Former Politics Reporter for Bklyner, covering Brooklyn politics and Crown Heights/PLG/Bed Stuy. @kadiagoba
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Former Public Advocate Letitia James. (Photo by Sean Egan)BROOKLYN – Today, Monday, Jan 14, is the last day for Public Advocate candidates to file the required 3,750 signatures which put their names on the ballot for the Feb. 26 special election. The vacant seat is up for grabs since
affordable housing
The Rev. Dr. Samuel Nicolas, Senior Pastor of Evangelical Crusade Christian-ChurchEAST FLATBUSH – A Brooklyn community broke ground on an affordable housing development Sunday afternoon, a project that’s been in the making for more than a decade. The project is the brainchild of the Rev. Dr. Samuel Nicolas of The
Ditmas Park
EAST FLATBUSH — Residents in the 45th Council district are already running for Jumanne Williams’ seat although he hasn’t won the highly sought after Public Advocate’s race. Mayor de Blasio would have to call for a special election to fill the vacant seat which encompasses East Flatbush, Flatbush, Flatlands,
Business
Screamer’s Pizzeria in Crown Heights at 685 Franklin Ave. (Photo: Kadia Goba/Bklyner)CROWN HEIGHTS — The second installment of Screamer’s Pizzeria [http://www.screamerspizzeria.com/] opened in Crown Heights last month, fueling what they call a 1,500 slice-a-day [https://vegnews.com/2018/12/brooklyns-first-vegan-pizzeria-sells-1500-slices-every-day] craving for their
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National Grid TrucksBAY RIDGE — National Grid is in doing some work along 3rd Avenue Bay Ridge. You may smell gas. The gas company is working in the area of 3rd Avenue Between 74th and 80th Streets. Work is scheduled to take place between of 8:00 am and 8:00
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Steven H. Pollard died in the line of duty on Monday, January 7, 2019. (Photo credit: FDNY)MARINE PARK — The 61st Precinct [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/bureaus/patrol/precincts/61st-precinct.page] announced road closures ahead of funeral services for fallen FDNY Firefighter Steven H. Pollard. The funeral will
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Mayor Bill de Blasio delivers his sixth State of the City address at the Symphony Space in Manhattan on Thursday, January 10, 2017. Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography OfficeBROOKLYN — Mayor de Blasio wants all New Yorkers to have a better quality of life, and Hizzoner is making sure that happens one
Business
Soda Bar at 629 Vanderbilt Avenue in Prospect Heights. (Screenshot: Google Maps) PROSPECT HEIGHTS — The Vanderbilt Avenue hot spot Soda Bar is looking to bring in a DJ on the weekends, but a couple of neighbors say, “Not so Fast.” Owner Galina Sokolova of Soda Bar [https://m.facebook.com/
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Straphangers can scan the bar code for access to the 14-point questionnaire on subway performance.BAY RIDGE — This week, Speaker and Acting Public Advocate Corey Johnson launched a five-borough subway service series with Brooklyn as its second stop. Johnson and Councilman Justin Bannan distributed leaflets at the 77th Street R
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Who will replace her? Former Public Advocate Letitia James at a rally on Ocean Parkway. (Photo by Sean Egan/Bklyner)BROOKLYN — Six days after Mayor Bill de Blasio gave the go-ahead for the special election, only nine of the nearly three dozen hopefuls are on the ballot for the Public
Business
Jeremy Stratton shaking up one of his signature cocktails at Bar Bayeux located at 1066 Nostrand Avenue (Photo: Kadia Goba/Bklyner)PROSPECT LEFFERTS GARDEN — PLG has a new sultry cocktail bar and it’s called Bar Bayeux — a spin on the Bayeux Tapestry, [https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-42713552] an
Bay Ridge
Mathylde Frontus addresses the audience inside William E. Grady at her inauguration into the New York State Assembly.BRIGHTON BEACH — Hundreds of people came out to celebrate the multi-cultural inauguration of newly-elected Assemblywoman Mathylde Frontus on Sunday, January 6, at William E. Grady High School in Brighton Beach. The lawmaker-heavy