by Emma Davey 
After 45 years and 65 days at the job, manager of Brooklyn’s Community Board 1 Gerald Esposito announced his retirement, effective immediately, to a stunned executive board at an August 31 meeting.
Or rather, he let Chairwoman Dealice Fuller do it for him. While Esposito said that he gave his notice two weeks prior, this was the first time CB1 was hearing about it.
“To learn about it like this, this is like, a shocker”…
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