Brooklyn District Attorney Charles “Joe” Hynes is about to add television personality to resume, but his opponents for the office are far from star-struck.
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April 6, 2013September 30, 2019Brooklyn Life, Politics
Decision-making Power over Real Money
For the first time, local residents of Brooklyn Heights and surrounding neighborhoods in Brooklyn’s 33rd District, and have real decision-making power, through Participatory Budgeting, a program in which residents vote directly to decide how to spend up to $1 million of their council member’s discretionary funding.
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March 15, 2013September 30, 2019Brooklyn Life, Crime, Politics
After Protest Arrest, Back in Court 13 Times – And Counting
New York City activist Christina Gonzalez talks about the sacrifices that go along with fighting for change, during her thirteenth scheduled hearing.
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March 5, 2013September 30, 2019Brooklyn Life, Politics
Adams Announces Bid for Brooklyn BP Amid Tragedy
What does one do as the lead candidate in a race for Brooklyn Borough President? He announces his candidacy outside Borough Hall so he can begin measuring the drapes and picking out furniture. At least that’s what current Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz said when Eric Adams officially began his campaign to succeed him on...
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March 3, 2013September 30, 2019Politics
Brooklyn-born Activist Promises Co-Ed Showers If Elected As Mayor
Having become somewhat of a New York City icon, political activist and infamous Union Square character, Roman Shusterman, who resides in Sheepshead Bay, has decided to run for mayor. Is he serious about winning? Not really. But a conversation with the Brooklyn native, reveals a genuine method and sincerity to his madness.
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February 14, 2013September 30, 2019Politics
In Sunset Park, High Hopes for Immigration Reform
Maura Romero is part of the large population of Mexican immigrants living in Sunset Park who will be affected by the outcome of immigration reform, a topic President Barack Obama did not ignore in his State of the Union address Tuesday night.
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February 1, 2013September 30, 2019Death in Brooklyn, Politics
How’s New York Doing? City Mourns One of Its Most Colorful Mayors
By 9 a.m. Friday it had sunk in; Wikipedia had it. Ed Koch, the brashly quintessential New Yorker, World War II veteran, United States Congressman and Mayor of New York City, was dead at 88 of congested heart failure. “How’m I doing?” His Honor was known to ask random passersby on New York’s streets, a...
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November 5, 2012September 30, 2019Politics
Staten Island: Toward a New Normal
Storms and politics aside, the borough is changing.
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October 16, 2012September 30, 2019Multimedia, Politics
LIVE BLOG: Countdown to the Showdown
The Brooklyn Ink Staff brings you live coverage from the county of Kings on round two of the nationally televised presidential debates. Weigh in on your choice contender!
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Letter from Little Pakistan
Coney Island Avenue felt busy on a recent Saturday afternoon, except in the neighborhood between Avenue H and Beverly Road known as “Little Pakistan.”