Former Politics Reporter for Bklyner, covering Brooklyn politics and Crown Heights/PLG/Bed Stuy. @kadiagoba
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CROWN HEIGHTS – With two weeks left in the campaign State Sen. Jesse Hamilton’s office seems to be out to lunch. After several attempts to contact his campaign office, the campaign’s communication’s director and the chief of staff, Bklyner was unable to get the answer to a simple
Bay Ridge
CONEY ISLAND – To fill the gap as to where candidates stand on issues in the district, Bklyner brings you a series of region-specific Q&As from each candidate running in the 46th assembly district which includes Coney Island, Sea Gate and parts of Bay Ridge, Brighton Beach, Dyker Heights
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BAY RIDGE – To fill the gap as to where candidates stand on issues in the district, Bklyner brings you a series of region-specific Q&As from each candidate running in the 46th assembly district which includes Coney Island and Sea Gate and parts of Bay Ridge, Brighton Beach, Dyker
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BAY RIDGE – City Councilman Justin Brannan (D) secured almost $1.4 million dollars Thursday for cleaner streets in the 43rd Council district, addressing one of the hotly debated topics during his successful run for council, he said. Commissioner Kathryn Garcia Department of Sanitation of New York joined the councilman outside
Crown Heights
CROWN HEIGHTS – A shooting in Crown Heights on Thursday night left two men wounded and a bullet hole in State Sen. Jesse Hamilton’s (D) campaign headquarters, according to police. In what the senator called “prime time” at his campaign office, a stray bullet struck the entry door frame of
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State senatorial candidate, Julia Salazar, emerged victorious in today’s court battle seeking to throw her off the ballot. Twice, the long-term State Sen. Martin Malavé Dilan of the 18th senatorial district has brought the self-proclaimed progressive candidate in front of a judge alleging Salazar doesn’t meet the five-year
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Gubernatorial candidate Marc Molinaro (Kadia Goba/Bklyner)CONEY ISLAND – The Republican candidate for Governor Marc Molinaro made a low-profile stop Saturday in Coney Island, and demonstrated both why he’s the sort of Republican who — in theory — could win quite a few votes in Brooklyn, and why he’s got
Bay Ridge
BAY RIDGE/CONEY ISLAND – U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries is throwing his support behind Democratic candidate Ethan Lustig-Elgrably in the race to fill the vacant seat of the 46th Assembly district. Lustig-Elgrably is the first Assembly candidate to earn the congressman’s nod in this election cycle, according to a
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FLATBUSH – Congresswoman Yvette Clarke held a telephone town hall on Monday where a telecommunication company’s big push for fiber optics became a priority. After staving off a primary candidate, the U.S. Representative held her first town hall for constituents in the 9th congressional district serving most of Brooklyn.
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Coney Island/Bay Ridge – Campaign finance listings are showing clear fundraising leaders among Southern Brooklyn hopefuls looking to fill the vacant seat in the 46th Assembly District. With 55 days left before the hotly contested primary on Sept. 13, the three-way race to fill the seat of former Assemblywoman Pamela
Central Brooklyn
FLATBUSH – It was an IDC roasting. The housing crisis in Central Brooklyn dominated the candidate’s forum on Saturday as opponents of former IDC members continue to gun for the eight vulnerable senatorial seats. Former Independent Democratic Conference member State Sen. Jesse Hamilton and his senatorial opponent Zellnor Myrie, fielded
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Southern Brooklyn- After months of speculation, Chris McCreight [https://www.chrismccreight.com/why] has thrown his hat into the race to fill the vacant assembly seat in the 46th Assembly district. The news came as two local political clubs prematurely endorsed the candidate on social media. Yesterday, immediately following a