In the wake of a state Senate vote to try to stop New York City from implementing a new law to force shoppers to pay a five-cent fee for a plastic bag in a supermarket, the Brooklyn Young Republicans and City Council hopeful Bob Capano held a press conference outside a Foodtown supermarket … Full Article
The large crowd on hand at the U.S. Capitol to witness the inauguration of Donald Trump included many prominent Republicans from Bay Ridge who traveled to Washington to see history in the making. … Full Article
The historic Women’s March on Washington, which drew an estimated 500,000 people to the nation’s Capitol to protest President Donald Trump and spawned similarly large demonstrations in cities all over the world on Saturday, had a touch of Bay Ridge. … Full Article
The least the MTA could do for straphangers who will lose access to the R train’s Bay Ridge Avenue station when it closes for a repair project is provide shuttle bus service, three local lawmakers said. … Full Article
In a last-ditch effort to try to save the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Democrats in Bay Ridge are mounting an initiative designed to put public pressure on Republican U.S. Rep. … Full Article
Democratic city council hopeful Justin Brannan has raised more than $57,000 from hundreds of local donors for his campaign and said he is poised to qualify for the city's matching funds program. … Full Article
President-elect Donald Trump is getting help bolstering his image from a former member of Congress who left office nine years ago under a cloud of scandal. … Full Article
“A horse is a horse of course, of course,” unless the horse is part of the NYPD Mounted Unit, a program that enables them to help protect the community. … Full Article
Police are investigating an incident in which a man was struck by a northbound R train in a Bay Ridge subway station Wednesday afternoon. … Full Article
State Sen. Marty Golden isn’t trying to compete with H&R Block, but the Southwest Brooklyn lawmaker is offering tax preparation services in his district office in Bay Ridge. … Full Article