BH resident Valerie Frankel recently set out on a mission to curb her complaining, and chronicled her quest in Good Housekeeping. In her piece, Frankel speaks to Marty Markowitz about how politicians replace words with negative connotations with positive sounding words: I called Marty Markowitz, president of the great borough of Brooklyn (a.k.a. home), to […]
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Marty Backs Lopez’s Levin for 33rd
Brooklyn Beep Marty Markowitz endorsed Vito Lopez staffer Steve Levin as his pick of the Herd for the 33rd yesterday: Brooklyn Paper: In thinly veiled language, Markowitz made it clear that he endorsed Levin because he is the only candidate who supports the city’s plan for the Broadway Triangle, which opponents say is flawed because […]
Yassky’s New Spotsky with Marty
Watch this new Yassky for Comptroller spot. The Brooklyn Heights resident’s campaign has gone Catskills on us… we think.
The circus is in town
On Thursday, the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus will perform in Columbus Park, in front of Borough Hall, from 11 am to 1 pm. Watch as performers juggle, swallow swords, walk on wires, and do comedy. For more info visit, the Shop Downtown Brooklyn website.
UPDATE: Shop Bk Boutique Nights
Ok, so we messed up; our apologies. There’s been some confusion over what boutiques are participating in Borough President Marty Markowitz’s new Shop Brooklyn “Boutique Nights” last night and tonight, July 30. We posted the wrong participants in an earlier post about this event — for which we profusely apologize to you, readers — and […]
Marty Slams LICH School Clinic Closures
Borough President Marty Markowitz today said he is “deeply disappointed” by Long Island College Hospital’s closure of four school-based clinics that serve students from six schools in the downtown Brooklyn area. “It’s unfortunate,” he said, “that innovative ideas and funding mechanisms that would have kept the doors of these vital clinics open could not be […]
Markowitz Joins Pothole Patrol
Borough President Marty Markowitz joined Department of Transporation employees yesterday to fill potholes on Bergen Street between Bond and Hoyt Streets. According to data from the DOT, in the last year the department has repaired nearly 300,000 potholes across the city, including 73,000 in Brooklyn. Just last week, more than 1,100 potholes were filled across the borough. […]
Markowitz to Endorse Yassky for Comptroller
City Council Member and City Comptroller candidate David Yassky’s campaign office this afternoon issued a press release saying that Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz will join Yassky and his supporters tomorrow at 1:45 P.M. on the steps of City Hall for a “major campaign announcement”. Undoubtedly this means Markowitz is giving his support to Yassky, […]
Marty’s Blogger Nosh
Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz hosted a Blogger Breakfast this morning at Borough Hall. BHB’s Homer Fink, Claude Scales, Mrs. Fink and Sarah Portlock attended as well as representatives of many other Brooklyn blogs including Brownstoner, Flatbush Gardner, Ditmas Park Blog, Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn, Atlantic Yards Report, Pardon Me for Asking, Noticing New […]
‘Build a better Brooklyn, block by block’
Borough President Marty Markowitz will host the eighth annual assembly of Federation of Brooklyn Block Associations, with the topic to “Build a better Brooklyn, block by block.” Per Marty’s press release: On Thursday, April 23, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz will host the eighth annual assembly of the Federation of Brooklyn Block Associations, an opportunity […]
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