Bay Ridge Community Council cancels luncheon
Leaders cite money woes
A time-honored Bay Ridge tradition is biting the dust. The Bay Ridge Community Council has decided not to hold its Presidents’ Luncheon, an event that has attracted mayors, borough presidents, city commissioners and other top officials over the years.
The luncheon took place each year, usually on the last Saturday in January or the first Saturday in February, to honor the presidents of the community council’s member organizations.
But it will not be held this year, community council leaders said. And its future is in doubt.
Robert Kassenbrock, a member of the community council’s board of directors, confirmed the cancelation in an email to the Brooklyn Eagle on Jan. 12. “The board voted at its last meeting to cancel the President’s Luncheon for January 2015. At this time there are no plans to hold a luncheon in 2015,” he wrote.