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The Brooklyn DA candidates (l-r): Marc Fliedner, Patricia Gatling, Ama Dwimoh, John Gangemi, Eric Gonzalez, Anne Swern, Vincent Gentile (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)The Brooklyn Reform Coalition hosted a Brooklyn District Attorney Candidates Forum [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLK7C7Eep_ii2KGC7Vpfe_Yx8C4JE10_FZ] at the First Unitarian Church
Borough Hall
On the corner of Fulton, snapped by alexkane [https://www.flickr.com/photos/alexkane/14466211929]. Share photos with us at editor@bklyner.com, add them to our Flickr group [https://www.flickr.com/groups/thelocalfgch/], or tag them #fortgreenefocus on Instagram, and we’ll post them on the site. Also,
John Gangemi
John GangemiState Senator Marty Golden will see a challenge in this year’s state election from former Democratic City Councilman John Gangemi, Politicker reports [http://politicker.com/2014/02/john-gangemi-to-challenge-marty-golden/]. Gangemi most recently made news when he ran an unsuccessful and largely unfunded primary campaign for Brooklyn borough president, although
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Memorial candles for Leon Avery, 63, stand outside the entrance to 24 Monument Walk in the Ingersoll Houses. (Photo by Philippe Theise)Two candles stand outside the entrance of 24 Monument Walk in the violence-plagued Ingersoll Houses in memory of Leon Avery, 63, who died on the morning of Saturday,
Borough President
Source: PolitickerEver since Councilman Domenic Recchia announced last month that he wouldn’t be seeking the borough president’s seat, the race to replace term-limited Marty Markowitz grew quiet. State Senator Eric Adams appeared to have it all locked up. Enter Bensonhurst native and attorney John Gangemi, a former councilman-at-large