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Bring A Toy To The City’s Largest Toys For Tots Drive Tomorrow Night In Marine Park!

As of last year, the local Toys for Tots drive has collected 55,430 toys for needy children.The 41st Assembly District Democratic Club has organized the largest Toys for Tots drive in New York City for eight years straight, and they’re aiming to make it nine this year.

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Fidler’s Toys For Tots Drive Remains Largest In New York City

The U.S. Marine Corps Toys for Tots local drive organized by Councilman Lew Fidler’s 41st Assembly District Democratic Club is again the largest such drive in New York City for the eighth consecutive year, scoring 7,750 holiday gifts for needy and disadvantaged children. While the number is

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Tensions Between Hikind And Greenfield Grow Following Primary Election

Councilman David Greenfield (Source: Facebook)The bitterness between Councilman David Greenfield and Assemblyman Dov Hikind has increased following a series of post-election jabs exchanged on social media. The Jewish Week is reporting that the icy relationship between the legislators, both political heavyweights in the Orthodox Jewish community in Borough Park,

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Local Leaders And City-Wide Candidates Converge At New Independent Democrats Reception

A New Independent Democrats reception, headed by Jacob Gold, district leader/state committeeman, 44th Assembly District, was held recently in the neighborhood at the home of retired Civil Court judge Alice Fisher Rubin. The reception was attended by more than 100 community members, judges, and elected officials. Gold (pictured above,

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Tonight: Mayoral Forum On Jewish Issues In Midwood

The Flatbush Jewish Community Coalition (FJCC), an organization comprised of a broad spectrum of community and business leaders dedicated to safeguarding the interests of the greater Flatbush Jewish community, has organized the second mayoral forum to take place locally. The forum, to be held in Midwood, begins tonight at 8:

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Where Do The Mayoral Candidates Stand On NYC Casinos?

Source: Jamie Adams via Wikimedia CommonsWe’ve been reporting on the possibility of casinos coming to New York City and New Yorkers’ lukewarm opposition to them. As the mayoral race becomes more a thing, the question arises as to where our future mayors stand on the issue. City and State

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Southern Brooklyn Toy For Tots Drive Breaks All Records… Again!

‘Tis the season for giving, and despite the continued struggles they themselves face after Superstorm Sandy, Southern Brooklyn residents proved their generosity by doling out more than 9,000 toys for last night’s Toys for Tots closeout party at the 41st Assembly District Democrats Club. Santa’s little helpers

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Berardelli Says: Bill Thompson Stole My Tagline

In a discussion that seems reminiscent of the ones we heard when Barack Obama used the phrase “Yes, we can” as his campaign slogan, Gene Berardelli (R-C) — 46th District City Council candidate running against City Councilman Lew Fidler — says that Mayoral candidate Bill Thompson stole his campaign slogan. On one