Category: Articles
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Olechowski on Top?
After all the votes were counted last Friday, it appeared that Lincoln Restler had eked out a narrow victory (53 votes out 11,000 or so cast). But nothing is simple in the 50th AD’s District Leader race – there are now reports of an 80-vote discrepancy at one polling place on Kent Avenue. Depending on…
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Restler On Top
I have not seen any official results1, but incumbent Lincoln Restler says that the final tally in the 50th AD District Leader2 has him up by 53 votes over challenger Chris Olechowski. Lincoln had been down by 51 votes (out of about 13,000 cast) in the machine tally, so the absentee ballots apparently put him…
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Vote for Lincoln
Even though I write about local politics fairly often, I don’t do endorsements very often. But Lincoln Restler is someone who I think you should vote for – he has taken a do-nothing political party position and used it as a platform for doing a lot of good things for Fort Greene, Williamsburg and Greenpoint.…
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McGuinness Rezoning
231 McGuinness rendering Michael Kwartler and Associates [photo: Greenpointers] Greenpointers has a report on a proposed rezoning for the block of McGuinness between Calyer and Greenpoint – aka, the “Blockbuster” site (remember Blockbuster? back in the 20th century they used to rent movies), across from Key Food. CB1’s Land Use committee held a hearing on…
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Taste Williamsburg Greenpoint
In case you hadn’t noticed the little advertisement off to the top right of the page, this weekend is the annual Taste Williamsburg Greenpoint fundraiser for the Northside Town Hall Community and Cultural Center. The Town Hall is a joint venture between two Northside civic groups (NAG and PFI) to acquire and redevelop the former…
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A Law to Expose City Parks’ Inequalities Is Neglected
A spokesman for Councilwoman Helen D. Foster, a Bronx Democrat who was a co-sponsor of the bill in 2008 and shepherded it through the parks committee, which she led at the time, said Ms. Foster “did not feel she remembered the legislation.” WTF?
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Lopez Stripped of Housing CommitteeChairmanship Over Sex Harass
http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/archives/148554/lopez-stripped-of-housing-committee-interns-over-sex-harass/
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Transmitter Park and the 2005 Rezoning
http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20120820/greenpoint/city-open-transmitter-park-this-weekend
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As Brooklyn Gentrifies, Some Neighborhoods are Left Behind
In its continues discovery of this place called Brooklyn, the Times learns that this is a big, diverse borough that (contra Brian Williams) does not have artisinal cheese on every street. “Here, everything remains the same,” [said Theresa Scavo, chairwoman of CB15 in southern Brooklyn]. “They don’t want Trader Joe’s. They don’t want sidewalks crowded…