Former Politics Reporter for Bklyner, covering Brooklyn politics and Crown Heights/PLG/Bed Stuy. @kadiagoba
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BAY RIDGE — Hours before the proposed MTA toll hike, Gov. Andrew Cuomo found $6 million to ensure Staten Islanders maintain the $5.50 special residence rate to cross the Verrazzano-Narrows bridge, leaving their Brooklyn neighbors out in the cold, again. Staten Islanders who participate in the MTA Rebate Program [https:
News
SUNSET PARK — Councilman Kalman Yeger risks losing his seat on the council’s Immigration Committee after tweeting,” Palestine does not exist.” City Council’s Immigration Committee Chair Carlos Menchaca released a statement Thursday casting doubt on the future of Yeger’s committee membership calling his denouncement of Palestine, “profoundly dehumanizing.
Education
EAST FLATBUSH — Two Brooklyn councilmembers voted against Mayor de Blasio’s affordable housing plan in 2016 saying the measure “largely ignores [the] most vulnerable communities.” One of those lawmakers is now the city’s public advocate and he still feels the city needs to “fix it.” Jumaane Williams. (Photo: Zainab
Central Brooklyn
FLATBUSH — Former City Councilman Jumaane Williams vacated his seat on March 20 after winning a crowded race for Public Advocate. Now, 11 candidates are gearing up for another looming special election, to occupy the empty seat, slated for May 14. In Alphabetical order, they are Anthony Alexis, Anthony Beckford, Monique
Bay Ridge
BAY RIDGE — On Monday afternoon City Councilman Justin Brannan tweeted a skunk sighting. “Skunk amok in #Bay Ridge? I’m here for it,” the tweet read. Now Brooklyn’s favorite vegetarian lawmaker is turning his animal rights advocacy into legislation through a slate of animal rights bills. Brannan introduced legislation
Crown Heights
Elijah Stroud Campus School. Kadia Goba/BklynerPROSPECT HEIGHTS — Police confirmed that gang-related gun incidents near Stroud Playground on Park Place, sparked two separate “shelter-ins [https://www.schools.nyc.gov/school-life/support/emergency-readiness]” at a nearby school just hours apart on Friday, March 15. They apprehended two armed individuals in relation
affordable housing
CROWN HEIGHTS — Developers are converting a shuttered Weeksville School, Brooklyn’s first racially integrated school, to a fully-affordable apartment building, Bklyner has learned. Located at 1634 Dean St. at the corner of Schenectady Ave., the building closed two decades ago. Now the plans propose gut renovations and turning it into
Business
PROSPECT LEFFERTS GARDEN — These aren’t your momma’s biscuits. Christoper Gandsy adored his grandmother’s buttery biscuits, but he ran into trouble when he tried to duplicate her South Carolinian tradition for his family. “My wife has a gluten allergy and we wanted that southern experience,” said Gandsy owner,
Announcements
CROWN HEIGHTS/PROSPECT HEIGHTS — A man was shot and killed outside of a baby shower Friday night at the border of Crown Heights and Prospect Heights, according to police. Police identified Courtney Tingle, of Ft. Greene’s Walt Whitman Houses as the victim. NYPD responded to a 9-1-1 call at
Announcements
EAST FLATBUSH — When Allyson Martinez bought her home in 2017, she already knew of the incessant badgering some neighbors received about selling their properties. So it was no surprise when she walked towards her home on Farragut Road to see a door hanger that read, “You should probably move to
Announcements
Cars parked in Brooklyn. Kadia Goba /BklynerEAST FLATBUSH — The decline in crime at the 67 pct. seems to be causing a false sense of security in East Flatbush, leading to an uptick in car thefts, cops say, advising folks that it is still a good idea to lock your car
Food & Drink
On his first day as a city-wide elected official Public Advocate Jumaane Williams stopped by the Community Board 17’s General Meeting on Thursday night. Williams announced he’d release his full transition team on Thursday. He did: > Thanks @IfyWorks [https://twitter.com/IfyWorks?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw]! Excited