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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
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Congressman Dan Donovan and Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis are calling on the NYPD to expand to every police precinct a drug take back initiative started by the two legislators. In 2014, Donovan — then the Richmond County District Attorney — and Malliotakis teamed up to purchase prescription drug drop boxes for each of
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Courtesy of Councilman Vincent Gentile/FacebookCouncilman Vincent Gentile, a rare third-term politician [/editorial-having-won-third-term-councilman-gentile-must-bring-home-the-bacon/] representing Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, and Bensonhurst, has been hitting up Mayor Bill de Blasio for a job before the end of his final stint in office, reports the New York Post [http://nypost.com/2016/02/
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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
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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/
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Photo submitted to Bensonhurst Bean by anonymous tipster.Councilman Vincent Gentile is joining the chorus of voices calling [/coltons-anti-waste-task-force-demands-epa-investigate-garbage-station-work-site/#.VfB4eGTBzGc] for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to investigate the construction site of the city’s planned Gravesend Bay Waste Transfer Station. Last week, Gentile penned a letter to New York
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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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Source: NYC.GOVIn the wake of a report [/three-structurally-unsound-belt-parkway-bridges-are-also-most-heavily-travelled/] that found several heavily utilized bridges in our area to be structurally unsound, Councilman Vincent Gentile has declared support for a plan that would tax overseas company profits to fund the at-risk federal Highway Trust Fund (HTF) – which sponsors a large
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Source: StatenIslandDA [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o77EVbTguEE]/YouTube Richmond County District Attorney Daniel Donovan has been named the Republican candidate for the not-yet-called special election to replace disgraced Congressman Michael Grimm [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2014/12/congressman-michael-grimm-will-resign/]. The Staten Island Advance reports [http://www.silive.com/news/
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Former Brooklyn Democratic Party Chairman and current Assemblyman Vito Lopez, in happier times. Photo by Aaron Short> “Politics are a labyrinth without a clue.” – John Adams BETWEEN THE LINES [/tag/between-the-lines/]: More than a year ago, Congressman Anthony Weiner resigned after he admitted taking part in virtual trysts with
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Brady, with Assemblywoman Weinstein, at Good Shepherd Sports Annual Little League's opening day celebration in 2011. (Source: assembly.state.ny.us)A grand jury decided not to indict the beloved monsignor of Marine Park’s Good Shepherd Roman Catholic Church on sex abuse charges. Thomas Brady, a longtime