This Week In Brooklyn: A Dog Day Morning and the Battle of Brooklyn
The Brooklyn Paper reports, "Borough President Markowitz endorsed two of Assemblyman Vito Lopez’s pet projects this week, giving his blessing to a controversial rezoning and the powerful Democratic Party boss’s Council candidate." That candidate is Stephen Levin (left), Lopez’s former staffer and a cousin to Democratic Senator Carl Levin of Michigan, who is running for the 33rd Councilmatic District. Lopez’s rezoning plan for the Broadway Triangle project would include 1,851 units of residential housing, and "opponents say his Triangle plan is flawed because the city gave a no-bid contract to two Lopez-linked non-profits."
What about Charles Barron’s about face on term limits? Our Time Press asks in a piece following Barron on a tour of his district with Rev. Al Sharpton earlier this summer. Also, in so-what news, former Brooklyn congressman Major Owens endorsed John Liu and apparently still has a congressional office.
Mayor Bloomberg threatened Coney Island developer Joe Sitt in a meeting with Rupert Murdoch’s Brooklyn minions this week telling them, "He needs sewers and water and streets. If the city does not want to cooperate, he is going to spend a lot of time with a lot of money tied up,” reports YourNabe.com.
An off-duty cop who foiled a recent early morning robbery attempt at a Ditmas Park Dunkin’ Donuts walked into the store knowing full well the situation and, "I said, ‘Can I just get a medium?’ drew my gun, and said ‘Please don’t move, get the f— on the ground.’”
And the Daily News profiles a documentary in the works about the struggle over the Atlantic Yards development site. The Battle of Brooklyn tells the story of the six year strife that has ensued between developer Forest City Ratner and the residents of Prospect Heights and Fort Greene.
