- Jo Anne Simon says she'll run for Joan Millman's seat. [Observer]
- Lemi, the Brooklyn Heights parakeet who flew the coup is back home – safe and sound. [BHB]
- 2 dead, 2 injured in violent Brooklyn car crash. [NY Post]
- Bay Ridge man allegedly stabs wife to death, slashes son. [Brooklyn Eagle]
- State Senate passes bill protecting Sandy victims from higher taxes. [NY1]
- How to pull an all-nighter. [WSJ]
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Wednesday, May 21, 2014
Running for Millman's Seat; Lemi the Budgie is Back; and More Brooklyn Briefs
They Poop Gold in Brooklyn
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| By Tanakawho, Flickr |
More realistic possibility: Dogs poop gold in Brooklyn.
As goldpoonyc says, "Welcome To The Shit Show."
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LICH Deal Possible at Wednesday's Hearing in Brooklyn?
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| SUNY can't wait to close LICH. Photo: MK Metz, McBrooklyn.com |
It sounds like any deal will involve a big reduction in services available to northwestern Brooklyn, thanks to SUNY. They've already shut down the ambulance service and laid off most of the staff.
LICH is Brooklyn's St. Vincents.
Hope no one gets sick in court tomorrow.
With LICH deal ‘close,’ Brooklyn judge gives bidders one more day
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Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Librarians Call On de Blasio to Increase Library Budget by $65 Million
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| savenyclibraries.org |
The petition, addressed to the New York City Council and Mayor Bill de Blasio, calls the 2014 proposed budget “inadequate” and demands a budget increase totalling $65 million for all three public library systems combined.
Mayor De Blasio has not proposed an increase in the budget, which had been reduced three years prior. The City Council has requested a $35 million increase.
More at savenyclibraries.org
The effort was launched in partnership with The Charles H. Revson Foundation.
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At Design Forum in Sunset Park Tuesday, Visitors Will Break Open Giant Cash-filled Golden Calf Piñata with Red Bats
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| Giant cash-filled golden calf piñata |
The calf, by designer and artist Sebastian Errazuriz, will be broken open with 99 “red communist bats,” at which time the money will come raining down for all to grab, marking the end of the design week programming at Industry City.
Titled “XX Century Capital,” the piñata is meant to be reminiscent of the false idol golden calf worshiped in the Bible and bears a close resemblance to the Wall Street bull statue, forum organizers say.
The pagan ritual is part of NYCxDESIGN, which started May 10. The event includes exhibitions, installations, and conversations around the state of the design industry.
Other design installations on display include 100+ toy cars made from the wood waste of Hurricane Sandy, an apartment space outfitted entirely with made-in-NYC home décor items, a collection of handmade Theremins and a set of designer cornhole boards.
The design forum is hosted by Industry City, WantedDesign and the Center for an Urban Future
More info: http://industrycity.com/design/
Industry City
220 36th Street (between 2nd and 3rd Aves)
Sunset Park, Brooklyn
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Monday, May 19, 2014
Brooklyn: Assemblywoman Joan Millman Stepping Down
Millman told the Eagle that she will be taking a position with the NYC Department of the Aging.
More here.
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Brooklyn Bridge Park's Pier 2 Almost Ready to Open
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| Pier 2. Photo: MK Metz, McBrooklyn.com |
The pier's activities will include basketball, handball and bocce courts along with swings and a full-size skating rink.
The schedule is not posted yet, but we hear there will be free skating sessions at the Pier 2 roller rink. The park will be hosting regular family field days to welcome families to all recreational piers.
Officials said the park will open very soon, but
Update: The pier will open Thursday, May 22, as will Pier 4, which features a beach, boat launch and bird island.
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8 in Brooklyn Crash; LICH Closure Plan; Missing Teen; and More Brooklyn Briefs
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| News 12 was mistaken in their hospital story. See below. Google. |
UPDATE: News 12 has the story wrong. According to FDNY, the victims were taken to Lutheran, not Lincoln.
- Two shot, one stabbed in East New York. [7 online]
- Cops shot and killed a man inside a Prospect-Lefferts Gardens apartment on Sunday. [NY Daily News]
- SUNY finally gets around to releasing its closure plan for Long Island College Hospital. [Brooklyn Eagle]
- A search is underway for a missing Brooklyn Tech student. [7 online]
- Police are searching for a missing autistic teen last seen Friday at a Sheepshead Bay train station. [WSJ]
- Window concert today in Brooklyn Heights. [BHB]
- 102-year-old pool shark. [NY Daily News]
- Sophie live at Grasslands. Finally, pictures. [Noisey.Vice]
- Assemblywoman Jacobs to retire after 36 years. [JP Updates]
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Cuomo Wants to Bring the Olympics to Brooklyn. Oh, Oh
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| By Alistair Ross, Flickr |
Barclays Center in Downtown Brooklyn was considered a potential gymnastics venue for the 2012 bid, as was Williamsburg, where an Aquatic Center was planned.
But what will happen if there's an outbreak of MERS or (heaven forbid) a terrorist attack -- in a Brooklyn without enough hospitals?
The emergency departments are already stacked high at NY Methodist and Brooklyn Hospital. Shockingly, Cuomo is closing (on May 22) Long Island College Hospital, just two miles from Barclays and four miles from Williamsburg.
The Governor's foolish theory that Brooklynites don't need hospitals will be projected onto the world's screen if a disaster strikes. He should give up his grandiose plans and develop a health care plan for Brooklyn.
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Tuesday, May 13, 2014
Game Over for Top LICH Bidder: Is Anybody Going to Use Peebles' Weeny Little Urgent Care Center?
State Supreme Court Justice Johnny Lee Baynes gave them many chances, but Brooklyn Health Partners could not prove to him that they had solid financial backing and a serious plan to take over Long Island College Hospital (LICH).
In Brooklyn court today, Justice Baynes bid adieu to BHP, clearing the way for SUNY to move on to the next bidder, Peebles Corp. (Full story of today's court action here.)
Unfortunately, Peebles is not going to operate LICH as a hospital, but is going to replace it with yet another one of those urgent care centers (like Mt. Sinai's on Cadman Plaza West) that seem to be popping up all over town.
Peebles says they will also provide a "stand-alone ER," but who wants to go to an "ER" where they don't have a hospital providing the expertise, personnel and facilities to frigging save your life?
Meanwhile, 182 LICH dialysis patients are about to get the boot, and dialysis centers all over Brooklyn are totally booked. SUNY plans to shut LICH's ER on Thursday.
Community groups and doctors are headed back to court Thursday to contest the scores of certain evaluators who did not follow the RFP scoring instructions. These clearly said that hospitals had to be scored higher than non-hospitals, and that continuity of care was also important.
Six evaluators, however, scored development bids over hospital bids.
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