Business
Blackout in Mill Basin, July 21, 2019 (Photo: Todd Maisel)A cascading series of scandals involving local utility providers has more and more New Yorkers clamoring for publicly-owned power, and now they have some powerful allies. City Comptroller Scott Stringer, Assemblymember Felix Ortiz, and several candidates for office spoke Wednesday
Development
About 15 protestors held signs and chanted against the demolition of 227 Duffield Street in September of 2019 [/11th-hour-plea-to-stop-demo-of-abolitionist-place-house/], a small 3 story brick house that is slated to be demolished by a developer to make way for another skyscraper on that street. Todd Maisel/BklynerWedged between a string of
bath beach
By Clifford Michael, THE CITY [https://thecity.nyc/2020/02/bail-law-fuels-gop-challenge-to-reformer-in-swing-district.html] . A year after State Sen. Andrew Gounardes beat GOP stalwart Marty Golden, Brooklyn Republicans are weighing challenges against the freshman Democrat — with a rallying cry of undoing bail reform. Gounardes, 36, beat the longtime state senator by 1,
Election 2021
Linden Boulevard/Flatbush. Liena Zagare/BklynerNew York is in a housing crisis, exacerbated by spiraling rents [https://ny.curbed.com/2018/9/26/17901946/nyc-housing-affordability-decline-report-scott-stringer] that outpace residents’ incomes. Even after Albany dramatically strengthened our rent laws last year, thousands of New Yorkers continue to be deprived of their housing
Announcements
Blake Morris.Yesterday morning Blake Morris announced in a newsletter to his followers from his run for state senate [/blake-morris-hopes-to-unseat-state-senator-simcha-felder/] that he was running to represent the 40th Council District in the City Council. District 40 includes Ditmas Park, Flatbush and East Flatbush, Prospect Lefferts Gardens, and bits of Kensington.
community
Mayor de Blasio attends a rally to kick off the NYC Census 2020 Complete Count Campaign with community partners, labor unions, and elected officials, where the Mayor made an announcement about a new investment in community and ethnic media, at NYU on Tuesday, January 14, 2020. Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography
Bay Ridge
Katherine Walsh in Sunset Park, courtesy of Katherine Walsh.Katherine Walsh, an urban planner, is leading in the race to unseat longterm Assemblymember Felix Ortiz to represent AD51, which includes Red Hook and Sunset Park along with bits of Carroll Gardens, Borough Park, and Bay Ridge, in the New York
Education
Spring Creek Educational Campus. Nigel Roberts/BklynerOriginally posted on Chalkbeat [https://chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2020/01/27/nyc-spends-a-record-28k-per-student-but-the-state-is-footing-less-of-that-bill/?utm_source=republish&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=republish] by Reema Amin on January 27, 2020 Gov. Andrew Cuomo has touted the state’s record-high spending on education during
News
Jumaane Williams. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)“As I move around the city, one I love, I see neighborhoods shifting as rents rise, students struggling for a high quality, equitable education. I see streets that are congested and streets that are dangerous and streets I may need to march down. I
Announcements
Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney who represents New York’s 12th congressional district which includes Greenpoint along with parts of the Upper Eastside in Manhattan and Queens, formally announced her 2020 re-election campaign today. “It’s an honor and a privilege to serve the people of New York’s 12th District in
Announcements
Chaim Deutsch. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)Yesterday afternoon Southern Brooklyn Councilmember Chaim Deutsch announced that he will be running for Congress. This announcement brings the number of individuals running for the Central Brooklyn seat – New York’s 9th Congressional District that stretches from Park Slope to Sheepshead Bay – in the
Central Brooklyn
Assemblywoman Rodneyse Bichotte (center) with outgoing chair Frank Seddio (right) and Vice Chair, Annette Robinson (left). Ben Brachfeld/Bklyner Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichotte was selected as the new chair of the Brooklyn Democratic Party Monday night, becoming the first woman to hold the position and the first black woman to lead