ICYMI: Salvation Army Closing In Sheepshead Bay, 61st Loses Another Commanding Officer, Meet The Lords Of NY Harbor
In Case You Missed It (ICYMI): Here are some of the big stories you may have missed this week. You can keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week long. Just follow us on Twitter and Facebook, and sign up for our daily newsletter. If you have any news tips, story ideas, questions or anything else, email us at editor@sheepsheadbites.com.
- An audit by the comptroller’s office reveals Sheepshead Bay’s public housing complexes are once again among the most neglected NYCHA properties in Brooklyn.
- Sheepshead Bay’s station house has lost it’s fourth commanding officer in three years. Deputy Inspector Valdez will be heading up a troubled precinct in the Bronx.
- Sheepshead Bay’s Salvation Army Thrift store is closing shop. Not to worry though. The store will reopen this fall in a bigger location a few blocks away.
- Meet Kingsborough’s future lords of New York Harbor as they team up with the Coast Guard for a training exercise.
- Officers from the 61st Precinct helped rescue two people off the coast of Manhattan Beach.
- A Brooklyn jury convicted State Senator John Sampson of obstruction of justice and lying to federal agents as part of a corruption case.
- The City Council passed a bill to shore up telecommunications infrastructure in case of a future Sandy-sized storm.
- FEMA has approved $100k to begin the initial phase of reconstructing Sea Gate’s damaged flood barrier, which was destroyed by Hurricane Sandy.
- Kingsborough launched a STEM summer boot camp in its new $200,000 science lab.
