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Hotel Horrors Become Affordable Residential Units: 5th Avenue Rezoning

Neighbors shot down plans to build a hotel at this vacant lot at 9114 Fifth Avenue between 91st and 92nd Streets last year. Now the developer wants to rezone the area to develop a 9-story mixed-use development with affordable housing. (Screenshot: Google Maps)BAY RIDGE — A developer looking to build

The Home Reporter To Make Epic Endorsement For Golden

Marty Golden. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)BAY RIDGE – The Home Reporter, for the first time in more than six decades, is throwing their support behind a local political candidate and they’re siding with the boss’ friend — State Sen. Marty Golden. Charles “Chuck” F. Otey, long-time Southern Brooklynite and Golden

Molinaro Needs Help Answering Questions About Brooklyn

Gubernatorial candidate Marc Molinaro (Kadia Goba/Bklyner)CONEY ISLAND – The Republican candidate for Governor Marc Molinaro made a low-profile stop Saturday in Coney Island, and demonstrated both why he’s the sort of Republican who — in theory — could win quite a few votes in Brooklyn, and why he’s got

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

EXCLUSIVE: Andrew Gounardes On Guns And Simcha Felder

Andrew Gounardes. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)BAY RIDGE – Moms Demand Action [https://momsdemandaction.org/] believes Andrew Gounardes, who is running for the State Senate seat currently occupied by Marty Golden, is a Gun Sense Candidate of Distinction for his position on gun safety. “Every single day in this country, dozens

Senator Golden Finally Calls On Senate To Pass Speed Camera Bill

Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerAfter a 24-hour vigil outside his office [/golden-traffic-vigil/] and a rally near a public school [/treyger-speed-cameras/], State Senator Marty Golden is calling for the Senate to reconvene to pass the speed camera bill. The bill, S. 6046-C [https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/s6046/amendment/c]

Treyger Calls On State Senate At Rally As Clock Ticks on Speed Camera Programs

Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerGRAVESEND – With a program for speed cameras outside schools set to expire on July 25, Council Member Mark Treyger, along with Transportation Alternatives [https://www.transalt.org/], Families for Safe Streets [https://www.transalt.org/familiesforsafestreets], and the Department of Education, are calling on state senators to

Family, Friends of Traffic Victims Hold Vigil Outside Senator Marty Golden’s Bay Ridge Office

Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerBAY RIDGE – “The nights are the hardest. My son would’ve graduated, went to his prom this week, had a girlfriend… maybe,” Amy Cohen said, choking up. “I just miss him every day.” Parents, spouses, and loved ones gathered outside Senator Marty Golden’s Bay Ridge office

Senate Candidate Proposes Tax Plan To Benefit Small Businesses

The Bookmark Shoppe in Bay Ridge is one example of a local small business. (Photo: The Bookmark Shoppe)In an effort to improve on Governor Andrew Cuomo’s “Internet Fairness Conformity Tax” [https://www1.avalara.com/us/en/blog/2018/01/cuomo-proposes-internet-fairness-tax-online-sales-new-york.html] proposal, which would make sites like Amazon

Progressive Groups Protest State Senator’s Drug Comments in Bay Ridge

State Senator Marty Golden has been under fire for comments he made regarding the opioid epidemic (Photo: NYS Senate)BAY RIDGE – In response to State Senator Marty Golden’s racist comments about the opioid epidemic [/local-politicians-respond-to-senator-goldens-ghetto-drug-comment/] made last week, a group of local progressive politicians and community activists protested outside