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Bensonhurst Rallies Against Hateful Anti-Chinese Graffiti

Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerBENSONHURST – In response to the profane anti-Chinese graffiti found outside several businesses along 86th Street over the weekend, a rally was held Monday morning to denounce hate and call on the NYPD to investigate the incidents as hate crimes. “Let me be very clear. This is one

Announcements

Honoring Veterans In Brooklyn

BROOKLYN – Saturday, November 11 is Veterans Day. Government offices will be closed, there will be no mail delivery, libraries will be closed, alternate side parking is suspended but all other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect. Garbage/recycling/organics collections are on a normal schedule. Check out NYC.gov

Bay Ridge

200 Volunteers Clean Up Trash-Ridden Bensonhurst Streets

Photo via Assemblyman William Colton’s office.On Saturday, more than 200 young volunteers worked to clean up Bensonhurst. The clean-up event on Saturday, June 17, was a part of the bigger “Speak-Up & Clean-Up [/colton-and-treyger-kick-off-first-speak-up-clean-up-campaign-of-2015-bensonhurst/] ” campaign (launched in 2011) organized by Assemblyman William Colton, District Leaders Nancy Tong and Charles

Neighbors

Assemblyman Cymbrowitz Steals The Show At The Turkish Cultural Center’s Friendship Dinner

Last Thursday night Turkish Cultural Center held its 8th annual friendship dinner at the Baku Palace in Sheepshead Bay. This year the theme was combatting hate crime, and the event brought together about 300 neighbors, dignitaries, and public officials from across the borough and across religious denominations. Local Assemblyman Steven

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The Down-Low: Crack-Smoking Man Accidentally Sets Self On Fire & Other Stories You Shouldn’t Miss

Dog Parker Located in Front of Brothers Bagels at 285 Court Street (Photo by dogparker_via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BP_ViQgh_lc/?taken-by=dogparker_])The Down-Low is our round-up of stories as well as other curiosities throughout Brooklyn. And a bit of ephemera, too. Man Smoking Crack

Bensonhurst

Pooling Water At Abandoned Bath Beach Construction Site Poses Public Health Risk [UPDATED]

Photo by CouncilmanMark Treyger/Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/mark.treyger/posts/10210577341019889?pnref=story.unseen-section] An abandoned construction site in Bath Beach has been pooling with rainwater for more than a year, posing a health risk for residents, according to neighbors and elected officials. Since at least October of

Bensonhurst

Colton Blasts ‘Imposter’ Billy Thai For Misleading Leaflets

Female District Leader Nancy Tong, Male District Leader Charles Ragusa, and Assemblyman William Colton. (Photo by Bensonhurst Bean)Mysterious leaflets associating Billy Thai [/billy-thai-running-male-district-leader-47th-assembly-district/#.V2ANXuYrLWV]— a challenger for the 47th Assembly District male district leader seat — with Assemblyman William Colton and Female District Leader Nancy Tong, has the assemblyman and

Bensonhurst

Billy Thai Running For Male District Leader Of 47th AD: ‘It’s Time For A Chinese American-Born Elected Official’

Courtesy of Billy ThaiAn electrical engineer from Bensonhurst has announced that he is running for male district leader for the 47th Assembly District, challenging incumbent Charles Ragusa. Billy Thai, who works for Con Edison, penned a letter announcing his candidacy, saying “the time has come for the Chinese American community

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‘Absolutely Disgusting’ Gravesend Bay Dredging Caught On Camera

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZbq4YY_gb8&feature=youtu.be Assemblyman William Colton is outraged over raw footage which appears to show a moving construction container dropping black sludge and debris into Gravesend Bay. Dredging at the site of the controversial Southwest Brooklyn Marine Waste Transfer Station [/?s=gravesend+

City Hall

Colton’s Anti-Waste Task Force Demands EPA Investigate Garbage Station Work Site

Photo by anonymous tipster to Bensonhurst BeanAssemblyman William Colton’s Anti-Waste Task Force wrote a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last week, calling out violations at the construction site of the Gravesend Bay Waste Transfer Station. The letter, which was signed by thousands of community members and delivered

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Bay Parkway Merchants Thank Captain Taylor: ‘We Can Open Our Doors Again’

[R-L] CB 11 District Manager Marnee Elias Pavia, Dr. Tim Law, 62d Precinct’s Captain William Taylor, Jeannine Cherichetti (Treyger’s Office), District Leader Nancy Tong (Colton’s Office)Peace and quiet has returned to Bay Parkway, say business owners on the commercial strip. The merchants commended Captain William Taylor

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Cop Who Nabbed Bensonhurst’s “Biggest Burglars” Honored At 62nd Precinct

Captain Chen, Officer Postiglione, and Democratic District Leader Nancy Tong (Photo by Kimberly Connor)By Kimberly Conner A smiling woman holding a spool of blue ribbon greeted community members as they arrived at the 62nd Precinct [http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/precincts/precinct_062.shtml] (1925 Bath Avenue)

Asian Americans

Local Pols Hail Swearing In Of Brooklyn’s First Asian-American Elected Official As “Historic”

Source: Colton’s officeThe following is a press release from the offices of Assemblyman William Colton: In a historic swearing-in ceremony, Mrs. Nancy Tong became the first Asian-American elected official in the borough of Brooklyn. On Sunday, September 21st, Nancy Tong was formally sworn-in by Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams

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After Latest Bedbug Discovery On Subway, Local Pols Demand MTA Notify Public Within 24 Hours

Source: Wikimedia CommonsThe following is a press release from the offices of Councilman Mark Treyger and Assemblyman Bill Colton: Council Member Mark Treyger and Assembly Member Bill Colton are calling on the MTA to provide public notification within 24 hours of cases of confirmed bedbug sightings on any trains, buses

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Assemblyman William Colton Urges Children To Participate In Summer Reading Challenge

Assemblyman William Colton. Source: assembly.state.ny.usWouldn’t it be wonderful if your child received an official commendation from the New York State Assembly honoring them just for reading books all summer? Well, Assemblyman William Colton is reminding parents and encouraging children of all ages to participate in the