Former Politics Reporter for Bklyner, covering Brooklyn politics and Crown Heights/PLG/Bed Stuy. @kadiagoba
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Marty Golden. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)BAY RIDGE – The Home Reporter, for the first time in more than six decades, is throwing their support behind a local political candidate and they’re siding with the boss’ friend — State Sen. Marty Golden. Charles “Chuck” F. Otey, long-time Southern Brooklynite and Golden
Central Brooklyn
CROWN HEIGHTS — A car crash sent two neighbors to the hospital Thursday morning in Crown Heights, police said. A 47-year-old father and his and 11-year old son were crossing Brooklyn Avenue at Crown Street, when two vehicles struck each other and then propelled into the two pedestrians landing them into
Bensonhurst
SOUTHERN BROOKLYN – Two lucky Mega Million winners in Southern Brooklyn will take home $1 million as a second place consolation prize from the record-breaking lottery drawing Tuesday night. The Brooklyn ticket holders purchased their winning stubs in Bensonhurst and Gravesend. A&C Mini Market in Bensonhurst issued one of
Central Brooklyn
Jumaane Williams. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)City Councilman Jumaane Williams announced, on Tuesday, a bid for the New York City Public Advocate seat. The three-term Councilman of the 45th council district (East Flatbush, Flatbush, Flatlands, Marine Park, and Midwood) is looking to take the would-be vacant seat of current Public
Bay Ridge
BAY RIDGE/SHEEPSHEAD BAY – As Election Day nears, the crusade to win the 22nd Senate District seat is pushing both sides of the political aisle down a path of sketchy electioneering practices. During a Department of Education meeting on specialized high schools State Senator Marty Golden’s communications director, John
community
Flags flew at half-staff on Monday at the 77th precinct in Crown Heights as the department mourned the loss of Retired Police Officer Anthony Hanlon who died of a World Trade Center-related illness. He was 49. The 21-year veteran is the 157th member of the NYPD to die from 9/
Announcements
BAY RIDGE – The Bay Ridge Community Council will host a debate on October 23, at 7 pm among the Southern Brooklyn candidates, moderated by Alex Conit. State Senator 22: State Sen. Marty Golden vs Andrew Gounardes Assembly District 64: Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis vs Adam Baumel Assembly District 46: Mathylde Frontus
Announcements
Google Maps screenshot of 239 Hawthorne St.PROSPECT LEFFERTS GARDENS — Applications are closing November 5 at midnight for new one-bedroom affordable housing units in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens. There are three affordable one bedroom units available in the four-story building at 239 Hawthorne Street between Nostrand and Rogers Avenues. The building is
Arts & Culture
BEDFORD-STUYVESANT – MacArthur recipient Okwui Okpokwasili took ballet classes as a child but her performance style is rooted in her Nigerian heritage, interest in Japanese dance and the desire to highlight an underrepresented narrative in the arts — “the complexity of the black woman.” “I guess I’m always looking for the
Bushwick
A Microscopic Look at the Measles Virus (Source: Center For Disease Control via Wikimedia Commons)WILLIAMSBURG — The Department of Health announced the agency will make a measles awareness outreach after confirming six children were diagnosed with the infectious disease this month in Williamsburg. The children’s ages range from 11
Business
409 RemsenEAST FLATBUSH – Community Board 17 voted overwhelmingly against reinstating a prior variance for an automotive repair service in East Flatbush at their October 17 general meeting. Members complained the lot at 406 Remsen Avenue and Lenox Rd. — for years — has been a hub for trash, double-parked cars and barking
Arts & Culture
EAST FLATBUSH — Ariel Rouco and Augusto Turallas first met at a bar. Turallas painted a canvas of a pint of beer and chicken wings during a party celebrating the second anniversary of Rouco’s brewery in La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Two years later, the two are collaborating on a