Month: November 2009
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Here We Go Again – East River Ferry Service To Be Halted
If it’s November, it must be time to start talking about canceling East River ferry service for the winter. [The] operator of the ferry service, New York Water Taxi, says that it has not been able to come to an agreement with the city about continuing the subsidy [that is supposed to carry service through…
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Reyna Wins!
It wasn’t even close. Congratulations to Diana Reyna, who won 60% of the vote to Martiza Davila’s 35% – a 3,000+ vote margin. After a tight primary victory over Davila, and with many local Democrats crossing party lines (and the local clergy coming out) to support her opponent, Diana triumphs in an empowering victory. And…
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Waterfront Power Plant Continues to Fight in Court
http://greenpointgreen.com/2009/11/03/waterfront-power-plant-continues-to-fight-in-court-asks-to-appeal/
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Election Day
Most of the real action happened on primary day, and most of the rest of the suspense was eliminated on runoff day, but there is still an election tomorrow, and there are at least two races that really matter. One of them is that race at the top of the ticket, but locally (that’s why…
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Poor Man’s Feast – A Day in Brooklyn
http://poormansfeast.blogspot.com/2009/10/crossing-bridge-day-in-brooklyn.html
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Post Throws in Brooklyn Paper for Brooklyn Subscribers
http://www.observer.com/2009/daily-transom/brooklyn-paper-free-post