Courtesy of Daily NewsState Senator Carl Kruger is the target of an FBI corruption probe, in which the bureau alleges his office traded official favors for campaign contributions. The case involves several local restaurants, including Rasputin, which were asked to hold fundraisers in return for help in attaining permits. The
We’ve heard from a number of sources now that there was a shooting at around 10:07 a.m. on Avenue X between Nostrand Avenue and Haring Street. Neighbors report hearing between three and five shots in the vicinity of the Sheepshead Bay-Nostrand Housing Projects. Within minutes, several police
Courtesy of the Comptroller's OfficeMembers of the Manhattan Beach Community Group raved about Comptroller John Liu, following a town hall meeting packed with information about Liu’s war against waste and ineffeciency. “He asked questions. He was honest. He was very straightforward,” said MBCG President Zalcman. “We don’
Reader nolastname spotted this pleased plant, this sunny sapling, this, er… gay greenery… on a block in Marine Park. Some very cute street art, eh? Anyone know if there’s a back-story?
Photo courtesy of Legislative GazetteState Senator Marty Golden gathered with a handful of Senate Republicans to blast the governor on the state’s parole policies, and to introduce reforms that would make it more difficult for cop-killers to walk the streets. From Legislative Gazette [http://www.legislativegazette.com/Articles-c-2010-06-14-68573.113122_
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Courtesy of Allie_Caulfield via FlickrFrom the Brooklyn Eagle [http://www.brooklyneagle.com/categories/category.php?category_id=31&id=36218]: > BROOKLYN — Twenty-six businesses and 76 community groups sent letters in support of the restoration of funding for the New York Aquarium in Coney Island, the Bronx Zoo
Left to right: Ed Jaworski, Joe Dorinson, Lew FidlerMadison-Marine-Homecrest Civic Association – our rabble-rousing neighbors to the north – finally won an appointment to Community Board 15, with the group’s executive vice president, Joe Dorinson, to sit during the upcoming term. Community Board members are appointed by Borough President Marty Markowitz
The above clip may well go down in the annals of New York State history as the most bizarre moment of gushing hypocrisy to spill forth from that Deepwater Horizon of political corruption known as Albany. In it, State Senator Carl Kruger addresses his peers on the occasion of the
Courtesy of the MTAAs part of the deal to reinstate student metrocards, Albany is giving a thumbs up to camera enforcement of 50 miles of bus lanes along Select Bus Service / Bus Rapid Transit [/tag/bus-rapid-transit/] routes, for which Nostrand Avenue is slated for conversion. Dedicated bus lanes are a
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A two-week project by British artist Luke Jerram places 60 pianos in public venues across the five boroughs [http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h7dtqV1-s8CgLRAw-WO2MwkwM6KAD9GFTV580] . When we heard that one of these magical devices sat somewhere on the Riegelman Boardwalk in Coney Island, we knew we had to pay
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As I mentioned on Sunday, I went down to Coney Island to enjoy this year’s Mermaid Parade. And by “enjoy,” I emphatically mean “to be there and not work.” So I hung out, had una cerveza on the beach, watched the parade after a meal at Pio Pio Riko
Royal Crown Pre-School Academy and Day Care Center (1018 Avenue Y) is temporarily closed for business after having its permit revoked on June 15 by the New York City Health Department. The department’s report appears to substantiate some of the parents’ complaints in an earlier Sheepshead Bites article [/my-baby-wears-prada/