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People’s Firehouse to become the Northside Town Hall Community and Cultural Center

Nicole Brydson — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 23:27:05 +0000

Marty Markowitz and Steven Levin teamed up to give some cash to further the cause of building North Brooklyn's first Town Hall.

Jhumpa Lahiri Honored at Brooklyn Book Festival

Nicole Brydson — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 23:39:35 +0000

Author Jhumpa Lahiriwas was honored with a Bobi Award today at the 6th Annual Brooklyn Book Festival, for a body of work that exemplifies or speaks to the spirit of Brooklyn and has had a broad impact on the field of literature.

Today in Press Releases: Cathie Black

Nicole Brydson — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 21:25:28 +0000

Today, with the resignation of Schools Chancellor Cathie Black, it seems like a lot of folks are toppling over each other to point and yell at Mayor Bloomberg. Here's what arrived in our inbox today.

Marty Cheers on Bikes and Business, Rides Tricycle into State of the Borough

BrooklynTheBorough — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 09:49:34 +0000

Borough President Marty Markowitz loves to make a splash - especially at his annual State of the Borough address, known for its fanfare. This year, Marty rode into the Sunset Park High School Auditorium on a tricycle to the tune of Queen's "Bicycle Race." Click through for the video and full text of Marty's speech.

Michael Friedman’s Footprint in Fort Greene

Teale Sperling — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 13:30:44 +0000

Through December 11, local investigative theater company The Civilians are staging In The Footprint: The Battle Over Atlantic Yards at Fort Greene’s Irondale Center, mere blocks from where this long-debated project is currently underway. We caught up with Michael Friedman, the show's lyricist and composer, to ask him about process, community dialogue and his personal views on the project.

Building Brooklyn: Habitat for Humanity Gets a Helping Hand

Jessica Dailey — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 20:56:11 +0000

On a nondescript block of Lafayette Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant, which was an empty lot less than a year ago, sits Habitat for Humanity's current $6.8 million construction project of four row houses in Bed-Stuy, which received a $50,000 donation from Absolut Vodka. Read about Habitat's work in Brooklyn here.

Help in Haiti: Public Officials Offer Ways to Help Relief Efforts

Nicole Brydson — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:19:48 +0000

“Brooklyn is the ‘Caribbean Capital of America’—by some counts, we have the largest Haitian population in the United States—and our hearts go out to our Haitian brothers and sisters in need,” said Borough President Marty Markowitz and Deputy Borough President Yvonne Graham. “Brooklyn and Haiti share the common motto ‘In Unity There is Strength,’ and Brooklynites have been united once again—as we were in 2008 following a series of devastating hurricanes and a tropical storm—in opening up their hearts, wallets and pantries to the victims of this catastrophic earthquake. Our office will be working closely with the Caribbean community in the days ahead to lend support to Brooklyn and New York City-based relief efforts.”

To find out what you can do to help relief efforts in Haiti, call 311 or visit Brooklyn-Usa.org. If you are trying to connect with a loved one in Haiti, call the U.S. State Department hotline at 1-888-407-4747.

Community Activists are Brooklyn’s Newest Council Members

Nicole Brydson — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:32:17 +0000

As the local political dust of 2009 settles, Brooklynites will begin to see their city council choices at work (or not) in the new year. Former councilman Bill deBlasio ascended to the role of public advocate this month, and stood with some of the council's newest members to announce his intentions of reform for the office. "You have to engage the grass roots, and my office will be the leading edge of that,” he told the New York Times, of his desire to train city residents as community organizers. Now, residents of our fine borough will see the representation of three new incumbents whose rise to local leader began in the very same place.

In Streamlining Public Healthcare Option, ‘You Don’t Need All That Paper’ Said Officials

Karen Bolipata — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:38:14 +0000

Applying for public health insurance, a process that normally takes up to three months, can now take two weeks or less with Health Plus's new paperless enrollment. "We all know this is the future," said Borough President Marty Markowitz at a press conference this week, calling it "a big step toward achieving what we hope will be some form of universal health care."

A Gay Pride Center Grows In Brooklyn

Douglas Calhoun — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 19:15:06 +0000

Did you know that Brooklyn is the only borough of this great city that does not have a gay pride center? On Thursday, the steps of Borough Hall played host to a collection of Brooklyn heavy hitters to talk about plans to change that.