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Runners cross the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge at the start of the New York City Marathon

Governor orders transit agency to drop bid to charge NYC Marathon $750K for use of Verrazzano bridge

April 5 | Associated Press

BAY RIDGE — New York’s governor on Thursday ordered the state’s transit agency to drop efforts to impose a $750,000 fee on the New York City Marathon for using the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge. Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul also encouraged the New York Road Runners, organizers of the venerable race held the first Sunday of each November, […]

Andrea Bonina (left), a past president of the Brooklyn Bar Association and District Leader Joseph Bova (right) with Alexis Riley (center) at the fundraiser for her campaign to be a Civil Court judge at the Wicked Monk in Bay Ridge on Wednesday, March 27. Brooklyn Eagle photos by Mario Belluomo

Brooklyn bar leaders rally support for Alexis Riley’s judicial bid

April 5 | Robert Abruzzese, Courthouse Editor

Already equipped with the endorsement of the Kings County Democratic Party, Alexis Riley, Esq., recently held a fundraising event in Bay Ridge that drew a good amount of local attorneys and politicians who showed up to support her campaign to become the borough’s next Civil Court judge. Assemblywoman Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn, chair of the Brooklyn […]

Student musicians marching through the streets at 203rd Greek Independence parade.

Greek Americans in Bay Ridge hold annual Brooklyn parade celebrating 203rd anniversary of Greek independence

March 28 | Wayne Daren Schneiderman

Slideshow below BAY RIDGE — While it’s not Astoria, Queens — home of the second largest Greek population outside of Greece itself — Bay Ridge, Brooklyn boasts a significant number of Greek Americans in its own right. And there was no shortage of folks from the Hellenic Republic on Monday morning, as Bay Ridge’s Holy […]