Wednesday 23 May 2012
Bedford-Stuyvesant’s Restoration Plaza – established during the height of the Civil Rights movement with the help of Bobby Kennedy – is removing one of its original activist tenants. The Committee to Honor Black Heroes (CHBH), which was established by the late Korean War veteran and Civil Rights activist Sonny Carson, who was also a...
With whispers that the Shirley Chisholm State Office Building, located at 55 Hanson Place, is being put up for sale to an unnamed buyer, two local state lawmakers have vowed to keep it open. The 100-year-old, 13-story building currently houses several agencies including the Office of Children and Family Services and the Department of...
If Assemblyman and 10th Congressional District candidate Hakeem Jeffries had his way every city public school student would have at least one laptop computer in his or her home within the next five years. Thus, Jeffries rolled out a new “One Child, One Laptop” initiative in delivering his fifth State of the District address...
Parker out of Orthodox Jewish community loopWhile the state senate’s redistricting plan probably won’t pass muster (or is that pass the mustard) in court, the newly created “Jewish District” is likely to stick, which works in Sen. Kevin Parker’s favor. Parker currently represents a wide swath of Central Brooklyn including the mainly Caribbean and...
For all the good that they do, occasionally, local elected officials do something that makes you want to say, “Hmmm?” Last Sunday, State Senator Eric Adams teamed with Assemblymen Hakeem Jeffries and Karim Camara to call “Foul” over “Failure of Barclay Arena Developer to Score on Community Givebacks.” Claiming that “many of the community...
Reorganization of Maxwell could spell end of cosmetology program – If Brooklyn students want to take up a trade such as cosmetology, medical assisting or fashion, William H. Maxwell High School in East New York was historically the school to attend, but with the city now slating to close or drastically change the vocational...
Although the Borough President’s race is still a year away, several sources say Sen. Eric Adams has a strong inside track to replace the term-limited Marty Markowitz in 2013. Thus far, the only declared candidate is Markowitz’s former Chief of Staff Carlo Scissura who, while raising a hefty $127,605, has never held elected office....
They came, they saw and they chanted his name over and over again as Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries officially announced last Sunday on the steps of Borough Hall that he is running for the 10th Congressional District seat. The expected announcement, before about 100 loyal supporters on a cold and windy day, sets the stage...
The proposed Broadway Triangle affordable housing project straddling Williamsburg and Bedford-Stuyvesant dominated this week’s Community Board 3 meeting held at Restoration Plaza. In particular, City Councilwoman Diana Reyna said the housing plan as proposed further perpetuates discrimination in the black and Latino community “I ask and I urge all of you, with all of...
The residents of Crown Heights and surrounding neighborhoods packed the auditorium at Medgar Evers College for a town hall meeting to discuss revitalization plans for the defunct Bedford Armory in Crown Heights. The event, which took place from 6 to 9 pm on Jan. 9, offered an open house at the armory preceding the...
