Category: Linked
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Black Mayonnaise
With all the recent press on the Greenpoint Oil Spill (its bigger!), this article is a bit out of date, but wonderful nonetheless. Author Julie Leiblach won a much-deserved award from the Society of Environmental Journalists for the article.
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Yassky, Katz & Felder, Oh My
We learn from the Sun that David Yassky has joined Melinda Katz, Simcha Felder and David Weprin in the race for New York City Comptroller. Hmm, Yassky, Katz & Felder – where have we heard of these three musketeers before? Oh yeah. I guess Weprin has the city’s preservation vote pretty well locked up.
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Guttman Trashes Massachusetts
Somehow I don’t think $6,000 is a “substantial” fine for Joshua Guttman or many other developers. Probably works out to be a bargain, given the cost of actually disposing of asbestos in a safe and legal manner. (Thanks, Laura H.)
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Nothing Like Soho
The Brooklyn Eagle fluffs for Tahoe Development: Regarding the influx of new people to their buildings, he is noticing that they are from all over the Midwest, but mostly from Manhattan and a majority of them are students whose parents are helping them. “There’s a lot of diversity,” he said. “They’re all meeting in college…
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Complaining to DOB
In terms of quality of life issues, one of the really stupid things about DOB’s BIS system is that IT DOES NOT TRACK WEEKEND PERMITS. There is an assistant commissioner who keeps a spreadsheet of weekend variance applications and permits, but you won’t find the information online. So if you want to know if the…
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Harold Leviton dies
Chances are, your (old) light switch was made in Greenpoint by Mr. Leviton (I always thought Leviton was a trade name). Leviton opened its Greenpoint factory in 1922; I have no idea if they still make anything in Brooklyn, but they have opened a large factory in China. More about Mr. Leviton at the Leviton…
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Mother Jones on the Oil Spill
Basil Seggos gets the money quote: This is a working-class community with a dirty creek in a part of Brooklyn no one really cares about, it would have perhaps been a better thing if these were river otters covered with oil. You’d have had immediate action.
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FEMA in Williamsburg
I hadn’t realized that last month’s tornado and torrential rains had done so much damage in North Brooklyn (the tornado was in far away parts of Brooklyn, not up here). Not surprising, though, given the high water tables and myriad wetlands upon which much of the neighborhood was constructed. In response, FEMA has opened a…