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# Questioning Patriotism, Peter Luger’s Worth, Fairway For Sale, Streets, Garbage, and other stories
- URL: https://bklyner.com/questioning-patriotism-peter-lugers-worth-fairway-for-sale-streets-garbage-and-other-stories/
- Published: 2019-10-30T22:12:33.000Z
- Updated: 2019-10-30T22:12:46.000Z
- Author: Liena Zagare
- Tags: News, Nonsponsored, #wp

- [Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman and the Questioning of an American Jew’s Patriotism.](https://www.gq.com/story/alexander-vindman-immigrants-america?ref=bklyner.com) Julia Ioffe writes for GQ on the immigrant experience of Soviet Jews – Alexander Vindman and his identical twin brother [grew up in Brighton Beach](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/29/us/politics/who-is-alexander-vindman.html?ref=bklyner.com).
- [Commercial waste zones](https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/dsny/site/resources/reports/commercial-waste-zones-plan?ref=bklyner.com) pass city council, in an attempt to streamline garbage pickup.
- [Bike lane expansion](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/28/nyregion/nyc-biking-deaths-lanes.html?fbclid=IwAR1HNU32AYdKD9%5FIt6iLi-MgMhRX92-CQyR6EWwoOBwe9rmjyZENQaqmSsk&ref=bklyner.com) gets the green light from the council as well.

> Today, the [@NYCCouncil](https://twitter.com/NYCCouncil?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=bklyner.com) will vote on my Streets Master Plan. I’m committed to making New York’s streets safer for everyone, and this plan is how we’re going to do it. [pic.twitter.com/aUhhZhz9lV](https://t.co/aUhhZhz9lV?ref=bklyner.com)
> 
> — NYC Council Speaker Corey Johnson (@NYCSpeakerCoJo) [October 30, 2019](https://twitter.com/NYCSpeakerCoJo/status/1189547986654646277?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=bklyner.com)

- Peter Luger gets an [epic zero-star review by the NYT](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/29/dining/peter-luger-review-pete-wells.html?ref=bklyner.com).
- Ryerson to be co-named Walt Witman Way this Saturday:

[Since 1904, Ferdinando’s Focacceria Has Kept Sicilian Cuisine Alive in Brooklyn](https://www.ediblebrooklyn.com/2019/since-1904-ferdinandos-focacceria-has-kept-sicilian-cuisine-alive-in-brooklyn/?fbclid=IwAR3oqBoXqBsLpsd%5FthUjg9RebEeC84S3cPk4pJepPfSFnbICmYMwfEbK%5FLA&ref=bklyner.com) by Edible.

[Judy Mauer’s exhibition at The Bishop Gallery in Bed-Stuy attempts to offer a deeper look into Chasidim and bridge the gap between them and their neighbors. But does it?](https://jewishweek.timesofisrael.com/photos-in-bed-stuy-that-humanize-the-chasidim/?fbclid=IwAR2O6XbZWXzugw1hC6g2ygEH5u0uHWIexaQLKUhNwXzPtY2N9ivoo8rObxY&ref=bklyner.com) by the New York Jewish Week.

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Fairway Market in Red Hook. Liena Zagare/Bklyner

- [Fairway Market seems to be looking for new owners](https://ilovetheupperwestside.com/fairway-market-for-sale/?fbclid=IwAR3VySwuRYYUYx21sxqWxJ0ST-1Cp4IqyE%5FNp0zrpRlvluGxJIh32H0FZf8&ref=bklyner.com), as everyone celebrates the opening of another chain in Brooklyn – Wegmans.

[Ex-Yeshiva leader sentenced to two years for $3.2M school-lunch scam](https://nypost.com/2019/10/25/ex-yeshiva-leader-sentenced-to-two-years-for-3-2m-school-lunch-scam/?fbclid=IwAR1fPfSNWUcY0l9Oj7Qr6w9eXlxdotcwAWfEMF-QmA8q8bJOW%5FHcero-HbI&ref=bklyner.com) (NYPost)