Many Fear Deep Cuts, Charter
Revision Are Assault on Boards
By Harold Egeln
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
BAY RIDGE – Preparing for what it regards as an assault on community board operations and possibly their future existence, the community that served as the pilot program for all the city community boards 40 years ago is now a prime battleground to help save the city’s 59 boards.
Taking a stand was Joanne Seminara, the new chair of Community Board 10 serving Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights. She
‘Devastating Cuts’ Equal 22-Percent
Funding Chop for All 59 Boards
By Harold Egeln
Brooklyn Eagle
The dollar numbers don’t add up to keep Community Board 10 serving Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights operating at full speed ahead. That’s the bad tidings that began 2010,
Retired Police Captain Rasinya Had Hands-on Approach
By Harold Egeln
Brooklyn Eagle
Dean Rasinya has served the city twice, first for many years in the Police Department and most recently as chair of Community Board 10 for Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights.
Because he is limited to three consecutive one-year terms, Rasinya steps aside in January for his successor, Bay Ridge attorney and activist Joanne Seminara.
“As I have said before, I can’t believe how fast these three years went by,” Rasinya, who served
Retired Police Captain Rasinya
Had Hands-on Approach
By Harold Egeln
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
BAY RIDGE — Dean Rasinya has served the city twice, first for many years in the Police Department and most recently as chair of Community Board 10 for Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights.
Because he is limited to three consecutive one-year terms, Rasinya steps aside in January for his successor, Bay Ridge attorney and activist Joanne Seminara.
“As I have said before, I can’t believe how fast these three years went by,”
Activists’ ‘Friendly’ Battle
Marks End of Rasinya Rule
By Harold Egeln
Brooklyn Eagle
Joanne Seminara is the winner. In a contested election for the high profile post of Community Board 10 chair serving Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights for 2010, the Bay
A changing of the guard is about to take place at Community Board 10, serving Greater Bay Ridge, where its 50 members chose two nominees — one of whom will succeed Chair Dean Rasinya. The members’ choices among the {read more...}
Sen. Golden Questioned Here,
Community Board Chair Speaks Out
By Harold Egeln
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
DYKER HEIGHTS — Fears of polluting the city’s upstate drinking watershed raised questions and comments at two meetings here after the state recently held a city hearing to get
Urges Groundswell in `Scourge’
That ‘Steals’ Parking Spaces
By Harold Egeln
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
BAY RIDGE/DYKER HEIGHTS -- “We’re not going to take it anymore!” is the cry blasting from Community Board 10 that serves Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights, where the curb-cut “scourge”
Honor for Former Board Member, City Commissioner And Political Activist
By Harold Egeln
Brooklyn Eagle
On the street where she lived there was rejoicing. Community Board 10 gave its thumbs up to rename the southwest corner of 75th Street (Bay Ridge Parkway) and
Community Board 10 member Helen Sokoloski, who died suddenly on September 27, was remembered and honored at the October board meeting. Here son Joseph Sokoloski listens to tribute by board member Mary Nolan after he gave his thanks and a check to the Commodore Barry Club of Brooklyn, which Sokoloski supported and of which Nolan is president, and he also presented a check with thanks to BRAVO. Sokoloski, before moving to Bay Ridge with her son a few years ago, {read more...}
President Susan Huizinga of the Narrows Community Theater is honored at Community Board 10 meeting by Chair Dean Rasinya and District Manager Josephine Beckmann after leading Pledge of Allegiance. Huizinga said that the famed local theater company needs help in finding a permanent new home and encouraged people to attend its production of the “Damn Yankees” musical at St. Patrick’s Church Hall during the first two weekends of November.
Command Sergeant Major Sylvia Laughlin of Fort Hamilton Army Base, holds first-ever military families discount booklet from local restaurants and businesses, a project of Community Board 10’s new Military and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee, chaired by Judith Collins, at right. With them are Board 10 Chair Dean Rasinya and District Manager Josephine Beckmann at recent board meeting. “I’ve served all over the world and I’ve never seen the degree of gratitude and support I’ve seen here,” said Laughlin.
BAY RIDGE – In a 180-degree spin around, Community Board 10 reversed its rejection of a new karaoke restaurant lounge’s liquor license application, delayed by the state, after concerns about its business
WILLIAMSBURG — District Manager Gerald A. Esposito of Brooklyn Community Board 1 (CB1), representing Greenpoint and Williamsburg, has called for expedited repairs to a damaged two-family home at 34 Maspeth Avenue.
Esposito called upon the Department of Buildings to immediately expedite
A man was rescued from the East River by firefighters after he plunged from the Brooklyn Bridge around 11 p.m. Tuesday night. The distraught subject, who was reportedly armed with a knife, kept cops at bay for a half hour before plummeting from the roadway. He was transported to Lutheran Medical Center with what a police official called “miraculously” minor injuries. The firefighter who entered the water to retrieve the victim was also
