Last week, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer spoke at a forum and offered an interesting vision of an expanded, flexible transit system linking all five boroughs to effectively support future growth and development as New York in general and B... »
See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Will BreddermanThe Brooklyn PaperBay Ridge motorists drew a line in the asphalt against Borough President Markowitz’s plan to rejuvenate Fourth Avenue last week — demanding that the task force assigned to redesign... »
Mitt Romney to President Obama (via “World News” anchor Diane Sawyer): “Start packing.” A penguin bit Newt Gingrich. Rick Lazio has a new job. Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks called the Ryan Plan a “conversation starter.” Rep. Louise Slaughter re... »
Towns Is Said to Decline to Run Again for Congress(NYT)Brooklyn Rep. Ed Towns, who was facing a vigorous primary challenge from Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries and Councilman Charles Barron, will not seek re-election. Two recent high-profile setbacks also... »
Good morning! Lawmakers are due to trick back to the Capitol today, as temperatures soar to obnoxious heights. Wendy Long and Sen. Chuck Schumer will be near Syracuse today. Here are this morning’s headlines… Top aides to Gov. Andrew Cuomo prepared a 3... »
Former Independence Party member and Staten Island gadfly Frank Morano claims he has made some headway in his long-shot campaign to draft retired Paychex CEO and ex-New York resident Tom Golisano to run for president as a (small i) independent. Morano,... »
See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Will BreddermanThe Brooklyn PaperBrooklyn’s shipping industry will remain afloat, for now, thanks to a deal that will keep Customs inspectors working in Red Hook’s port until 2017, federal officials, waterfront in... »
See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Daniel BushThe Brooklyn PaperBorough President Markowitz’s popular summer concert series, which was booted from Asser Levy Park last year for being too loud, will once again be staged in a cramped Coney Island lot... »
