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ISAIAS NO SANDY BUT OFFERS STARK WARNING OF FURTHER STORMS Tropical Storm Isaias wasn’t as bad as Superstorm Sandy, but trees were still ripped up from the roots by hellish winds, and of course, the COVID-19 crisis raged on in the background and 300,000 customers in Brooklyn lost power. And in its wake, Elizabeth Malone, Insurance Programmer Manager at Neighborhood Housing Services of Brooklyn (NHS) OP-ED: INDUSTRY CITY AND A TALE OF ONE CITY It’s time to put to rest the ‘Tale of Two Cities’ political narrative that Mayor Bill de Blasio spun and for which he ran and won two elections. This thought came to mind last night after 10 elected officials from Brooklyn drove the final nail into the coffin for Industry City’s rezoning plan with a MAYOR DECLARES PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY FOR MEASLES Mayor Bill de Blasio earlier today declared a public health emergency in select Williamsburg zip codes -11205, 11206, 11211, 11249- following a measles outbreak affecting the Orthodox Jewish community. De Blasio alongside NYC Commissioner of Health Dr. Oxiris Barbot and Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Dr. Herminia Palacio announced the mandatory vaccinations for WWW.KINGSCOUNTYPOLITICS.COM 301 Moved Permanently. nginx RELIGIOUS JEWISH COMMUNITIES GET MESSAGE & HUNKER DOWN With a critical spotlight being shone on Brooklyn’s religious Jewish communities in places like Borough Park and Crown Heights the past couple days, an update on the current state of the communities are due, and local leaders want to make known just how serious things are being taken. Following the shutdown of Crown Heights’s most ROSE MAKES IMMEDIATE IMPACT IN BOTH WASHINGTON & THE DISTRICT Queens U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D) may be the media darling of Congress’ freshman class, but U.S. Rep. Max Rose (D-Southern Brooklyn, Staten Island) has hit the ground running with such a force of action that it is impossible to not take notice. In the last few days alone, Rose went from a White House meeting HARRIS, CONEY ISLAND RESIDENTS TAKE ON VIOLENCE IN THE Convening over a continental breakfast, Assemblymember Pamela Harris (D-Coney Island, Bay Ridge) and about 130 Coney Island community members and activists came together Saturday morning at P.S. 329 on West 30th Street to form a sense of community and educate the public about anti-violence involvement and progress. The Step Up Project teamed up with their umbrella FROM THE BROTHEL ROOM TO THE CLASSROOM A recently shuttered house of ill repute will becomes a new school if Sunset Park lawmakers Assemblyman Felix Ortiz and City Council Member Carlos Menchaca have their way. City, State and Federal authorities busted and closed the Sunny 39 Hotel on 39th Street off 5th Avenue on Oct. 15 after a several month investigation of CITY SPEEDS UP RIKERS CLOSURE, DT BROOKLYN TO GET MORE INMATES Mayor Bill de Blasio and City Council Speaker Corey Johnson today announced the city will begin transferring up to 5,000 of the 9,000 current Rikers Island jail detainees to three existing Department of Corrections (DOC) jails in Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan and the Bronx as early as next year. But the announcement also intimated another

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CAPANO, CHIRICO GET PUBLIC MATCHING FUNDS Lofty District 43 shored up an additional $163,875 from the New York City Campaign Finance Board $6-to-$1 matching funds program yesterday. Earlier this month, over half of a million dollars of public funds were doled out to six of the nine candidates running for City Council in District 43. Both Bob Capano (R) and Vincent ISAIAS NO SANDY BUT OFFERS STARK WARNING OF FURTHER STORMS Tropical Storm Isaias wasn’t as bad as Superstorm Sandy, but trees were still ripped up from the roots by hellish winds, and of course, the COVID-19 crisis raged on in the background and 300,000 customers in Brooklyn lost power. And in its wake, Elizabeth Malone, Insurance Programmer Manager at Neighborhood Housing Services of Brooklyn (NHS) OP-ED: INDUSTRY CITY AND A TALE OF ONE CITY It’s time to put to rest the ‘Tale of Two Cities’ political narrative that Mayor Bill de Blasio spun and for which he ran and won two elections. This thought came to mind last night after 10 elected officials from Brooklyn drove the final nail into the coffin for Industry City’s rezoning plan with a MAYOR DECLARES PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY FOR MEASLES Mayor Bill de Blasio earlier today declared a public health emergency in select Williamsburg zip codes -11205, 11206, 11211, 11249- following a measles outbreak affecting the Orthodox Jewish community. De Blasio alongside NYC Commissioner of Health Dr. Oxiris Barbot and Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Dr. Herminia Palacio announced the mandatory vaccinations for WWW.KINGSCOUNTYPOLITICS.COM 301 Moved Permanently. nginx RELIGIOUS JEWISH COMMUNITIES GET MESSAGE & HUNKER DOWN With a critical spotlight being shone on Brooklyn’s religious Jewish communities in places like Borough Park and Crown Heights the past couple days, an update on the current state of the communities are due, and local leaders want to make known just how serious things are being taken. Following the shutdown of Crown Heights’s most ROSE MAKES IMMEDIATE IMPACT IN BOTH WASHINGTON & THE DISTRICT Queens U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D) may be the media darling of Congress’ freshman class, but U.S. Rep. Max Rose (D-Southern Brooklyn, Staten Island) has hit the ground running with such a force of action that it is impossible to not take notice. In the last few days alone, Rose went from a White House meeting HARRIS, CONEY ISLAND RESIDENTS TAKE ON VIOLENCE IN THE Convening over a continental breakfast, Assemblymember Pamela Harris (D-Coney Island, Bay Ridge) and about 130 Coney Island community members and activists came together Saturday morning at P.S. 329 on West 30th Street to form a sense of community and educate the public about anti-violence involvement and progress. The Step Up Project teamed up with their umbrella FROM THE BROTHEL ROOM TO THE CLASSROOM A recently shuttered house of ill repute will becomes a new school if Sunset Park lawmakers Assemblyman Felix Ortiz and City Council Member Carlos Menchaca have their way. City, State and Federal authorities busted and closed the Sunny 39 Hotel on 39th Street off 5th Avenue on Oct. 15 after a several month investigation of CITY SPEEDS UP RIKERS CLOSURE, DT BROOKLYN TO GET MORE INMATES Mayor Bill de Blasio and City Council Speaker Corey Johnson today announced the city will begin transferring up to 5,000 of the 9,000 current Rikers Island jail detainees to three existing Department of Corrections (DOC) jails in Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan and the Bronx as early as next year. But the announcement also intimated another

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CAPANO, CHIRICO GET PUBLIC MATCHING FUNDS Lofty District 43 shored up an additional $163,875 from the New York City Campaign Finance Board $6-to-$1 matching funds program yesterday. Earlier this month, over half of a million dollars of public funds were doled out to six of the nine candidates running for City Council in District 43. Both Bob Capano (R) and Vincent WWW.KINGSCOUNTYPOLITICS.COM 301 Moved Permanently. nginx NETS DROP THEIR FOURTH GAME IN A ROW IN A 101-91 LOSS TO JAZZ The Brooklyn Nets find themselves in the middle of another losing streak after their 101-91 loss to the visiting Utah Jazz last night at the Barclays Center. After giving up a 11 point lead late in the third quarter the Nets (8-14) dropped their fourth straight game CITY GOVERNMENT ARCHIVES Sunday, January 10, 2021. NEWSLETTER News. Arts, Sports & Leisure; City Real Estate Scandal COMMUNITY CLOSE-UP ARCHIVES Friday, February 5, 2021. NEWSLETTER News. Arts, Sports & Leisure; City Real Estate Scandal EXCLUSIVE: MTA POSTPONES SBS B82 Exclusive: MTA Postpones SBS B82. Following intense community and local lawmaker pushback, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority today decided to postpone the planned summer rollout of the Select Bus Service (SBS) on the B82 bus route that cuts across southern Brooklyn, according to sources. A lot of credit must go to the new city’s MTA 46 AD RACE: HARRIS MAKES HER CASE FOR THE DEM NOD Amid glowing words of praise and a heartfelt and moving back story, Pam Harris, last night, made her case before about 20 Democratic Party district committee members on why she should be the Party’s choice to run for the vacant 46th District Assembly seat in a the upcoming November special election. Among those in attendance FROM THE BROTHEL ROOM TO THE CLASSROOM A recently shuttered house of ill repute will becomes a new school if Sunset Park lawmakers Assemblyman Felix Ortiz and City Council Member Carlos Menchaca have their way. City, State and Federal authorities busted and closed the Sunny 39 Hotel on 39th Street off 5th Avenue on Oct. 15 after a several month investigation of CAPANO, CHIRICO GET PUBLIC MATCHING FUNDS Lofty District 43 shored up an additional $163,875 from the New York City Campaign Finance Board $6-to-$1 matching funds program yesterday. Earlier this month, over half of a million dollars of public funds were doled out to six of the nine candidates running for City Council in District 43. Both Bob Capano (R) and Vincent FEW SURPRISES IN BROOKLYN ELECTIONS As expected there was little if any surprises in yesterday’s elections. All the incumbents won including, the borough’s two Republican elected officials State Sen. Marty Golden and Congressman Michael Grimm. Kings County Politics also welcomes the freshman class of newly elected state representatives. They include State Senator Jesse Hamilton and Assembly Members Rodneyse BKLYN LAWMAKERS ON THE MOVE JUNE 15, 2015 Ola Fundraiser Brings Out Judicial Candidates Olanike (Ola) Alabi‘s, one of the hardest working Democratic Party Assembly District Leaders, held a fundraiser yesterday at the home of retired New York City Civil Court Judge Alice Fisher Rubin and her husband Lowell Rubin in Ditmas Park. Olabi’s 57th Assembly District includes Fort Greene, Clinton

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CUOMO’S COVID COPS TARGET CYPRESS HILL’S RESTAURANT ROW Governor Andrew Cuomo’s COVID cops did a sweep along Cypress Hill’s popular restaurant row last week leveling out thousands of dollars in fines and yanking liquor licenses, leaving locals to wonder if the Spanish restaurants weren’t being targeted in a thriving lower-income commercial strip off the beaten path. Cuomo’s multi-agency task force, led by the ISAIAS NO SANDY BUT OFFERS STARK WARNING OF FURTHER STORMS Tropical Storm Isaias wasn’t as bad as Superstorm Sandy, but trees were still ripped up from the roots by hellish winds, and of course, the COVID-19 crisis raged on in the background and 300,000 customers in Brooklyn lost power. And in its wake, Elizabeth Malone, Insurance Programmer Manager at Neighborhood Housing Services of Brooklyn (NHS) OP-ED: INDUSTRY CITY AND A TALE OF ONE CITY It’s time to put to rest the ‘Tale of Two Cities’ political narrative that Mayor Bill de Blasio spun and for which he ran and won two elections. This thought came to mind last night after 10 elected officials from Brooklyn drove the final nail into the coffin for Industry City’s rezoning plan with a RELIGIOUS JEWISH COMMUNITIES GET MESSAGE & HUNKER DOWN With a critical spotlight being shone on Brooklyn’s religious Jewish communities in places like Borough Park and Crown Heights the past couple days, an update on the current state of the communities are due, and local leaders want to make known just how serious things are being taken. Following the shutdown of Crown Heights’s most RISING BROOKLYN LEADERSHIP BACK RICHARDS FOR QUEENS Kings County Democratic Chair Assemblywoman Rodneyse Bichotte (D-Flatbush, Ditmas Park) along with City Council Members Justin Brannan (D-Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, Bath Beach, Bensonhurst) and Farah Louis (D-East Flatbush, Flatbush, Flatlands, Marine Park, Midwood) yesterday endorsed Donovan Richards for Queens Borough President. They now join U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries BRANNAN AXES CHAN FROM TRANSITION TEAM AFTER RACIST TWEET City Councilmember-elect Justin Brannan released community leader Warren Chan from his 36-member transition team amid a racist comment Chan posted on Facebook. In response to a thread discussing the Alabama election turnout last night, Chan wrote, “I don’t understand why so many politically-connected Chinese people like to suck black ck.” Assemblymember Yuh-Line Niou, (D ROSE MAKES IMMEDIATE IMPACT IN BOTH WASHINGTON & THE DISTRICT Queens U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D) may be the media darling of Congress’ freshman class, but U.S. Rep. Max Rose (D-Southern Brooklyn, Staten Island) has hit the ground running with such a force of action that it is impossible to not take notice. In the last few days alone, Rose went from a White House meeting FROM THE BROTHEL ROOM TO THE CLASSROOM A recently shuttered house of ill repute will becomes a new school if Sunset Park lawmakers Assemblyman Felix Ortiz and City Council Member Carlos Menchaca have their way. City, State and Federal authorities busted and closed the Sunny 39 Hotel on 39th Street off 5th Avenue on Oct. 15 after a several month investigation of HARRIS, CONEY ISLAND RESIDENTS TAKE ON VIOLENCE IN THE Convening over a continental breakfast, Assemblymember Pamela Harris (D-Coney Island, Bay Ridge) and about 130 Coney Island community members and activists came together Saturday morning at P.S. 329 on West 30th Street to form a sense of community and educate the public about anti-violence involvement and progress. The Step Up Project teamed up with their umbrella PARKER PRISON REFORM BILL SAILS THROUGH SENATE State Sen. Kevin Parker, this week, found unanimous success on both sides of the aisle when a bill he sponsored requiring correctional facilities to provide up to date and comprehensive transitional services information to inmates prior to release, passed 57-0. The measure requires annually updated information offered to inmates to include: medical, mental health, substance CUOMO’S COVID COPS TARGET CYPRESS HILL’S RESTAURANT ROW Governor Andrew Cuomo’s COVID cops did a sweep along Cypress Hill’s popular restaurant row last week leveling out thousands of dollars in fines and yanking liquor licenses, leaving locals to wonder if the Spanish restaurants weren’t being targeted in a thriving lower-income commercial strip off the beaten path. Cuomo’s multi-agency task force, led by the ISAIAS NO SANDY BUT OFFERS STARK WARNING OF FURTHER STORMS Tropical Storm Isaias wasn’t as bad as Superstorm Sandy, but trees were still ripped up from the roots by hellish winds, and of course, the COVID-19 crisis raged on in the background and 300,000 customers in Brooklyn lost power. And in its wake, Elizabeth Malone, Insurance Programmer Manager at Neighborhood Housing Services of Brooklyn (NHS) OP-ED: INDUSTRY CITY AND A TALE OF ONE CITY It’s time to put to rest the ‘Tale of Two Cities’ political narrative that Mayor Bill de Blasio spun and for which he ran and won two elections. This thought came to mind last night after 10 elected officials from Brooklyn drove the final nail into the coffin for Industry City’s rezoning plan with a RELIGIOUS JEWISH COMMUNITIES GET MESSAGE & HUNKER DOWN With a critical spotlight being shone on Brooklyn’s religious Jewish communities in places like Borough Park and Crown Heights the past couple days, an update on the current state of the communities are due, and local leaders want to make known just how serious things are being taken. Following the shutdown of Crown Heights’s most RISING BROOKLYN LEADERSHIP BACK RICHARDS FOR QUEENS Kings County Democratic Chair Assemblywoman Rodneyse Bichotte (D-Flatbush, Ditmas Park) along with City Council Members Justin Brannan (D-Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, Bath Beach, Bensonhurst) and Farah Louis (D-East Flatbush, Flatbush, Flatlands, Marine Park, Midwood) yesterday endorsed Donovan Richards for Queens Borough President. They now join U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries BRANNAN AXES CHAN FROM TRANSITION TEAM AFTER RACIST TWEET City Councilmember-elect Justin Brannan released community leader Warren Chan from his 36-member transition team amid a racist comment Chan posted on Facebook. In response to a thread discussing the Alabama election turnout last night, Chan wrote, “I don’t understand why so many politically-connected Chinese people like to suck black ck.” Assemblymember Yuh-Line Niou, (D ROSE MAKES IMMEDIATE IMPACT IN BOTH WASHINGTON & THE DISTRICT Queens U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D) may be the media darling of Congress’ freshman class, but U.S. Rep. Max Rose (D-Southern Brooklyn, Staten Island) has hit the ground running with such a force of action that it is impossible to not take notice. In the last few days alone, Rose went from a White House meeting FROM THE BROTHEL ROOM TO THE CLASSROOM A recently shuttered house of ill repute will becomes a new school if Sunset Park lawmakers Assemblyman Felix Ortiz and City Council Member Carlos Menchaca have their way. City, State and Federal authorities busted and closed the Sunny 39 Hotel on 39th Street off 5th Avenue on Oct. 15 after a several month investigation of HARRIS, CONEY ISLAND RESIDENTS TAKE ON VIOLENCE IN THE Convening over a continental breakfast, Assemblymember Pamela Harris (D-Coney Island, Bay Ridge) and about 130 Coney Island community members and activists came together Saturday morning at P.S. 329 on West 30th Street to form a sense of community and educate the public about anti-violence involvement and progress. The Step Up Project teamed up with their umbrella PARKER PRISON REFORM BILL SAILS THROUGH SENATE State Sen. Kevin Parker, this week, found unanimous success on both sides of the aisle when a bill he sponsored requiring correctional facilities to provide up to date and comprehensive transitional services information to inmates prior to release, passed 57-0. The measure requires annually updated information offered to inmates to include: medical, mental health, substance FROM THE BROTHEL ROOM TO THE CLASSROOM A recently shuttered house of ill repute will becomes a new school if Sunset Park lawmakers Assemblyman Felix Ortiz and City Council Member Carlos Menchaca have their way. City, State and Federal authorities busted and closed the Sunny 39 Hotel on 39th Street off 5th Avenue on Oct. 15 after a several month investigation of BRANNAN AXES CHAN FROM TRANSITION TEAM AFTER RACIST TWEET City Councilmember-elect Justin Brannan released community leader Warren Chan from his 36-member transition team amid a racist comment Chan posted on Facebook. In response to a thread discussing the Alabama election turnout last night, Chan wrote, “I don’t understand why so many politically-connected Chinese people like to suck black ck.” Assemblymember Yuh-Line Niou, (D OP-ED: INDUSTRY CITY AND A TALE OF ONE CITY It’s time to put to rest the ‘Tale of Two Cities’ political narrative that Mayor Bill de Blasio spun and for which he ran and won two elections. This thought came to mind last night after 10 elected officials from Brooklyn drove the final nail into the coffin for Industry City’s rezoning plan with a NETS DROP THEIR FOURTH GAME IN A ROW IN A 101-91 LOSS TO JAZZ The Brooklyn Nets find themselves in the middle of another losing streak after their 101-91 loss to the visiting Utah Jazz last night at the Barclays Center. After giving up a 11 point lead late in the third quarter the Nets (8-14) dropped their fourth straight game CAPANO, CHIRICO GET PUBLIC MATCHING FUNDS Lofty District 43 shored up an additional $163,875 from the New York City Campaign Finance Board $6-to-$1 matching funds program yesterday. Earlier this month, over half of a million dollars of public funds were doled out to six of the nine candidates running for City Council in District 43. Both Bob Capano (R) and Vincent FEW SURPRISES IN BROOKLYN ELECTIONS As expected there was little if any surprises in yesterday’s elections. All the incumbents won including, the borough’s two Republican elected officials State Sen. Marty Golden and Congressman Michael Grimm. Kings County Politics also welcomes the freshman class of newly elected state representatives. They include State Senator Jesse Hamilton and Assembly Members Rodneyse BROOKLYN LAWMAKERS ON THE MOVE FEB. 3, 2017 City Council Member Carlos Menchaca (Sunset Park, Red Hook), the first openly gay Mexican-American member of the city council, tonight will hold a forum to address the needs of the Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Community members of New York City. “The purpose is to strategize with fellow community leaders, elected officials and community members about BROOKLYN LAWMAKERS ON THE MOVE APRIL 26, 2016 Mosley Says Reinstate Purged Voters Assemblyman Walter T. Mosley (Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, Prospect Heights, Crown Heights, Bedford-Stuyvesant) yesterday said the 125,000 registered Democrats in Brooklyn that were purged from the voting rolls for the the recent primary should be reinstated for the remaining 2016 election cycle. “It has become quite disturbing and increasingly BROOKLYN LAWMAKERS ON THE MOVE SEPT. 9, 2016 Golden 15th Annual Sept. 11 Memorial Events State Sen. Marty Golden. State Senator Martin J. Golden (Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, Bensonhurst, Marine Park, Gerritsen Beach, Gravesend) yesterday announcing plans to host his 15th Annual September 11th Memorial events.. Among the events lined up will include prayers, reflections, musical selections and a candle lighting ceremony.

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FOUR MAYORAL CANDIDATES TALK CRIME, EDUCATION AND ZONING AT VIRTUAL

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RETAILERS, NEWSPAPERS, PRINTING FIRMS OPPOSE U.S. POSTAL RATE HIKES By David Shepardson, Reuters

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SUOZZI PUSHES FED INFRASTRUCTURE MONEY FOR HIGH SPEED RAIL By Milette Millington

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GOVERNOR ANNOUNCES COMPLETION OF LAGUARDIA AIRPORT’S NEW OUTER

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YEGER, MALLIOTAKIS CONDEMN RISING ANTI-SEMITIC VIOLENCE

By Harry Parker

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SCHUMER JOINS BRONX REPS. AOC AND BOWMAN CALLING FOR FEDERAL FUNDING TO REDUCE GUN VIOLENCE

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ADAMS RELEASES PLAN TO PROTECT IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES

By Harry Parker

Police & Fire

MAYHEM IN MAY: NYPD REPORTS 22% CRIME SPIKE AND 73% SHOOTING SURGE

By Robert Pozarycki

Arts, Sports & Leisure CORNEGY, BROOKLYN ROOT FOR NETS CHAMPIONSHIP

By Ariel Pacheco

Politics

BIDEN PROPOSES 15% CORPORATE MINIMUM TAX, $1 TRILLION NEW INFRASTRUCTURE SPENDING By David Shepardson and Jarrett Renshaw, Reuters

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ACTIVISTS CALL ON ADAMS TO OPPOSE STOP-AND-FRISK

By Ben Brachfeld

Politics

‘BRUSH UP ON YOUR FACTS’: CANDID DE BLASIO HARDLY IMPRESSED BY CANDIDATES AT MAYORAL DEBATE

By Robert Pozarycki

Queens

QUEENS LAWMAKER PUSHES MENTAL HEALTH LEGISLATION TO HELP END SCOURGE

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