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Photo: Zainab IqbalBAY RIDGE – The Brooklyn Teen Republican Club chanted outside indicted Assemblywoman Pamela Harris’ office last Sunday calling her to resign . “We are here today to spread positivity, to spread change for the borough of Brooklyn so that we can ensure we have new people elected,” said Batya Goldberg
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Source: Nick Ares/FlickrMidwood resident Marcello Trebitsch, the 37-year-old son-in-law of former Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver, was sentenced to two years in prison Wednesday for running a Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors out of nearly $6 million over the course of seven years, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara announced. Trebitsch
Joseph Lentol
Photo courtesy of AM Lentol’s office.The race to fill the New York State Assembly Speaker seat — now vacated by scandal-plagued Assemblymember Sheldon Silver — won’t include local Assemblymember Joseph Lentol as a candidate. Lentol withdrew his name from consideration in after “recogniz[ing that he does] not have
Sheldon Silver
Source: asterix611 via flickrMayor Michael Bloomberg directed serious heat towards State Senator Marty Golden and two other senators this week over their opposition to the installation of speed enforcement cameras, according to a report [http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/28/nyregion/bloomberg-expresses-rage-over-failed-plan-for-speed-tracking-cameras.html?ref=nyregion&_r=1&
andrew lanza
Source: wallyg via flickrEarlier in the month, we whined reported [/staten-islanders-get-all-the-breaks-verrazano-tolls-be-reduced-for-residents/] about the discount Staten Island residents were due to get in the form of a reduced Verrazano Bridge toll. While MTA fares were being hiked citywide, we wondered what was so special about Staten Islanders that exempted them from
gambling
Source: Wikimedia CommonsThis week Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver announced he’d support [/assembly-speaker-sheldon-silver-eyes-coney-island-for-casino-destination/] a casino in Coney Island. Wednesday, Marty Markowitz began a coalition backing gambling in Coney Island, according to the Daily News. [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/brooklyn-borough-president-marty-markowitz-starts-coalition-backing-proposed-coney-island-casino-article-1.1137174] “Back in January when I called for c