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Great bike debate on Monday in Williamsburg
The Brooklyn Paper
It’s not Lincoln vs. Douglas, but bike lane activists and opponents will participate in the 2010 version of the great debate at Pete’s Candy Store on Monday night. Comment.
Big news for Coney! Big gun to run theme park this summer
The Brooklyn Paper
Brooklyn: Coney Island’s going back to the big time, as the city announced on Wednesday that the amusement wizards behind the popular Victorian Gardens theme park will begin running an amusement park by the Boardwalk this summer. Comment.
Lawyers: Yards neighbors will enjoy decades of blight
The Brooklyn Paper
Atlantic Yards: State officials condemned Prospect Heights 21 years of upheaval by ignoring the implications of giving Atlantic Yards developer Bruce Ratner more time to build his mega-development when they renegotiated their deal with the builder last summer, project opponents alleged in court on Tuesday. Comment.
Bronx elephants on the march
Bronx Times-Reporter
The Bronx: Bronx elephants are on the march. Not in the Bronx Zoo but to Pelham Bay. The Bronx County Republican Committee has moved from Williamsbridge Road in Pelham Parkway to the corner of Middletown Road and Hobart Avenue. Comment.
Van Bramer celebrates win
TimesLedger Newspapers
Council District 26: About 1,000 residents and numerous high-profile dignitaries packed the Frank Sinatra School of Performing Arts High School auditorium Saturday evening to celebrate the inauguration of City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside), one of the borough’s two first openly gay politicians to be elected to the Council. Comment.
Bronx elephants on the march
Bronx Times-Reporter
The Bronx: Bronx elephants are on the march. Not in the Bronx Zoo but to Pelham Bay. The Bronx County Republican Committee has moved from Williamsbridge Road in Pelham Parkway to the corner of Middletown Road and Hobart Avenue. Comment.
Senate panel says Monserrate should be punished
TimesLedger Newspapers
As expected, a state Senate committee has concluded that state Sen. Hiram Monserrate (D-East Elmhurst) is unfit to serve and recommends he either be expelled or censured for his role in the injury of his girlfriend in December 2008. Comment.
Paterson vows Albany will save free MetroCards for students
for TimesLedger Newspapers
Gov. David Paterson has offered hope of saving the free school MetroCards threatened by the MTA’s drastic cuts because of the agency’s financial straits. Comment.
Padavan proposes transparency blueprint for state government
TimesLedger Newspapers
Queens: State Sen. Frank Padavan (R-Bellerose) unveiled a series of reforms last Thursday that he said would bring transparency and accountability to Albany. Comment.
Koo rolls out his plans for the future of Flushing
TimesLedger Newspapers
Council District 20: City Councilman Peter Koo (R-Flushing) at his inaugural address Sunday vowed to work with politicians on both sides of the aisle to make the borough more affordable for a middle class he said is being squeezed out of New York City. Comment.
‘State’ of security at Atlantic Yards? ESDC won’t tell us
The Brooklyn Paper
Brooklyn: Funny, these bollards didn’t look so bad in this 2007 rendering! Comment.
Judgeship protest leads to arrest
for Courier-Life
Brooklyn: Today’s arrest of a politically-connected Brooklyn Reverend who held a demonstration questioning Brooklyn’s judicial selection process has revealed a growing fissure within the Kings County Democratic Party. Comments (1).
Brooklyn pledges aid to ravaged Haiti
Courier-Life
Brooklyn: On the day after a devastating 7.0 earthquake hit Haiti, Darlie Jerveis was at home in Flatbush, trying to get information about her 76-year-old father who lives in Port-au-Prince. Comment.
Candidates to succeed Felder crawl out of the woodwork
Courier-Life
Council District 44: Add Ezra Friedlander’s name to the mix of possible candidates to succeed Simcha Felder in the City Council. Comments (2).
Thompson bows out of jail fight, City poised to begin construction
Courier-Life
Brooklyn: Officials from the city’s Department of Correction (DOC) said this week that it’s full-speed ahead on the renovation of the Brooklyn House of Detention. Comment.
Bklyn pols react to Paterson’s “State of State” speech
Courier-Life
Brooklyn: State lawmakers representing southern Brooklyn either sidestepped or took a swipe at Gov. David Paterson’s “State of the State” address, in which he set forth sweeping proposals to root out political corruption in state government. Comment.
Brooklyn politics: Kruger to face challenger?
Courier-Life
Brooklyn: This week’s political column discusses the new push to challenge State Senator Carl Kruger’s seat, plus a whole host of New Year’s Eve and inauguration shenanigans. Read on! Comment.