn politics and Crown Heights/PLG/Bed Stuy. @kadiagoba
Announcements
Natasha Bone of Brooklyn locked her hair in 2006. (Photo: Natasha Bony)BROOKLYN — New Yorkers who loc their hair are now protected under the city’s racial discrimination laws. The New York City Commission on Human Rights announced new guidance to protect the rights of New Yorkers with hairstyles related
Nonsponsored
Pete Buttigieg at the Dr. S. Stevan Dweck Cultural Center with New York Times journalist promoting his book and 2020 presidential run. (Photo: Kadia Goba/Bklyner)PROSPECT HEIGHTS — The first presidential candidate to visit Brooklyn is Pete Buttigieg from South Bend, Indiana. Bernie Sanders was rumored to announce in Brooklyn
Bed Stuy
Brooklyn Tea at 524 Nostrand Avenue in Bedford Stuyvesant (Photo: compliments of Brooklyn Tea’s website)BEDFORD STUYVESANT — These two entrepreneurs are “serving tea” in Brooklyn, but not the gossipy kind. Amid a high-caffeinated corridor in Bedford Stuyvesant, steps away from the busiest train station in the borough, owners Ali
Bushwick
Chabad of Bushwick (Screenshot: Google Maps)BUSHWICK — A Bushwick storefront synagogue was vandalized Saturday amid a rise in hate crimes throughout New York City. Two vandals shattered the front window of the Chabad of Bushwick synagogue Saturday morning at 2:00 am, according to police. Rabbi Menachem Heller told several
Arts & Culture
Flatbush Presbyterian Church on Foster and East 23rd in November of 2018. Liena Zagare/BklynerDITMAS PARK — The Historic Districts Council (HDC) [https://hdc.org/] penned a “letter of love” [https://www.scribd.com/document/399732438/Flatbush-Presbyterian-Church-494-East-23rd-St-HDC] on Valentine’s Day to support the efforts to landmark the Flatbush Presbyterian Church
hate crimes
Mayor Bill de Blasio during a rally against anti-Semitism at Kingsway Jewish Center (Photo: Todd Maisel)MIDWOOD — Mayor Bill de Blasio denounced the recent uptick in hate crime complaints Thursday morning during a rally at the Kingsway Jewish Center [https://www.kingswayjewishcenter.org/] in Midwood. Hate crimes are up 81
News
Kings County Democratic Committee Chair Frank Seddio with Joe Bova who chaired the Feb. 12 county committee meeting) (Kadia Goba/Bklyner)GREENPOINT — Members of the Kings County Democratic Committee voted to endorse Jumaane Williams Tuesday night, during what some are calling a crowded agenda to stifle what would have otherwise
Events
Jumaane Williams. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)GREENPOINT — Councilman Jumaane Williams reigned supreme at Tuesday night’s Kings County Democratic Committee meeting after 10 candidates running for public advocate pleaded their cases and one rogue “write-in” candidate was asked not to. When 10 of the 17 candidates on the ballot finished
Announcements
The Ocean Queen Rockstar, a 350-passenger ferry and the latest addition to the NYC fleet (Via NYC EDC)CONEY ISLAND — City Councilman Mark Treyger wants ferry service fares reduced for students enrolled in New York City schools. Treyger, who chairs the council’s Committee on Education, will introduce the bill
Central Brooklyn
Faigy Roth at Bklyner (Photo: Kadia Goba/Bklyner)MIDWOOD — Faigy Roth never felt at home growing up in a conservative ultra-Orthodox Jewish community. She liked wearing her mid-calf-length skirts a bit higher and she was into showing off her neckline and collarbone too. She had a cell phone in a
Business
La Napa’s logo – A new tapas restaurant 656 Nostrand Avenue at Bergen St. (Photo: Courtesy of Francisco Anton)CROWN HEIGHTS — The owner of a tapas restaurant in Miami is taking over the shuttered bodega at the corner of Nostrand Avenue and Bergen Street. Francisco Anton is bringing his Latin
News
State Sen.Zellnor Myrie at his in-district inauguration with his mother Marcelina Cummings and State Sen. Michael Gianaris (Screenshot: Myrie’s live Twitter stream)EAST FLATBUSH – State Sen. Zellnor Myrie, who along with several other freshman senators defeated former Independent Democratic Conference (IDC) incumbents, celebrated his inauguration in East Flatbush