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March 5, 2012
Freelancers, Rejoice! Christine Quinn Pushes Forward With Health Center Plan
In her state-of-the-city address last month, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who is expected to run for mayor, announced that the City Council would work with the Freelancers Union to launch a flagship health center that would provide low-cost care to the city's self-employed residents. This ... More >>
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March 5, 2012
Advocates Criticize Mayor's Cuts to After-School, Child Care
It's the budget dance! It's that wonderful time of the year when advocacy groups take turns on the steps of City Hall protesting the budget cuts in their areas of interest. Last week, we reported on some advocates angry with the city's proposed cuts to HIV/AIDS services in the mayor's budget unvei ... More >>
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January 12, 2012
City Lawyers and Councilman Stephen Levin: Plan for Brooklyn Broadway Triangle is Solid
Elected officials like to be cheerleaders for affordable housing. But that doesn't mean they're always cheering for the same thing. For some Brooklyn pols speaking out this week about the Broadway Triangle -- the 31-acre parcel of city-owned land on the border of Williamsburg and Bedford-Stuyvesant, ... More >>
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January 11, 2012
Mike Bloomberg Walks By Press Conference Criticizing Him as Advocates Applaud Brooklyn Broadway Triangle Court Decision
Mayor Mike Bloomberg awkwardly walked past a press conference on the steps of City Hall this morning as advocates criticized him and called on the city to change its housing plans for Brooklyn's Broadway Triangle. The group of advocates and residents, with the support of two electeds, had rallied t ... More >>
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May 11, 2011
Did 'Hipsters' Ruin the New York City Census?
A few months ago it was reported that New York City's (already low) 50 percent return rate on census forms was brought down by "the hipster enclave of Williamsburg, Brooklyn," where only 30 percent filled out the forms that help make important funding decisions. "These young, recent graduates ... More >>
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December 9, 2010
Sidewalk ATM Crackdown! City Council Fights 'Blight' to Communities
EV GrieveThe City Council has passed a resolution to crackdown on those sidewalk ATMs. Apparently they're illegal, so while you may have to work harder to find your local bank branch next time you're strapped for cash and wandering around the East Village drunk and/or hungry, at least you won't h ... More >>
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September 21, 2010
Vito Lopez Night in Brooklyn: Re-elected Party Leader But Faces Health Fight
Bad headlines and investigations have never carried much weight with Brooklyn's Democrats. Party officials stood by past bosses Clarence Norman and Meade Esposito right up until a jury said the word "Guilty" in their respective criminal cases. They carried on that grand tradition last night b ... More >>
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December 22, 2009
Council Approves Broadway Triangle Rezoning
Much has been made of the city council's recent triple override of Mayor Bloomberg: They've answered his vetoes with second votes overruling him on the Kingsbridge Armory mall, the five-minute parking grace, and an expansion of clergy parking privileges. But yesterday they gave him the Broadway Tri ... More >>
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December 18, 2009
Atheists, Religious Abuse Support Group Team Up to Sue Church
It's been a busy year for atheists, and they're not, as you might expect, slowing down for the holidays. NYC Atheists has been charging forward on many fronts in 2009, from letting people know you can be good without God on busses, to taking its message to the streets en Espanol. And now, th ... More >>
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November 6, 2009
Cheek, in Review: 7 Days of Runnin' Scared
After the parade. Twitpic by Mzthicknflychic. Theeeee Yankees won! Doooooouuug Hoffman lost! The week was a mixed bag -- half fire, half dog poo. How 'bout them Yanks? They won one in Philly, then another, and were back home at the climax. Local merchants didn't get much out of it -- nor, Tom R ... More >>
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November 4, 2009
Reyna's Big Council Win a Defeat for Dem Boss Vito Lopez
By Aaron Howell. Yesterday incumbent city councilmember Diana Reyna defeated challenger Maritza Davila by 4,000 votes, 60 percent to 35 percent. It was a far cry from the last time the two women faced off, in the September Democratic primary, when Reyna beat Davila by a mere 250 votes aft ... More >>
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September 15, 2009
Primary Results: Vance In; Comptroller and P.A. Go to Runoffs; Council Incumbents Suffer; Rose Romps in Staten Island
Primary Day led to expected results, for the most part. For the Democratic mayoral nomination, Thompson romped, 70 to 21 percent, over Tony Avella. (Also someone named Roland Rogers got eight percent. Clearly a name to watch!) With no comptroller candidate making the 40 percent mark, John Liu and Da ... More >>
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September 1, 2009
Power Plays by Party Boss Vito Lopez
The Lord of Brooklyn, a Democratic powerbroker who is flexing his political muscles these days like a gym rat pumping the free weights
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May 29, 2009
Endorsement Fever! Aborn, Others Clean Up
The Times says today that Manhattan D.A. candidate Richard Aborn "Aims to Raise His Profile" in that race, and that he does so mainly via endorsements. We'll say -- his office alerts us to each one (other candidates are also encouraged to do so), and he's had plenty, most recently those of four Demo ... More >>
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April 14, 2009
The Machetes of Brooklyn Are Real, Says Gang Investigator
After running through Williamsburg bodega waving a machete Thursday night, 18-year-old Benedict Reyes was arrested by an officer from the 90th precinct for criminal possession of a weapon. According to the Brooklyn DA's office, Reyes claims he was brandishing the small sword to ward off a group of ... More >>
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December 15, 2008
Bushwick Rallies Against Hate Crimes
After running through Williamsburg bodega waving a machete Thursday night, 18-year-old Benedict Reyes was arrested by an officer from the 90th precinct for criminal possession of a weapon. According to the Brooklyn DA's office, Reyes claims he was brandishing the small sword to ward off a group of ... More >>
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December 11, 2008
Yassky, Other Brooklyn Pols Cave on Billburg Bike Lanes (Updated)
After running through Williamsburg bodega waving a machete Thursday night, 18-year-old Benedict Reyes was arrested by an officer from the 90th precinct for criminal possession of a weapon. According to the Brooklyn DA's office, Reyes claims he was brandishing the small sword to ward off a group of ... More >>
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October 23, 2008
Liveblogging the Term Limits Vote Part III -- (UPDATE: Bill Passes)
After running through Williamsburg bodega waving a machete Thursday night, 18-year-old Benedict Reyes was arrested by an officer from the 90th precinct for criminal possession of a weapon. According to the Brooklyn DA's office, Reyes claims he was brandishing the small sword to ward off a group of ... More >>
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August 27, 2008
Morning Papers: Queens to the Bronx, "Baaa" to "Booo"
After running through Williamsburg bodega waving a machete Thursday night, 18-year-old Benedict Reyes was arrested by an officer from the 90th precinct for criminal possession of a weapon. According to the Brooklyn DA's office, Reyes claims he was brandishing the small sword to ward off a group of ... More >>
NYC Life
December 6, 2005
Close-Up on Bushwick, Brooklyn
After running through Williamsburg bodega waving a machete Thursday night, 18-year-old Benedict Reyes was arrested by an officer from the 90th precinct for criminal possession of a weapon. According to the Brooklyn DA's office, Reyes claims he was brandishing the small sword to ward off a group of ... More >>
NYC Life
February 15, 2005
Close-Up on South Williamsburg
After running through Williamsburg bodega waving a machete Thursday night, 18-year-old Benedict Reyes was arrested by an officer from the 90th precinct for criminal possession of a weapon. According to the Brooklyn DA's office, Reyes claims he was brandishing the small sword to ward off a group of ... More >>
News
September 16, 2003
The Backroom Crowd
Indictments Looming, Power Brokering Goes on as Usual as Brooklyn Pols Meet
News
September 2, 2003
A Paucity of Choices
Few Challengers, and Fewer Issues, in Council Races
NYC Life
December 31, 2002
Close-Up on Bushwick
Few Challengers, and Fewer Issues, in Council Races

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