Borough President Marty Markowitz on Wednesday night was joined by Deputy Borough President Yvonne Graham, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, Comptroller John Liu, Council Speaker Christine Quinn and more than 1,000 guests and honorees as he delivered the State of the Borough address at the Park Slope Armory. He also was sworn in for a third term by Mayor Bloomberg. The main points in his speech were the redevelopment of Loew’s Kings Theater and of the Bedford-Atlantic {read more...}
Enjoying the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce’s Business After Hours-networking party last week at Arirang Hibachi Steakhouse were Maria Ingardia of The Green Spa and Wellness Center, Chamber Vice President Rick Russo of Membership Services, Chamber Executive Administrator Veronica Harris for Human Resources/Administration, and Shelia Brody and Salvatore Forte of The Green Spa.
Also at the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce’s Business After Hours networking party in Bay Ridge last week were Arirang Hibachi Steakhouse, General Manager Dan Guenther and Vice President
Yesterday, nurses and other hospital staffers picketed outside Long Island College Hospital (LICH) to protest what they called parent company Continuum’s blatant disregard for nurses’ contracts. The “successor clause,” included in these contracts, states that if the hospital changes ownership, Continuum is obligated to notify the potential buyer of current agreements with the RNs so that contracts and staff can be maintained. But as Continuum is getting ready to transfer ownership of LICH to Downstate, it is seeking to remove this protective clause, say the nurses. The nurses’ committee plans to continue negotiations with Continuum next week.
Brooklynites woke up to a light snow Wednesday morning, but temperatures in the high 30s melted much of it by the afternoon. More snow is predicted for Saturday. Above, a worker clears the walkways at MetroTech in Downtown Brooklyn.
The Wolf Moon was the name given by Native Americans to the full moon in January because wolf packs used to howl hungrily outside their villages during January’s cold. This photo shows the full moon as seen over the bridge late last Friday.
The Marine Park Builders Club has not let the recent crisis in Haiti deter them from continuing to help those who are hungry and in need right here in our own backyard. After the club took part in the recent school wide pajama day (which helped to raise over $1,500 for UNICEF’s work in Haiti) they quickly got back to work helping to brighten mealtime for thousands of hungry New Yorkers.
Club members recently decided to create placemats to
Celebrated makeup artist Roxanna Floyd is being mourned after dying unexpectedly in her sleep at her Clinton Hill home last week. She was born in Brooklyn in 1960 and lived here her entire life. She worked with celebrities such as Whitney Houston, Mary J. Blige and Queen Latifah, and contributed to more than 60 Essence {read more...}
Waving signs reading “Food Not Guns,” members of the Haitian community and various protest groups gathered at Borough Hall Plaza this past Friday evening to hear fiery speeches prior to a march over the Brooklyn Bridge. The march, which included many members of the Socialist Workers Party, was intended to both honor the memory of the hundreds of thousands of Haitians who died in the earthquake and to protest “militarizing the relief effort” by the U.S. Similar marches took {read more...}
After over a week of unseasonably mild temperatures, Brooklyn woke up Thursday morning to snow flurries. This photo was taken at Borough Hall. According to weather.com, temperatures are expected to drop and stay low through the weekend.
On Tuesday, Jan. 26, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz and Deputy Borough President Yvonne Graham joined members of the board of the Brooklyn Nursing Partnership for a presentation of a $2,500 contribution to the Haiti earthquake relief effort. The generous donation will be administered through the Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York. Seen here are (left to right): Rosanne Raso, Lutheran Medical Center; Daisy Cruz Richman, SUNY Downstate Medical Center College of Nursing; Dawn Kilts, Long Island University School of {read more...}
What can crawl like a caterpillar, do a backbend like a gymnast, bark on cue, and dive 600 feet down into the ocean? Find out at the New York Aquarium’s Aquatheater in Coney Island. This Valentine’s Day and all winter long, catch a training demonstration starring outgoing and talented California sea lions. Each performance features cool facts about sea lions and their role in the web of life, in addition to music, humor, and lots {read more...}
Thousands of protesters gathered at Brooklyn Tech on Tuesday evening before the Panel of Educational Policy voted to close 19 poorly performing city schools. The contentious meeting lasted more than nine hours as more than 300 parents, teachers and students spoke against the closings. Brooklyn’s appointee to the panel, Gbubemi Okotieuro, unsuccessfully attempted to table the motion. Brooklyn schools marked for closing include Paul Robeson High School, Metropolitan Corporate Academy, Middle School for Academic and Social Excellence, P.S. 332 and {read more...}
In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Day, the NYC Commission on Human Rights and NYC Media, in collaboration with the Apollo Theater Education Program presented a free preview screening of Fighting for Justice: NY Voices of the Civil Rights Movement, followed by a panel discussion on Jan. 14 at the Apollo Theater. Entertainment was provided by the C3 Youth Choir from the Christian Cultural Center in Canarsie.
Brooklyn Cub Pack & Scout Troop 187, seen here, which meets at Immaculate Heart of Mary School in Brooklyn, will be hosting a series of community outreach events for the scouting program and Immaculate Heart of Mary Church. The monthly events will be designed to provide families in the surrounding communities with a local place to have fun, get to know their neighbors, and enjoy quality entertainment at an affordable price. At the same time, the event series will provide {read more...}
This woman and her son could hardly walk as they battled the fierce wind Monday morning near the Marriott Hotel in Downtown Brooklyn. The streets were littered with broken umbrellas and overturned news boxes, and people were warned to stay off the streets of lower Manhattan due to debris flying off the buildings. Flash flood warnings were in effect most of the day.
