Former Politics Reporter for Bklyner, covering Brooklyn politics and Crown Heights/PLG/Bed Stuy. @kadiagoba
Crown Heights
Crown Heights Map (Screenshot: Google Maps)CROWN HEIGHTS – Optimum confirmed a “third party” construction crew caused the service outage on Wednesday that electronically shut down parts of Crown Heights. Hundreds of residents and small businesses in the neighborhood were affected, especially along the Kingston Avenue retail corridor. Businesses could not
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SHEEPSHEAD BAY — A mysterious website that sprang up a few weeks ago “reporting” on Southern Brooklyn belongs to former State Sen. David Storobin, Bklyner has learned. Storobin, who served a short 7-month stint in office before he was redistricted told Bklyner he’s always wanted to “do journalism” and wrote
bath beach
Salahi Deli’s new sign has a deeper backstory. Justin Mitchell/Bklyner.BAY RIDGE — City Councilman Justin Brannan sent a letter to the Department of Investigations suggesting an employee within the agency is behind the city-wide sign and awning scandal [/merchants-take-down-signs-as-panic-over-fines-sweeps-city/], according to documents Bklyner obtained. The letter [https://www.
Borough Park
Photo by Pictures of Money [https://www.flickr.com/photos/pictures-of-money/17123251389/in/photolist-s6895e-s68a4i-snzBqK-s5ZdWJ-s61ncG-s61m4j-s4fksR-buW1s2-pf35hV-chEwR9-bH1iX8-bt4mNt-42PQoC-a2YSa6-a2Y7cz-snzAJp-62QVKf-ddi5Gd-9aTrvk-6GUsm-buV6x-bta55K-9rUmY9-82xTtv-5EMAYS-dB7F8e-dK2oa7-6us9ax-aFDjPB-aYWk56-aFATbM-aFAaK6-aFAQEv-7M4MWJ-PNrwk-6u2TxZ-4Lcpnq-84wJAM-5k7qL3-buhrpp-6MMVrB-7jq9Cn-Qt2VW-5G4WCi-6uXAjv-cDWLKs-9wUujx-dm3GF5-D2K4G-8CCxH] BORO PARK – Former Assemblyman Dov Hikind spent more c
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Public Advocate Letitia James. (Photo by Sean Egan)BROOKLYN – Twenty people remain as the pool of candidates running for public advocate shrinks ahead of the special election. Several candidates became ineligible to run last week, due to filing and technical errors related to the ballot entry process. Brooklyn attorney Ifeoma
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Photo by Pictures of Money [https://www.flickr.com/photos/pictures-of-money/17123251389/in/photolist-s6895e-s68a4i-snzBqK-s5ZdWJ-s61ncG-s61m4j-s4fksR-buW1s2-pf35hV-chEwR9-bH1iX8-bt4mNt-42PQoC-a2YSa6-a2Y7cz-snzAJp-62QVKf-ddi5Gd-9aTrvk-6GUsm-buV6x-bta55K-9rUmY9-82xTtv-5EMAYS-dB7F8e-dK2oa7-6us9ax-aFDjPB-aYWk56-aFATbM-aFAaK6-aFAQEv-7M4MWJ-PNrwk-6u2TxZ-4Lcpnq-84wJAM-5k7qL3-buhrpp-6MMVrB-7jq9Cn-Qt2VW-5G4WCi-6uXAjv-cDWLKs-9wUujx-dm3GF5-D2K4G-8CCxH] BROOKLYN — Bklyner took a look at what some of the out
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Raynika Trent and Laura Raaen of the Laurie M. Tisch Center for Food Education and Policy [https://www.tc.columbia.edu/tisch/]BROOKLYN — There’s no way to tell if students are getting the right amount of nutrition education in schools and some lawmakers want to change that. Currently, nutrition
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(Photo by Daniel Lewis)BROOKLYN — DAY 26: As the U.S. government heads into the fourth week of a partial government shutdown, some Brooklyn businesses are chipping in with free services, movie tickets and extended food pantry hours. Massage Williamsburg, [http://www.massagewilliamsburg.com/] Massage Greenpoint [http://www.massagegreenpoint.com/
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Ron Kim Will need to change his party line and logo.BROOKLYN — Those unique taglines public advocate candidates are parading as Party names aren’t special enough, apparently. Eight of the 23 candidates [/23-candidates-qualify-public-advocate/] running for public advocate have to change their Party name because of a Board of Elections
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Public Advocate Letitia James. (Photo by Sean Egan)BROOKLYN — More than 30 New Yorkers announced their run for the Public Advocate’s seat and after the final day to submit the required number of signatures, 23 remain. Candidates had less than two weeks to gather 3,750 signatures of support
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Photo by Orla McCaffrey/BklynerBROOKLYN — The new Democratic majority voted 48-13 in favor of early voting on Monday, a bill newly elected State Sen. Zellnor Myrie sponsored. “Voting is the right that protects all other rights, yet too many New Yorkers struggle to get to the ballot box because of
Coney Island
CONEY ISLAND – Low-income Coney Island homeowners still recovering from Superstorm Sandy are feeling the wrath of what is now the longest U.S. government shutdown in history that started on December 22, 2018. Rebuilding Together NYC [/rebuilding-together-nyc-debuts-new-headquarters-in-gowanus/], a Brooklyn-based non-profit, provides free home repairs and accessibility modifications to low-income homeowners,