Announcements
Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerThe 2018 Congressional Primaries have come and gone. The winners? Two incumbents: Dan Donovan of District 11 and Yvette Clarke of District 9. District 9 (Park Slope, Flatbush, Sheepshead, Crown Heights) had a total of 28,533 voters [https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/06/26/us/
News
Photo by BKLYNERLast Thursday, President Trump announced [http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/06/01/530748899/watch-live-trump-announces-decision-on-paris-climate-agreement] his withdrawal of the United States from the Paris Agreement. The Paris Agreement is a 2015 climate deal made by 195 countries around the world with a goal to reduce greenhouse gas
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
Editor’s note: We have received the below letter to the editor from Congressman Dan Donovan’s office, in response to one by his constituent requesting a public town hall [/donovan-constituents-want-face-face-town-hall/]. The original story about the Chamber of Commerce event is here [/hard-republican-brooklyn-donovans-constituents-protest-chamber-event/], along with a video of the event
Opinion
Congressman Dan Donovan. (Photo via the Congressman’s Facebook page [https://www.facebook.com/RepDanDonovan/])Re: It’s Hard to be a Republican in Brooklyn – Donovan’s Constituents Protest Chamber Event, 2/6/17, by Liena Zagare To the Editor, I was one of the protesters who confronted Congressman Dan
Events
Dan Donovan is Brooklyn’s only Republican Congressman, representing Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst, Gravesend and Staten Island for the 11th Congressional District, and at least some of his Brooklyn constituents are really unhappy. This morning the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce held a Brooklyn Newsmakers breakfast series with the Brooklyn Congressional Delegation,
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Photo by Ben Cohn/ Bensonhurst BeanOfficers of the Anti-Crime Unit were honored at May’s 62nd Precinct Community Council meeting Tuesday.In recent weeks, there have been several large-scale busts including the seizure of 200 pounds of marijuana [/cops-recover-206-pounds-pot-bensonhurst-apartment-raid/] and two separate gun arrests. [/storekeeper-arrested-waving-gun-teens/]The five honored cops are
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Souce: Michael Grimm/FacebookDisgraced ex-congressman Michael Grimm was released from prison last week after serving seven of his eight-month prison sentence for tax evasion, the Daily News reports [http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/tax-dodging-rep-michael-grimm-finishes-horrible-prison-term-article-1.2627765] . Grimm was sent to a federal prison [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2015/09/michael-grimm-inmate-83479-053-begins-eight-month-prison-sentence/
Health
Congressman Dan Donovan and Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis are calling on the NYPD to expand their drug take back initiative to every police precinct in the city. In 2014, Donovan — then the Richmond County District Attorney — and Malliotakis teamed up to purchase prescription drug drop boxes for each of Staten Island’
News
Photo by dragonpreneurl [https://www.flickr.com/photos/dragonpreneur/8134141527/] via FlickrCongressman Dan Donovan announced a district-wide app challenge as part of the U.S. House of Representatives’ focus on advancing Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) education today. Students (ages 13 and up) of all backgrounds and skill levels
Nonsponsored
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/
21st century cures act
Source: Rep. Daniel Donovan’s OfficeCongressman Dan Donovan met with cancer research advocates from Staten Island and Brooklyn Tuesday to discuss a new measure aimed at advancing medical research, and to call on Senate to pass the bill. Donovan is a co-sponsor the 21st Century Cures Act — legislation that provides
charleston massacre
Source: Congressman Hakeem Jeffries/FacebookSome are scratching their heads over why a Dyker Heights street would be named for a Confederate Civil War general — including Congressman Hakeem Jeffries. The mile-long General Lee Avenue, which runs through the Fort Hamilton Army Base, is named for Robert E. Lee, who served at
Dan Donovan
Photo by Dan Donovan for Congress ["https://www.facebook.com/DanDonovanSI/photos/pb.584345048364491.-2207520000.1430743885./639312992867696/?type=1&theater</a] The numbers are in. Staten Island District Attorney Daniel Donovan sailed to victory over opponent Councilman Vincent Gentile in last night’s special election. Republican Donovan
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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 [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2015/03/11th-district-congressional-candidates-debate-bay-ridge-tuesday-march-31/] at the Guild for Exceptional Children’s headquarters building (260