Arts & Culture
Now that summer is in full swing, there are a ton of fun events lined up for the weekend including open studios, a Prince party, a canoe race, lots of salsa, and more! Don’t forget to check out the Brooklyn LGBTQ Pride 2018 [/celebrate-lgbtq-pride-2018-in-brooklyn/] festivities happening all day Saturday!
Big Story
Constituents lined up to ask the panel questions at the progressive-organized town hall, April 19, the Bay Ridge Manor. (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER) Wednesday night, members of Congressional District 11 met in Bay Ridge for the political event that they’ve been demanding for months: a live, public town
Announcements
(Photo via Dan Donovan’s office)Next week, the 11th Congressional District will get two separate town hall meetings to discuss legislative issues and ask questions about how federal policy will play out in their neighborhoods. But one will be held without the district’s congressman. On Wednesday, April 19
Health
Activists in Bay Ridge want to de-politicize the Affordable Care Act battlefield and put a human face to the struggle to pay for coverage in southern Brooklyn and Staten Island. In a new video [https://vimeo.com/208978875] made by Courtney Scott and Rebecca Brodsky, constituents from U.S. Congressman
Bensonhurst
Photo courtesy of Bay Ridge Democrats/FacebookBay Ridge Democrats [http://www.bayridgedemocrats.org/about], a progressive political club that serves southwest Brooklyn, announced its club endorsements for the 2016 election cycle in a press release yesterday. In two primary races, the club unanimously endorsed incumbent Joanne Seminara for Female Democratic
Bensonhurst
Photo via Youtube [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAQp-hM8c1E]Erica Garner, whose father Eric died during a chokehold at the hand of a police officer, is considering a run for the congressional seat occupied by former Staten Island prosecutor Daniel Donovan, reports [http://nypost.com/2015/12/11/eric-garners-daughter-considers-running-for-congress/
11th Congressional District
Disgraced ex-Congressman Michael Grimm was sentenced to eight months in prison and one year of probation by a federal court today, seven months after pleading guilt to tax fraud [/bye-bye-michael-grimm-congressman-expected-plead-guilty-tax-fraud/] and resigning from office [/congressman-michael-grimm-will-resign/]. In January, Grimm admitted [/bye-bye-michael-grimm-congressman-expected-plead-guilty-tax-fraud/] to underreporting his earnings in relation to a fast food
11th Congressional District
Photo by winmac [https://www.flickr.com/photos/winmac/92847877/]via FlickrWith exactly two weeks left until the May 5 special election for the 11th Congressional District seat, it’s time to start thinking about who to vote for, how to vote, when to vote, and whether you’ll need
11th Congressional District
Councilman Vincent Gentile, Green Party candidate James Lane, and DA Daniel Donovan (Photo by Kimberly Conner)By Kimberly Conner It was a cold, wet evening, but things heated up quickly. Community members gathered [/11th-district-congressional-candidates-debate-bay-ridge-tuesday-march-31/] at the Guild for Exceptional Children’s headquarters building (260 68th Street) in Bay Ridge on
11th Congressional District
Courtesy of CM Vincent Gentile.Councilman Vincent Gentile is widely perceived as being the most likely Democratic contender to face off with Staten Island prosecutor Daniel Donovan for Congressman Michael Grimm’s now vacant congressional seat, reports Will Bredderman [http://observer.com/2015/01/with-cusick-out-of-contention-eyes-turn-to-gentile-to-fill-grimm-seat/] in the New York Oberserver:
11th Congressional District
Congressman Michael Grimm and Councilman Domenic RecchiaThe upcoming race between Congressman Michael Grimm and Councilman Domenic Recchia has already been contentious, and pundits have yet to point to a clear favorite. Politicker is reporting [http://politicker.com/2013/10/domenic-recchia-explains-how-hell-beat-michael-grimm/] on Recchia’s strategy to unseat Grimm, New York City’
11th Congressional District
After Congressman Michael Grimm defeated the lackluster Mark Murphy [/local-winners-from-election-day/] in the congressional elections last year by a mere seven points, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) swung towards the 11th Congressional District like the Eye of Sauron on some brave hobbits. They chose Councilman Domenic Recchia as a top-tier
11th Congressional District
Domenic Recchia. Source: FacebookCouncilman Domenic Recchia raised a whopping $412,000 in the five weeks since he announced his candidacy for the 11th Congressional District, according to a report [http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2013/04/democrat_recchia_claims_record.html] by SI Live. Recchia, who is looking
11th Congressional District
“Out of sight is not out of mind,” said Congresswoman Yvette Clarke [http://clarke.house.gov/]. “When I’m in Washington, I’m thinking about all of these communities that make up the 11th Congressional district, and the newly-formed 9th Congressional district, and I’m there because I have a