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New Loans Available for Small Businesses in Lander, Carroll’s Districts Only

George’s Diner on Coney Island Avenue. Liena Zagare/Bklyner. George’s has reopened for takeout and delivery.Councilmember Brad Lander, Assemblymember Robert Carroll, the Hebrew Free Loan Society, and The Change Reaction have joined forces to provide a new option for interest-free loans to small businesses. Hoping to remedy

Business

Brooklyn Legislators Want Insurance Companies To Pay Up

LBK Pizza is open for take out and delivery only, in park Slope. Photo by Ellie Plass.New York State Senator Andrew Gounardes representing Southern Brooklyn is teaming up with Assemblymember Robert Carroll, of Brooklyn’s 44th district, to introduce legislation to require COVID-19 related incidents to be covered under

Announcements

National Grid Continues Denying New Gas, Holding Brooklyn Hostage

A sample of the letter National Grid has been sending people, asking them to lobby. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – National Grid has been denying gas to thousands of customers, asking them to lobby to get the Willaims Pipeline passed. Public Advocate Jumaane Williams called it a hostage situation.

Borough Park

Democratic District Leader Jacob Gold Steps Down

Jacob Gold, the Democratic District Leader of Brooklyn’s 44th Assembly District, announced on Friday that he will not seek reelection following a recent report that he improperly used campaign funds. Jacob Gold via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009607593092&fref=nf]The 73-year-old real estate agent

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Local Pols Propose Legislation for Safer Streets Following Deadly Park Slope Crash

Scene following the crash at 9th Street & 5th Avenue (Photo courtesy of Lloyd Mitchell)PARK SLOPE – Assembly Member Robert Carroll and Senators Jesse Hamilton and Jose Peralta were joined by other elected officials at the corner of 9th Street and Fifth Avenue on Friday morning to announce increased safety measures

Central Brooklyn

Kensington Stands In Peace Against Port Authority Pipe Bomber

Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BKLYNERKENSINGTON – Muslims, Jews, and neighbors of all different backgrounds and faiths gathered at Ave C Plaza on a cold and snowy afternoon today, along with Assembly Member Robert Carroll and Council Member Brad Lander, to stand in solidarity against the Manhattan pipe bomber [/manhattan-subway-suspect-brooklynite-authorities-confirm-developing/] who lived in

Central Brooklyn

DOT Priorities Questioned As Traffic Safety Study By PS889 / IS890 Not Completed As Promised.

PS889/IS890 on Coney Island AvenueKENSINGTON/DITMAS PARK – It’s getting to be the end of October soon, mornings are getting darker, and getting to school will become an even bigger challenge to students at the new PS889 / IS890 on Coney Island Avenue. We’ve written about the issues surrounding

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Assembly member Carroll and School Leadership at IS 890 and PS 889 Demand Action at School Traffic Safety Meeting

Principal Frangella and Assemblymember Carroll discuss traffic safety outside the school (Photo via Assemblymember Carroll’s Office)KENSINGTON/DITMAS PARK- Assemblyman Robert Carroll succeeded in bringing all relevant parties together yesterday to discuss the traffic safety situation surrounding the new school at 510 Coney Island Avenue. The school has been

News

Four SUNY Downstate School-Based Health Centers Will Remain Open For Another Year

Photo courtesy of the Office of Assembly Member Robert CarrollAssembly Members Robert Carroll and Jo Anne Simon led a rally this morning to show support for the four school-based health centers (SBHCs) that were slated to shut down [/state-budget-cuts-force-four-brooklyn-school-based-health-centers-to-close/]. SUNY Downstate Medical Center announced last month that state budget cuts

Health

Windsor Terrace Man Leads Fight For Reform Of NYS Adoption Law

Tim Monti-Wohlpart distributing informational fliers outside Kensington’s PS 130 on May 12th. Monti-Wohlpart has helped to spearhead an effort to reform New York State adoption law. (Photo: Cameron Mizell)(This story was updated on 11/11/16 with comments from readers. They are included at the bottom.) Today’s

Central Brooklyn

Windsor Terrace Man Leads Fight For Reform Of NYS Adoption Law

Tim Monti-Wohlpart distributing informational fliers outside Kensington’s PS 130 on May 12th. Monti-Wohlpart has helped to spearhead an effort to reform New York State adoption law. (Photo: Cameron Mizell)(This story was updated on 11/11/16 with comments from readers. They are included at the bottom.) Tomorrow’s

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Assemblymember Brennan To Speak In Kensington Tonight

Assemblymember James Brennan (Photo via Assemblymember Brennan’s office). Assemblymember James Brennan will speak tonight at the first Fall community meeting of the Albemarle Neighborhood Association. The meeting is open to the public. Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams is also scheduled to be at the meeting, which will be tonight

Central Brooklyn

Here’s A Breakdown Of Your Local Primary Results

Photo via e.ann.s [https://www.instagram.com/p/BKUMkEzB0rrGRKm9BYJDdzW0BaGEqwm8IwBXfs0/?tagged=ivoted&hl=en] The election results are in for the primary elections which took place on Tuesday, September 13. All races in our immediate neighborhood involved Democratic candidates. Republicans in our area are running uncontested, so they will

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Fight For Jim Brennan’s Seat May Hinge On Level Of Frustration At Dems

Photo via Robert Carroll2016.com.The battle for Jim Brennan’s New York State Assembly seat is heating up, and so is the debate about a new direction for the local Democratic Party. Three candidates seeking to represent the state assembly’s 44th district — Rob Curry-Smithson [http://www.robcurrysmithson.com/

Central Brooklyn

Get Out The Vote In Kensington’s Little Bangladesh

Community leaders at the Avenue C Plaza ribbon cutting (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)Community leaders will launch a voter registration drive in Kensington on Wednesday, July 27, to increase voter turnout among Bangladeshi-American citizens in upcoming local and national elections. Volunteers and community leaders will be at the plaza

Central Brooklyn

Fight For Jim Brennan’s Seat May Hinge On Level Of Frustration At Dems

Former Speaker of the New York State Assembly, Sheldon Silver (left), with Governor Andrew Cuomo in July, 2014. Silver, who served as speaker for 21 years, was sentenced in May to 12 years in prison on federal corruption charges. Cuomo has been criticized for not doing more to change the

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Assemblymember Jim Brennan Will Not Seek Re-Election

Photovia Assemblymember James Brennan [https://www.facebook.com/27523202673/photos/pb.27523202673.-2207520000.1464707281./10153140018207674/?type=3&theater] After 32 years of service, Jim Brennan will no longer represent our area in Albany. State Assemblymember James Brennan, whose district includes sections of Flatbush, Kensington, Midwood, Park Slope and Windsor Terrace,

Central Brooklyn

Assemblymember Jim Brennan Will Not Seek Re-Election

Photovia Assemblymember James Brennan [https://www.facebook.com/27523202673/photos/pb.27523202673.-2207520000.1464707281./10153140018207674/?type=3&theater] After 32 years of service, Jim Brennan will no longer represent our area in Albany. State Assemblymember James Brennan, whose district includes sections of Flatbush, Kensington, Midwood, Park Slope and Windsor Terrace,

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Reform Candidate For Local Democratic Party Post Secures Endorsement From CM Lander

Courtesy of Robert CarrollAn upcoming political race in our area has the potential to be quite interesting. Robert Carroll, who is attempting to unseat the current Democratic State Committee Member of the 44th Assembly District, Jacob Gold, was endorsed this week by Council Member Brad Lander and State Senator Daniel

Central Brooklyn

Reform Candidate For Local Democratic Party Post Secures Endorsement From CM Lander

Photo: Ditmas Park CornerAn upcoming political race in our area has the potential to be quite interesting. Robert Carroll, who is attempting to unseat the current Democratic State Committee Member of the 44th Assembly District, Jacob Gold, was endorsed this week by Council Member Brad Lander and State Senator Daniel

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Assemblymember Brennan To Speak At Forum Tonight On Political Corruption In Albany

New York State Capitol Building in Albany. (Photo: Kurtman 518 via Creative Commons)When you hear the word “Albany,” what’s the first thing that comes to mind? How closely do you follow state politics? Do you think that our state senators and assemblymembers have the best interests of our

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Here’s An Election That Could Really Matter – And It’s Local

Photo: Ditmas Park CornerWith all this focus on the presidential election, is it still true that all politics are local? Robert Carroll [http://www.robertcarroll2016.com] thinks so. A lifelong Brooklyn resident and a member of a politically active family, Carroll is running for Democratic State Committee Member of the

Central Brooklyn

Here’s An Election That Could Really Matter – And It’s Local

Photo: Ditmas Park CornerWith all this focus on the presidential election, is it still true that all politics are local? Robert Carroll [http://www.robertcarroll2016.com] thinks so. A lifelong Brooklyn resident and a member of a politically active family, Carroll is running for Democratic State Committee Member of the