A group has filed a lawsuit in order to halt the Dock Street Dumbo project, alleging that the School Construction Authority didn’t conduct a proper, objective selection process for the site, as required by law. The lawsuit, filed by the DUMBO Neighborhood Foundation, also said that the private developer, Two Trees, and New York City […]
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CB2 Meeting Recap
It was a packed house last night at this month’s full Community Board 2 meeting. The night included several presentations and a goodbye from David Yassky.
What’s Nextsky for Yassky
The Brooklyn Eagle’s Sam Newhouse looks into what’s next for our soon-to-be former City Council Member David Yassky, who lost his bid for NYC Comptroller last month. Will Yassky return to teaching at Brooklyn Law School: Brooklyn Eagle: “He loved teaching and he’s been very clear about that,” said Danny Kanner, a Yassky spokesman. “He’s […]
Internal E-mails Say Dock Street Bad Site for School
Newly released documents reveal that Department of Education architects felt that Two Trees’ controversial Dock Street DUMBO project “would yield a very small school (compromised from our standards) with premium costs due to the mixed use with the high-rise residential building.” However, the two-year-old internal e-mails do not address the current plans for the site, […]
Liu’s Triumphsky Over Yassky
Queens Councilmember John Liu won the Democratic nomination for Comptroller, beating out Brooklyn Heights resident/our Councilmember David Yassky in a run-off election tonight. With 99 percent of precincts reporting, Liu trumped Yassky, 56 to 44 percent. Only 227,489 votes were cast in the race, less than 10 percent of the city’s registered Democrats, according to […]
Levin: I Owe It All to Vito
City Hall reports on “40 Under 40: The Next Political Leaders of New York” in its latest issue. Among them our new man in the NYC Council, 28 year old Steve Levin. Sure, the election isn’t until November but his “opponent” – we think it’s Conservative Party candidate Elizabeth Tretter – is nowhere to be […]
The Homer Fink Show Rewind – David Yassky
In case you missed it last Spring, here’s a special edition of The Homer Fink Show taped at David Yassky’s Blogger Breakfast in May (thanks to Michael DD White for the audio). The NYC Comptroller Democratic run-off is tomorrow.
Fish ‘n’ Chip Paper 9/28/09
Here are some of last week’s headlines… in case you missed ’em! Citizens Union Chief Rips Yassky Brooklyn Heights Brownstone Featured in New York Social Diary Millman Sounds Off on Obama vs. Paterson 280 Hicks Street Up for Auction Brooklyn Women’s Exchange Back from Holidays Plymouth Church School Adds Classrooms Park Progress: Twenty Eighth Report, […]
Citizens Union Chief Rips Yassky
A column in this week’s Village Voice deconstructs the David Yassky vs John Liu Democratic run-off race for comptroller. In it, Citizens Union honcho Dick Dadey sounds off about Yassky’s flip-flop on term limits: Village Voice: “He didn’t have any hesitation,” said Dadey. “He indicated to me he would not support overturning the term-limits law […]
NY Observer on Doug Biviano
He may have lost the Democratic primary in 33rd NYC Council District, but Doug Biviano’s campaign is still getting attention. The New York Observer weighs in on the Brooklyn Heights resident’s outsider campaign this week where Biviano draws praise from an unlikely source:
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