![Brooklyn GOP Should Revoke Invitation to Anti-Semitic and Islamophobic Speaker Sebastian Gorka [OPINION]](/content/images/size/w600/bklyner/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Gorka-Not-in-My-BK.jpg)
News
May 14, 2018 To the Kings County Republican Party: Last month news leaked that the Brooklyn GOP would be hosting a fundraiser in Dyker Heights, featuring as guest speaker noted anti-Semitic and Islamophobic propagandist Sebastian Gorka. Gorka, who infamously wore the badge of a group of World War II Nazi
Central Brooklyn
By: Representative Yvette D. Clarke and Internet Association President & CEO Michael Beckerman The internet is about opportunity. Its evolution continues to open doors for students to further their education, for communities to exchange ideas, and for small businesses to leverage tools that help them market their products and engage
Business
From Assemblymember Jaime Williams (D59): Unbeknownst to the residents of Marine Park, Mill Basin and the Rockaways, the “Party Boats”, with their intoxicated and rambunctious revelers, were moved to the Mill Basin area. The quiet inlet off of Jamaica Bay will no longer be so quiet. In a surprise phone
Coney Island
We received the following email yesterday from a student at Coney Island Prep, [http://coneyislandprep.org/] a public charter school of who’s first graduating class last year 100% of students were accepted to college. Charter Schools remain a controversial subject [https://www.chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2018/01/31/
Education
PS 67 on the right serves students mostly from Ingersoll and Walt Whitman Houses.By Kyesha Jackson, Principal of PS 67 It takes a lot of work to turn a school around, but with a dedicated staff who understands the needs of our students — both academic and social-motional — and an
Borough Park
Boundaries of NY Senate District 17 via Senator Simcha Felder’s home page.By Naomi Rabeeya In the past few weeks I have received a number of communications from my state senator, Simcha Felder. There was the fire safety alert, library forgiveness for unpaid late fees, a card offering health
Eastern Brooklyn
Via Google Steet View.By Tiffany Halsey, Dyasia Perez and Keyanna Rice Recently, news came out that the Department of Education might be adding more schools to Mayor de Blasio’s Renewal School program. As parents whose children attend P.S. 306 Ethan Allen, an existing Renewal School in East
Central Brooklyn
By State Senator Kevin Parker Two recent shootings involving police officers – one of an emotionally disturbed man in the Flatbush section of my district, and the other of a police officer on tour in Cypress Hills, have once again given rise to the national debate about policing and the training
Central Brooklyn
No Standing signs by the entrance on Hinckley Place were the only improvements around the school #Day2 at PS889 (Liena Zagare/BKLYNER)We received the following Letter to The Editor from a parent of P.S. 889 student in response to our coverage of the safety surrounding PS889 on Coney
brighton beach
Received in response to our article about the opening of the much anticipated Big Bazaar [/discount-supermarket-finally-replaces-brighton-beachs-shuttered-met-foods/] in Brighton Beach, that locals hoped would fill the void created by the closing of The Met food store. Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNEREditor: For over a year Brighton Beach residents have anticipated the
News
We received the following Opinion Piece from Naomi Rabeeya, a neighbor in State Senator Simcha Felder’s District in response to receiving one of his regular mailings to his constituents (see above).We welcome opinion pieces and letters to the editor on topics that relate to Brooklyn. To submit, please
Bensonhurst
Editor’s note: We have received the below letter to the editor from Congressman Dan Donovan’s office, in response to one by his constituent requesting a public town hall [/donovan-constituents-want-face-face-town-hall/]. The original story about the Chamber of Commerce event is here [/hard-republican-brooklyn-donovans-constituents-protest-chamber-event/], along with a video of the event