A new complaint of age discrimination under the City Human Rights Law was added Thursday to the lawsuit filed against the MTA by Southwest Brooklyn’s State Senator Martin Golden and Councilman Vincent Gentile.
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October 22, 2010February 3, 2011Brooklyn Life
Bike Lane Controversy Spurs Shouting Match
Groups for and against the current bicycle lane along Prospect Park West staged protests one block away from each other Thursday morning. The pro bicycle lane side had roughly 200 people of various ages while those against it totaled around 80, mostly older people.
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October 20, 2010October 21, 2010Brooklyn Life
Corrections officer charges police mistreatment
A New York City corrections officer told The Brooklyn Ink yesterday that police had handcuffed and detained her and her 13-year-old son for six hours Sunday night, grilling them into the early morning about a shoot-out that occurred in the woman’s East New York apartment building, in which one officer was shot and injured.
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October 20, 2010November 2, 2010Brooklyn Life
Bay Ridge rallies for bus service lawsuit
About 50 people gathered at the corner of Third and Bay Ridge avenues in Tuesday evening, despite the chill. Several were in wheelchairs, and many carried walking canes. Most were elderly.
None approved of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's route changes.
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October 20, 2010November 2, 2010Brooklyn Life
After school program aids working parents
Sherry Rodriguez is a single working mother of two boys, ages 7 and 9, who attend the Out of-School-Time (OST) afterschool program at P.S 282 Park Slope School. The OST programs provide students in neighborhoods across the city with a variety of academic, artistic and recreational activities free of charge.
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October 20, 2010December 18, 2010Brooklyn Life
From sketchbook to iPad
David Gallaher and Steve Ellis create comic books in Ellis’s home studio in Brooklyn. But more important than where they are made is where they will end up—not in a neighborhood comic book store, but directly onto the iPhone or iPad.
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October 14, 2010October 14, 2010Live Wire
City Council intern is latest casualty in social media mayhem
A part-time intern was fired for negative comments she posted about Brooklynites on Google buzz, reports The Gothamist. “Only Brooklyn constituents could make mondays suck more than normal,” Marissa Runco buzzed in July. “I don’t care that your neighbor’s tree has leaves falling into your yard, I don’t want to makes 15 phone calls for you cause...
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October 14, 2010October 14, 2010Live Wire
Reporter’s murder trial to include defendant’s taped statement
A judge ruled yesterday that the videotaped statement of a New York teen accused of killing a radio newsman is admissible in court, New York 1 reports. Kohn Katehis, 18, is charged with murdering George Weber in March 2009, when police say he responded to a Craiglist ad Weber posted for sex. In the video,...
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October 14, 2010October 14, 2010Live Wire
Brooklyn judge heads panel to review state sentencing laws
A blue-ribbon panel lead by a Brooklyn judge and a Manhattan prosecutor, will attempt to fix New York’s sentencing laws, which Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman described as “a hodgepodge with no rhyme or reason.” The New York Daily News reports that the Permanent Sentencing Commission for New York State, which Lippman commissioned, will examine laws...
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October 14, 2010October 14, 2010Live Wire
Brooklyn hip hop prodigy raps, “Stop Looking at my Moms”
Brian Bradley has racked up 200,000 views for a youtube video demanding that men stop eyeing his mother, New York Daily News reports. “Just ’cause I’m a shorty, don’t think I won’t do you no harm – stop looking at my moms!” raps the 14-year-old, who goes by Astronomical Kid. The 5’3” rapper has released...