Yesterday was the year anniversary of the 7-alarm fire that razed the CitiStorage warehouse on the Williamsburg waterfront. At a rally held near the site on N. 11th Street and […]
Tag: Joe Lentol
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A Meeker Avenue Proposal Cometh in the New Year
Because we’re all natural skeptics, we’ll maintain the premise that no meek shall cross the pedestrian thoroughfare at Meeker Avenue. Then again, things in that area might get a little […]
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BRC Homeless Shelter will NOT be getting 16 new Sex Offenders
Yesterday morning I received an email with the words WATCH OUT in big bold letters. Sitting in my inbox, like a sack of rotting onions, was a link to […]
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“People here aren’t afraid of getting mugged – they’re afraid of getting hit.” – Assemblyman Lentol
Press Release via Joe Lentol’s Office: Assemblyman Lentol Responds to Latest Tragedy on McGuinness Boulevard Assemblyman Joseph R. Lentol (D-North Brooklyn) responded today to the tragic death of a young woman Sunday night […]
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Greenpoint and the Sequester: Chat With State Comptroller DiNapoli
We’ve all heard of the Sequester, the terribly and amazingly large amount of money the U.S. government is currently slashing from the budget, what President Obama has referred to as […]
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Greenpoint Portrait: Joe Lentol & Brook The Cat
Assemblyman Joe Lentol is one of my favorite Greenpointers, not only because he is supportive of the arts community, the local food movement and an animal lover, but because the […]
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Fracking Moratorium For Two Years: Praise The Lord…
…or praise people with common sense who care more about the safety and well being of citizens and our environment than making gas companies richer. As announced on Joe Lentol’s […]
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Greenpoint Film Festival Day 3: Community, Environment and Tom Jarmusch
In what was an inspired choice of venue, day three of the Greenpoint Film Festival took place at the Newtown Creek Visitors Center with a selection of environmentally and community […]
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Mayor Mike “Dufus” Boomberg: “The McClarren Park Pool … to make Waves in Williamsburg.”
Yep, the pool is open! There was a line around the block after the ribbon cutting when according to Gothamist, the mayor mispronounced it as “McClarren” and then said: “Today […]
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McGuinness [Shelter], Sharing
On August 19th, The Brooklyn Eagle speculated that an empty building near the northernmost point of McGuinness Blvd in Brooklyn had been bought by a developer, Triumph Hotels, in the knowledge that […]