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Central Brooklyn

Ousted Politician Cruises in Campaign-Finaced Mercedes, Shopkeepers Embrace Street Art With Murals & More of Today’s Links

The Williamsburg Bridge silhouetted against the setting sun this weekend (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)Whether or not Ben Stiller showed up at your house to canvas [https://brooklynreporter.com/2018/11/actor-ben-stiller-spotted-canvassing-bay-ridge-with-dem-state-senate-hopeful/] this week, we hope you braved the rain and the long lines [/ballot-scanners-down-throughout-brooklyn/] and made it out to vote

News

City Council Speaker Calls for BOE Head To Resign

Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerBROOKLYN – The citywide scanner snafu is getting the attention of lawmakers with City Council Speaker Corey Johnson calling for the resignation of the top man at the New York City Board of Elections. Johnson retweeted an interview [https://twitter.com/LindseyChrist/status/1059849434945806343?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%

east flatbush

Opinion: We Need Better Trained Poll Workers

Susan McKinney Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, an East Flatbush polling site. EAST FLATBUSH — Today there are numerous reports of broken scanners, but let’s address the issue of poorly trained poll site workers too. Around 8:00 am this morning I walked into my polling site at the Susan McKinney

Borough Park

Ballot Scanners Down Throughout Brooklyn

BROOKLYN – Voters were in a well-deserved tizzy this morning around 9:30 am when all of the scanners at one Crown Heights polling site went down. A long line of voters was instructed to drop their ballots into boxes at PS 22 inside 443 St. Marks Ave. this morning because

Business

Years Of 3rd Avenue Construction Coming To An End

GOWANUS – As reported back in March [/years-construction-3rd-avenue-impacts-gowanus-small-businesses/], years of disruptive construction forced Twig Terrariums to move out of 287 3rd Avenue (at Carroll Street) after seven years at the storefront. Now nearly eight months later, the construction may finally be coming to an end. Work on 3rd Avenue at Carroll

Brooklyn Heights

Teenagers Arrested For Drawing Swastikas in Brooklyn Heights

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – Two teenagers have been arrested and charged after drawing swastikas on residences in Brooklyn Heights last week, police confirmed. Jarrick Wiltshire, 18, and Daul Moultrie, 17, both turned themselves in and were arrested after police circulated surveillance photos of the suspects following the incident, which took place on

News

Sloppy Start on Election Day

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Dozens of voters looking to cast their ballot Downtown Brooklyn were met with shut doors this morning at one of the boroughs most active voting sites. Brooklyn resident Faiza Chowderman said she and her husband arrived to the closed polling site at Urban Assembly School of Law and

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GOTV! Please Vote Tomorrow!

Election time is here! The General Election will be held tomorrow, November 6. Doors will be open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. If you are registered and eligible to vote, please do! Find out where your polling site is with this locator [https://nyc.pollsitelocator.com/search]

Downtown Brooklyn

Shirley Chisholm Honored For Service 50 Years Later

Congress members Joe Crowley, Hakeem Jeffries, Yvette Clarke, Assemblymember Walter Mosley and Congresswoman Carolyn MaloneyDOWNTOWN BROOKLYN— Members of the congressional delegation announced Monday, November 5, a bill to honor Shirley Chisholm, who 50 years ago was elected to Congress on this day. U.S. Representatives Hakeem Jeffries introduced bill H.

Downtown Brooklyn

Work Begins At One Willoughby Square, A 34-Story Office Tower Across From City Point

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Crews have begun work on the foundation and lower levels of One Willoughby Square, a new 34-story office tower rising at 420 Albee Square across from City Point, New York YIMBY [https://newyorkyimby.com/2018/11/one-willoughby-square-begins-ascent-towards-495-foot-pinnacle-in-downtown-brooklyn.html] reports. One Willoughby Square, rendering by DBOXThe site is visible

Bed Stuy

Rise in Anti-Semitic Crimes Across Brooklyn Brings Condemnation, Calls to Action from Politicians

Members of the Jewish community gather at a rally following the mass shooting at a synagogue in Pittsburgh. Since then, a string of hate crimes targeting the Jewish community has followed in Brooklyn (Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)An uptick in anti-Semitic crimes across Brooklyn in the weeks following the tragic shooting

Education

As city starts collecting data on inequities in PTA fundraising, the search is on for potential solutions

Families from Community Roots Charter School in Brooklyn hold a bake sale. ChalkbeatBy Reema Amin, Chalkbeat When Susan Moesker’s son started sixth grade five years ago at Boerum Hill School for International Studies in Brooklyn, there was no active PTA. The school, she said, “has a wonderful and diverse

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