Midwood and Bay Ridge residents react to Hamas’s release of Gilad Shalit into Israeli custody after more than five years in captivity.
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October 10, 2011October 17, 2011Brooklyn Life, Politics
Occupy Wall Street: Now What?
We checked out four Brooklyn neighborhoods, here are their thoughts on OWS: Williamsburg Bay Ridge Brooklyn Heights Bed-Stuy When they began 23 days ago, the Occupy Wall Street protests seemed little more than a limited, informal gathering. A thousand people marched. A few hundred slept in Zuccotti Park. Questions arose thick and fast; Who...
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October 10, 2011October 11, 2011Arts & Culture, Brooklyn Life, Politics
Michael Moore occupies BookCourt
Michael Moore has spent the last three weeks at Occupy Wall Street, but it was a Brooklyn bookstore he occupied Friday night. The activist filmmaker came to BookCourt, one of the oldest bookshops of the borough, to read from his new collection of short stories “Here Comes Trouble: Stories From My Life.” And Brooklyn was...
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February 15, 2011February 25, 2011Brooklyn Life, Business, Politics
Smokescreen: Why R.J. Reynolds Plastered Williamsburg on its Camel Blues
The Ink uncovers the background of a cigarette campaign that had Brooklyn up in arms.
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December 29, 2010December 29, 2010Politics
Red Hook’s Zoning Battle: Housing versus Industry
By Lea Khayata. Jay Amato thought he had it all planned. He was going to build his own house on a piece of land he bought at the corner of Van Brunt and Conover streets in Red Hook, Brooklyn. But the city rejected his construction permit for not complying with the zoning requirements. Amato’s property...
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December 13, 2010February 25, 2011Politics
City Council Members Question Ethics of DHS Study
By Beth Morrissey City Council members clashed with the Department of Homeless Services Commissioner Thursday over ethical issues related to a controversial experiment designed to evaluate the effectiveness of one of its programs to aid the homeless. The program, known as HomeBase, helps individuals and families who are at risk of becoming homeless gain access...
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December 8, 2010December 13, 2010Politics
Three Brooklyn Congressional Representatives to Lose Clout
By Miranda Neubauer Brooklyn’s clout in the new U.S. Congress will be greatly diminished come January. Despite easy victories in November, the borough’s three most powerful congressional representatives will be removed from leadership posts in three House committees when the new Republican majority is sworn in. Rep. Nydia Velazquez (D), who represents Greenpoint, Williamsburg, Bushwick...
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October 13, 2010October 14, 2010Brooklyn Life, Politics
Residents: Fare Hike Threatens “Green” Goals
By Beth Morrissey People attending an open forum in Bedford-Stuyvesant on PlaNYC, Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s sustainable development plan for the city, expressed concerns that new fare increases for public transportation are at odds with the city’s environmental goals. Participants in the forum said the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) board’s recent decision to increase fares on...
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Local Community Left Out of Biotech Center Plans
By Faaria Kherani Sunset Park’s Brooklyn Army Terminal, the embarkation point for 3 million soldiers and massive, ocean-going vessels in years past, is carving out a future as the centerpiece of Brooklyn’s commercial biotechnology boom. The New York City Economic Development Corporation (EDC) and the State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate Medical Center are...
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September 26, 2010October 4, 2010Brooklyn Life, Politics
Brooklyn Tea Party protests mosques, big government at rally
By Evan MacDonald Dr. John Press, president of the Brooklyn Tea Party, doesn’t believe in multiculturalism. Instead, he believes in “culturism.” Press believes in America’s roots as a Judeo-Christian society, and as such, his group believes in an adherence to the values associated with Judeo-Christian cultures. “When they say that all cultures are our friends,...