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Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010

Where was Rudy? Mayor scrubs endorsement for Grimm a day after Kerik debacle

The Brooklyn Paper
Brooklyn: So much for that Rudy Giuliani photo op! Comment.

Friday, Feb. 19, 2010

A Lowy down dirty shame: IND president booted from club

Courier-Life
Brooklyn: There’s a problem when you run someone out on a rail -- everyone gets splinters. Comment.

Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010

Stunner! Independent Neighborhood Dems poised to bounce president from club

Courier-Life
Council District 39: It’s political payback on a down and dirty old school level. Comment.

Quinn wants more jobs in Brooklyn

for Courier-Life
Brooklyn: It’s about jobs, stupid! Comment.

City lawmakers pressured to give back stipends

Courier-Life
Brooklyn: Pressure is mounting on city lawmakers to give back stipends for chairing City Council committees. Comments (1).

Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010

Battle lines drawn in fight for city’s summer jobs program

Courier-Life
Brooklyn: The city’s summer jobs program is under the budget axe, again. Comment.

Carroll Gardens candid camera could convince Landmarks

Courier-Life
Brooklyn: Preservationists are hopeful their pictures tell the city a thousand reasons to extend the Carroll Gardens Historic District. The photographs, which catalogue the entirety of the neighborhood, are part of what the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission will use to determine whether to expand the district, an initiative that continues to generate controversy. Comment.

Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010

Getting salty: Pols called in to field complaints of Red Hook’s sodium pile

Courier-Life
Brooklyn: Lydia Jimenez doesn’t have to go far to get her daily sodium requirement — the Baltic Street resident simply steps outside her home, and sticks out her tongue. Comment.

De Blasio voices support for community boards in face of charter revision

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Public Advocate: New York’s new public advocate is already building bridges to community boards, in anticipation of joint efforts on issues of local importance as well as on the broad question of how any revision of the City Charter might impact both his and their role in city government. Comment.

Monday, Feb. 15, 2010

Brooklyn pols try to save Monserrate from Senate ousting

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Brooklyn: The State Senate voted to expel embattled Queens Senator Hiram Monserrate last week, but they did it without help of a good chunk of the Brooklyn delegation. Comment.

Squadron warns of ‘poisonous’ legislature

Courier-Life
Brooklyn: State Senator Daniel Squadron delivered the “unfiltered” skinny on the state of the New York State Senate - and folks, it is not good. Comment.

Brooklyn Politics: Gillibrand isn’t rolling over

Courier-Life
Brooklyn: With everyone gossiping about Harold Ford, people tend to forget that he isn’t Brooklyn’s U.S. Senator yet. Local political leaders know this and invited their friend Kirsten Gillibrand to Boerum Hill for a special meet and greet. In other news, freshman Councilmembers Jumaane Williams and Steve Levin show some uncommon empathy. Read on for more! Comments (1).