Former Politics Reporter for Bklyner, covering Brooklyn politics and Crown Heights/PLG/Bed Stuy. @kadiagoba
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BROOKLYN — Lyft has integrated Citibike into their rideshare app, giving more users the option to get around the borough on two wheels or four, though all the pedal assist bikes have been taken out of commission until the fall to improve the brakes. [https://ny.curbed.com/2019/5/13/
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CROWN HEIGHTS — Three years ago, Barbara Boon rented a room in Crown Heights for $975 a month on exrny.com – an online portal for apartment-seeking New Yorkers. With two dogs in tow, she moved into her spacious 3-bedroom share. Three years later she discovered she and her two apartment mates
Bed Stuy
BEDFORD STUYVESANT — Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul came to Bedford Stuyvesant Monday to highlight a $175 million initiative that will boost funding to the workforce development programs across New York state. Hochul joined Councilman Robert Cornegy Jr. at Per Scholas. Kadia Goba/Bklyner The initiative aims to help improve the pipeline
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PROSPECT-LEFFERTS GARDENS — Scoops, an ice cream parlor and vegetarian shop in PLG that opened in 1984, faces eviction in an area undergoing rapid gentrification and neighbors are upset. Scoops and Plates Photo: Kadia Goba/BklynerThe news first broke on a closed Facebook group. Stefan Sirucek posted that the business, located
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CROWN HEIGHTS – Police are looking for suspects in connection to a shooting Thursday night that took the life of Jamal Simms of Crown Heights. Photo via Wikimedia Commons [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Police_Line_Crime_Scene_2498847226.jpg] NYPD officers responded to reports of a man
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CROWN HEIGHTS — Elected officials rallied Thursday to make the historic Weeksville Heritage Center [https://www.weeksvillesociety.org/] part of the city’s Department of Cultural Affairs after lack of private funding threatened the Crown Heights house museum’s existence. Weeksville Heritage Center by Nic LehouxThe city agency currently provides funding
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PARK SLOPE – Amid much anticipation, Mayor Bill de Blasio, our Park Slope neighbor, finally announced his bid to become the 46th president of the United States and some Brooklyn electeds think the idea is pretty hairy. “I have a better chance of regrowing a head of hair than he has
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EAST FLATBUSH/MIDWOOD — The duel between two former staffers vying for the city’s 45th council seat ended (temporarily) Tuesday, with Farah Louis as the victor, in large part because of the votes from the Orthodox Jewish community. Farah Louis (Photo credit: Farah Louis)The top two contenders secured more
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PROSPECT HEIGHTS/CROWN HEIGHTS — The Department of Parks and Recreation celebrates the official opening of Stroud Playground with a skating event and movie night this Friday. Elijah G. Stroud Playground (Photo: Kadia Goba/Bklyner)Start the weekend off with a fun-filled three hours of roller skating and a host of
Greenpoint
GREENPOINT — Dawn Smalls is considering a run against U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney of the 12th congressional district in 2020, according to sources close to the former public advocate candidate. Dawn Smalls (Photo: Dawn Smalls’ Twitter account)Smalls, a Democrat, who placed sixth in a 17-person race this year, recently
affordable housing
CROWN HEIGHTS—State Sen. Zelllnor Myrie hosted a dozen city representatives and advocates on Thursday who informed residents on housing issues including the recent change in the city’s area median income. [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/hpd/renters/area-median-income.page] The area median income (AMI) for a family of
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DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — Two Congressional lawmakers shot a weed ad Wednesday and they did it in Brooklyn. (From left to right) U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries and U.S. Sen. Charles “Chuck” Schumer at BRIC shooting a video to promote the decriminalization of marijuana. (Photo: Courtesy of the offices of Jeffries