Bay Ridge
Protestors gather outside Rep. Nicole Malliotakis’ office in Bay Ridge on Saturday, January 9th. (Photo: Billy Richling/Bklyner)Just days after Republican Congress Member Nicole Malliotakis took office, public officials, activists and protestors gathered in Bay Ridge to demand she support the removal of President Donald Trump. But Malliotakis seems
Borough Park
Aaron Mastofsky speaking in a video interview while at the US Capitol building on Wednesday.The large crowd of Trump supporters who gathered in Washington on Wednesday to protest Congress’ certification of the election included multiple notable Brooklyn residents. As Gothamist first reported [https://gothamist.com/news/trump-fur-ever-costumed-capitol-rioter-son-brooklyn-supreme-court-judge] , among those
Election 2021
City Council candidate Steven Patzer (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)The Facebook page is called “New York Democrats [https://www.facebook.com/NYCDemocrat/].” Its profile picture is an official-looking blue “D,” and its administrator posts multiple times per day, updating its roughly 1,800 followers on political events and legislators’ birthdays.
News
Mariya Markh, a political liaison who previously worked for several Brooklyn Council Members, announced her campaign for the borough’s 48th Council District seat [https://www.markh2021.com/] on Monday. The District includes Brighton Beach, Manhattan Beach, Sheepshead Bay and parts of Midwood. Markh, who most recently worked [https://www.
News
District Leader Lori Maslow at a virtual Brooklyn Democratic Party event last month.A southern Brooklyn Democratic leader is facing calls to resign from her party post after tweets about China that many saw as racist and insensitive. On Saturday, Lori Maslow, a Democratic Party District Leader from Brooklyn’s
Central Brooklyn
This is a common sight near Graham and Metropolitan Ave intersection. By Paul Kelterborn.Paul Kelterborn is a resident of Brooklyn Community Board One and a regular bicycle commuter. The death of Adrian Coyotl De Los Santos, a bicyclist killed on December 23 [/cyclist-fatally-struck-by-mta-bus-driver/] when an MTA bus driver mowed
Central Brooklyn
On Friday afternoon, the city’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) convened an emergency virtual meeting with the city’s community boards [https://ny.curbed.com/2017/3/15/14918194/nyc-community-board-member-get-involved] . The meeting was called with 30 minutes notice, and only District Managers — the paid staffers who oversee their
Central Brooklyn
I am the first in my family to graduate from law school and the first to be a political activist in the United States. Unfortunately, I am certainly not the first woman of color to be slandered and have my qualifications called into question by those who are afraid of
Central Brooklyn
Brooklyn Democratic Party County Committee Chair Carlo Scissura at Wednesday’s virtual meeting.After a punishing virtual meeting [https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=w_eNPFJdydM&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR2Z9o_LODzzbukERPeKh11vu5Hkc2wvL0GaYx-LoGEuC_rEp2GPgGGnTLw] that lasted nearly 13 hours and was filled with delays, technical problems,
Election 2020
Democrat Darma Diaz may have won the battle for Brooklyn’s 37th City Council District seat, but she hasn’t won the war. Darma Diaz opens the door to her council member office for the first time. Credit: Karen Cherry, courtesy of Darma Diaz.Diaz was elected in November to
Announcements
Brad Lander. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)BROOKLYN – A group of 23 progressive women from across the city just endorsed Council Member Brad Lander for comptroller. Women include those in all parts of government and in the non-profit sector such as Council Members Margaret Chin and Debi Rose, former Manhattan Borough
community
Whitney Hu at South Brooklyn Mutual Aid – Brooklyn Army Terminal – 11/28/20There is no typical week for South Brooklyn Mutual Aid [https://southbkmutualaid.com/] (SBKMA) founder Whitney Hu, but every week is chock full. Amid coordinating projects as diverse as a free toy store and a house cleaners’ collective,