Fight Back Bay Ridge

Bay Ridge Links Hands in Solidarity Against Nazi Posters

Fight Back Bay Ridge organized anti-racism protest on 86th and 3rd Avenue in BrooklynBAY RIDGE — As thousands marched over the Brooklyn Bridge [/jewish-solidarity-march/]in the big Solidarity rally, over 250 residents of Bay Ridge linked hands along 3rd Avenue and made it clear yesterday – hate has no home here, nor

Announcements

‘Max Rose—Do Your Job, Close The Camps’

Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerBAY RIDGE – People across the nation gathered in their neighborhoods to protest against the border camps on Tuesday. The hashtag #CloseTheCamps was created and in Brooklyn, about 200 neighbors gathered outside Congressman Max Rose’s office urging him to do better. “What’s outrageous? Kids in cages,

Announcements

Campaign Office Turns Into A Bay Ridge Community Center and Political Club

Site of Solidarity Space, a new community center coming to Bay Ridge. (Photo: Kadia Goba/Bklyner)BAY RIDGE – Former State Senate candidate Ross Barkan announced Wednesday that he’s turning his campaign office into a much-needed community center in Bay Ridge. Named Solidarity Space, it is located at 307 82nd

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Local Group Challenges State Senator Golden At Bay Ridge Summer Stroll

Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerBAY RIDGE – “Would you like a balloon? It’s from State Senator Marty Golden,” a man carrying a bundle of yellow balloons asked everyone who passed by the table that read “Re-Elect Marty Golden.” In a span of a few hours, Summer Stroll (which closed Third Avenue

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Advocates To Donovan: Demand Independent Investigation Into Trump’s Alleged Russia Ties

‘Sound the alarm’ demonstration at U.S. Congressman Dan Donovan’s Dyker Heights office. (Photo by Mary Hetteix)This week, news outlets have been abuzz with the breaking news that President Trump fired FBI director James Comey, for stated reasons that have changed [https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/05/

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Sparks Fly Across The Aisle As Bay Ridge Hosts Town Hall In Lieu Of Congressman

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

Donovan To Host Tele-Town Hall; Bay Ridge Activists Host Live Town Hall

(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

News

Donovan To Vote ‘No’ On GOP’s Obamacare Replacement Bill

(Photo via Dan Donovan’s office)Today, U.S. Congressman Dan Donovan announced his intention to vote “no” on the current draft of the GOP’s American Health Care Act, despite the package of amendments released on Monday to modify the bill. “I do not believe the legislation as currently

Health

“We Need The ACA”: Say Locals To Rep. Donovan In Video Message

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

Events

It’s Hard To Be A Republican In Brooklyn – Donovan’s Constituents Protest Chamber Event

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,