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Brooklyn Borough President

Incumbent: Marty Markowitz (D, WF)

Challengers: Marc D’Ottavio (R, C), Michael Sanchez (Libertarian).

August, 2010

Marty’s prison labor! Beep’s concert series gets inmates to cut costs

Courier-Life
Brooklyn Borough President: Call it Marty’s “con”-cert series. Comment.

March, 2010

‘Cheesy’ start to new charter revision commission

Courier-Life
Brooklyn Borough President: Let them eat cheesecake! Comment.

Marty backs Downtown Brooklyn Partnership as money dries up

Courier-Life
Brooklyn Borough President: As the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership (DBP) faces a major hit in funding, they are finding an ally in Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz. Comments (1).

February, 2010

Markowitz grilled in discrimination suit 

Courier-Life
Brooklyn Borough President: Borough President Marty Markowitz was put on the hot seat last Friday when he was grilled for nearly four hours about a discrimination lawsuit filed against him back in 2007. Comment.

More jeers for CB13 and Markowitz

Courier-Life
Brooklyn Borough President: Brighton Beach and Coney Island residents spoke out against the Borough President’s plan to spend $64 million in taxpayer money to build an amphitheater in Asser Levy Seaside Park — a plan many contend is unwise while the city and state prepare to cut services due to the worsening economy. Comment.

Watch out Marty: Civic to tackle Fourth Avenue too

Courier-Life
Brooklyn Borough President: The borough’s top boss isn’t the only one with high hopes for Fourth Avenue, a thoroughfare slated to receive intense scrutiny from those who believe its best days could be in front of it. Comment.

Impending renovation of Loew’s Kings headlines beep’s State of the Boro

Courier-Life
Brooklyn Borough President: The soaring interior of the Park Slope Armory was a fitting setting for what has become an annual extravaganza under Brooklyn’s ebullient Borough President, Marty Markowitz – the yearly State of the Borough address. Comment.

January, 2010

Brooklyn borough president setting sights on banks too

Courier-Life
Brooklyn Borough President: Barack Obama’s not the only president who’s getting tough on banks. Comment.
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