Election 2020
Screenshot of AD51 Democratic primary debate on June 17, 2020Assemblymember Felix Ortiz, fighting to retain his seat against three major challengers in the Democratic Primary, said at a debate on Wednesday [https://www.facebook.com/uproseBk/videos/1377459162444308/] that his opponents were “trying to put their knees on my neck,
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Brooklyn Protest – George Floyd – on May 29. By Adrian Childress/BklynerMayor Bill de Blasio announced this morning that steps are being taken to speed up the investigations within NYPD in cases where there’s a substantial injury to a civilian, and outlined how police disciplinary records will be made public.
Central Brooklyn
Democratic Socialist candidates for state legislature in Brooklyn are counting on a new, more personalized, but unproven, form of voter engagement, known as “friendbanking,” to turn out votes in their districts and win them seats in Albany in the June 23 primary. Candidates affiliated with the Democratic Socialists of America’
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Photo via Hercules Reid.EAST FLATBUSH – Hercules Reid, 27, is not a native Brooklynite. He was born and raised upstate and moved to Delaware to attend college. He didn’t move to Brooklyn until 2015. Four years later, he ran to be the next District 45 Council Member but didn’
Election 2020
A protester wears a “vote” mask in Foley Square, June 2, 2020. Ben Fractenberg/THE CITYChristine Chung, originally published in THE CITY [https://www.thecity.nyc/coronavirus/2020/6/11/21288841/nyc-voters-wait-for-absentee-ballots-from-backlogged-board-of-elections] As the end of May neared, nearly a quarter million New York City voters had requested absentee ballots
Destinations
MLK quote at Barclays center. Norman Oder/BklynerWhen the Barclays Center was designated [http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/20/nyregion/new-york-city-buildings-skyline.html] one of “The New Shapes of New York” by the New York Times in 2016, Justin Garrett Moore, executive director of the city’s Public Design Commission,
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Councilmember Chaim Deutsch (D-Brooklyn) chairs a hearing on veterans, Sept. 17, 2019. William Alatriste/New York City CouncilBy Clifford Michel, originally published in THE CITY [https://www.thecity.nyc/brooklyn/2020/6/9/21285995/chaim-deutsch-scorches-earth-in-stealth-campaign-to-topple-rep-yvette-clarke] The Brooklyn City Council member circulates apocalyptic video blaming current leaders for New York’s
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Brooklyn Protest – George Floyd. (Photo: Adrian Childress/Bklyner)Late yesterday, both houses of the New York State legislature passed a bill to repeal Section 50-a [https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/CVR/50-A] of the New York Civil Rights Law, which had previously shielded the disciplinary records of New York
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One South towers over Williamsburg. (Photo: Liena Zagare/Bklyner)By Claudia Irizarry Aponte, Originally published in THE CITY [https://www.thecity.nyc/2020/6/8/21284795/brooklyn-community-board-1-considers-suspending-its-2020-election] Community Board 1, which came under fire last year for using public funds to purchase an SUV for its leadership, weighs allowing executives
Central Brooklyn
Brooklyn Protest – George Floyd. (Photo: Adrian Childress/Bklyner)Following 10 days of mostly peaceful protests against police brutality, marred by at times violent clashes between NYPD and the protesters, as well as calls from residents and local politicians to cut NYPD’s budget, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced yesterday a
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Dear Neighbor, The people of New York are carrying a heavy weight in their hearts and on their shoulders this month. News of George Floyd’s murder has reverberated through our community; a traumatic reminder of the decades of institutional racism we have endured. I hear your calls, and I
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Brooklyn Protest – George Floyd – on May 29. By Adrian Childress/BklynerBROOKLYN – The race for Congressional District 9 that represents Brooklyn from Park Slope through Crown Heights, Flatbush to Midwood and Sheepshead Bay is underway, with democratic primaries on June 23. There are five candidates looking to represent Congressional District 9,