After a weeklong recount during which each candidate alternately claimed to be ahead, Lincoln Restler has on Wednesday narrowly defeated Warren Cohn for the State Committee/District Leader in the 50th Assembly District by 120 votes.
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August 2, 2010September 8, 2010Brooklyn Life, Politics
An Inheritance Dispute Threatens the Slave Theater, a Bed-Stuy Landmark
By Seth Berkman When Clarence Hardy received an eviction notice in December 2009, ordering him to vacate the Slave Theater in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, he could not believe it. Every day since 2004, Hardy had opened the building at around 8 a.m. and stayed until dusk, taking care of the theater as he...
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June 29, 2010September 8, 2010Brooklyn Life, Politics
Tilden High School Offering Students Last Chance To Graduate
By Gabe Kahn Steve Lampert got up from his chair at Samuel J. Tilden High School in Brooklyn in mid-June, about two weeks before the final graduation in its history. He grabbed his cell phone and told his colleague Rachel Malabas that he was going to call a certain student. “I’m going to try to...
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May 13, 2010September 8, 2010Arts & Culture, Brooklyn Life, Politics
From Russia With Love and Propaganda
This is how the world looks on Russia's government owned Channel One
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May 6, 2010May 6, 2010Brooklyn Life, Politics
Moving trucks pack up the last tenants of Atlantic Yards
By Todd Stone At the intersection of Dean Street and 6th Avenue yesterday, a U-Haul truck was parked outside of what used to be Freddy’s, a legendary Prospect Heights bar that served its last round of drinks over the weekend, after more than 70 years in business. Freddy’s is among the last of the tenants...
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April 28, 2010May 24, 2010Brooklyn Life, Politics
Tea Party Brewing In Brooklyn
By Laura Kusisto and Jack Mirkinson The Tea Party movement has come to Brooklyn, courtesy of an activist from Manhattan. John Press is an author with a doctorate in history from New York University, who was fed up with the excesses of the Bush and especially the Obama administrations and had begun going to Tea...
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April 12, 2010April 14, 2010Brooklyn Life, Politics
Greenpoint’s Polish Community in Shock After Plane Crash
After the death of President Lech Kaczynski and 95 other important political figures, Greenpoint's Polish community grieves and turns to prayer
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April 9, 2010April 23, 2010Brooklyn Life, Politics
In Bushwick, Low-Income Tenants Brace for Bad News
Thousands of low-income Brooklyn residents may find their Section 8 housing assistance revoked thanks to a city budget shortfall. In Bushwick, tenants of one project react to this week's bad news.
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April 7, 2010April 16, 2010Politics
Brooklyn Legislators Fight Paterson, But Brace For Budget Cuts
Brooklyn legislators continue to push back against Gov. David Paterson’s proposed budget, but they know cuts are coming.
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March 26, 2010March 31, 2010Politics
For the Moment, Brooklyn Sticks With Paterson
By Christopher Alessi Brooklyn Democratic leaders continue to rally publicly behind Gov. David Paterson, even as his political future becomes more uncertain with each passing day. Many of the county’s key Democrats, particularly black officials, have made it clear they would like to see the governor complete his remaining nine months in office. Despite mounting...