Hom Has a New Menu
Hom always has a great brunch – 8810 3rd Avenue
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September 30, 2019St. Pats Needs Your Old Stuff 10/3 & 10/4
The Catholic Daughters are collecting donations of items you no longer need – toys, housewares, decor, etc. Bring to 9511 4th Avenue on Thursday or Friday, October 3rd and 4th from 10:00 am – 1:00 pm.
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September 30, 2019Eyecon Optical Grand Opening Sale
Eyecon Optical opened at 8009 5th Avenue. They are having a 25% off grand opening sale!
This storefront used to belong to another eyeglass business, Ridgeboro Opticians.
Congratulations to the new owners.
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September 30, 2019Congressman Rose’s Townhall in Brooklyn 10/4
TOWNHALL IS FOR ALL TOPICS NOW – NOT JUST FOR COMMUTING.
Congressman Max Rose is having a Townhall on Friday, October 4th at 7:00 pm. The meeting will take place at Il Centro 8711 – 18th Avenue.
Register here
If you aren’t free Friday, there is the same meeting in Staten Island on Wednesday, October 2, 2019at the Jewish Community Center—Bernikow at 1466 Manor Road in Staten Island at 7:00 pm.
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September 30, 2019Saint Anselm Calls for Volunteers
Oops sorry if it is too early, but they need volunteers so they can hold a Bay Ridge classic event!
Over the years, so many people in Bay Ridge learned how to make wreaths, centerpieces and little trees at that workshop – Will someone volunteer to chair this event this year? (I never learned, but I know about 20 people who did).
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September 30, 2019Is Nicole Malliotakis Trying Other Careers?
Maybe she’s becoming a backup singer? Click to play:
Rock-N-Roll Nicole makes an appearance at the #BayRidge Third Avenue Festival with @RollingStones cover band Sha-Doobie #Brooklyn pic.twitter.com/wvCn73ycBD
— Nicole Malliotakis (@NMalliotakis) September 29, 2019
Malliotakis sang with Shadoobie, the Rolling Stones Tribute Band at the Third Avenue Festival.
She wasn’t too bad and she looks happier doing this than she does being a politician. Maybe this is a possibility for Malliotakis after the 2020 election!
I can’t wait for her to rock and roll out of Bay Ridge!
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September 30, 2019Kindness in Bay Ridge….Pet Rocks
These pet rocks are amazing.
The woman in this video went out of your way to make other people smile…so amazing.
Just seeing a video of you spreading kindness made me happy!
I hope a lot of little kids found these pet rocks, but I bet adults would love them too!
Under the video, it says……Each Pet Rock is a symbol of a donation made to the Veterans For Child Rescue. They are hidden all over the Bay Ridge, Brooklyn area. Find a pet, give it a good home, or set it free!
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September 30, 2019Shore Road Park Didn’t Receive the Money Reported
In October 2018, former Senator Martin Golden announced through the Brooklyn Reporter that he was funding Shore Road Park with 8 million dollars from the state. See here
Golden lost the election and it was discovered that the money was never awarded to the park. See here and here.
John Alexander of the Home Reporter was the sole reporter to write about this funding. Did Alexander just take Golden’s word about the funding or did he check the source? In 2018, Alexander shared that he loved Marty Golden – See here.
At the time that article was printed, something strange happened. The paper announced that Chuck Otey had become the executive editor of the Home Reporter. Otey tried to
Now neither John Alexander or Helen Klein updated the story – not even after everyone knows. Doesn’t a paper and it’s editor have a responsibility to the public?
Here’s something even stranger. The Home Reporter has all of their old editions online. That paper isn’t displayed. The cover from the November 16th edition (which won’t have been available when the paper was published) is being used.
Republican Minority Leader, John Flanagan threw out a statement to tell us that NYC Parks didn’t do the paperwork to claim the 12 million for Shore Road Park.
If Kadia Goba was here, we would have had a sizzling good article to read, but she’s gone and I needed the truth.
I contacted NYC Parks Commissioner, Mitchell Silver. I don’t actually know Mr. Silver, but I follow him on social media. He is very responsive, so I knew he would understand my need for the information. (Betcha didn’t think I would check you John Flanagan!)
Mr. Silver put me in contact with Crystal Howard, the Assistant Commission of the Parks Department. Ms. Howard is very fast and efficient. I wrote and she responded right away on a Friday afternoon! The Parks Department didn’t receive anything for Shore Road Park because the money was set to be given to the Shore Road Conservatory, not to the Parks Department as John Flanigan implied. But John Flanagan would know this if the money was allocated to Shore Road Park….it would be in the paperwork!
Now this is even more interesting….The Shore Road Park Conservatory group that appeared on the cover of the paper in October 2018, no longer existed in the Spring. That group said they didn’t receive the money. And of course the state has records, so everyone can see they didn’t receive the money.
John Flanagan would easily be able to produce a paper trail. Twelve million dollars wasn’t decided with a few head nods – there would be plenty of paperwork to show where the funding was going and who had to accept it. Everything is digital, so all letters could easily be followed up upon. Flanagan is the minority leader in the Senate and has access to all of the records and e-mails. Strangely, Flanagan blamed Parks even though the Shore Road Conservatory was supposed to receive the money. If there was a legitimate mistake of a missing paper between NYS and the Parks Department, Flanagan would be able to correct the error.
I’ve even seen some people on social media blame the current senator. Sadly, Marty Golden blamed Gounardes in the article below when Golden knows Gounardes would have nothing to do with this. Gounardes wouldn’t have access to anything from Golden’s time, unless Golden gave it to him. And Golden isn’t saying he gave him any paperwork. This article was on Golden’s Facebook page.
The pointing the finger picture was appropriate.
I’m glad Marty Golden moved on with his life. Promising funding for two parks for kids and then not making sure it went through would seal the deal for anyone. It’s weird that he still uses @SenMartyGolden, because most politicians give up their title when they lose an election. He’s still Marty Golden – just not the senator.
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September 29, 2019Trunk or Treat in Bay Ridge
This is the first year that Bay Ridge will have Trunk or Treat!
Saint Bernadette’s Girl Scouts also does Trunk and Treat!
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September 29, 2019Schnitzel Haus is Celebrating Fall
Schnitzel Haus 7319 5th Avenue
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September 29, 2019Milling Streets in Dyker Heights/Bensonhurst
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September 29, 2019Property Tax Meeting – October 10th
I got the e-mail with the above flyer today after meeting someone at the Third Avenue Festival who owns a three story brownstone in Brooklyn and pays less than $4,000 in property tax.
This was in Gounardes’ e-mail:
Dear Neighbor,
You’re invited to attend a Community Property Tax Forum that I am hosting on October 10th at the JCC/JCH at 7802 Bay Parkway from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. It’s no secret that our property tax system is unfair and needs reform. I want to hear your thoughts, concerns and ideas so we can seek solutions to make our tax system more fair and just for everyone. There will also be individual assistance readily available after the forum to help answer your questions.
Initially, I thought this was a meeting for Gounardes to fool us into thinking he is doing something. After looking at the link, it’s apparent, the other Senator Brian Benjamin is running the meeting because he is the Chair of the NY State Senate Budget and Revenues Committee and needs to justify his position with some paperwork.
Don’t get hopeful that Senator Benjamin is going to do anything other than this meeting. Why? Brian Benjamin has been a Senator since 2017. He’s known for sponsoring a bill to close Rikers Island. If he was interested in equalizing property taxes, he would have done it in the first two years of office.
Gounardes is an attorney – he could have sued the city of NY (the Summer and Fall are slow seasons for senators – no meeting in Albany). Senator Gounardes or Benjamin could have called for a property freeze on areas that have been overtaxed. They chose to do nothing. Senator Gounardes didn’t understand that this would have helped home owners and renters.
When I passed Gounardes on 3rd Avenue this weekend, I felt the same way I did about Golden. I’m glad he doesn’t know me because I wouldn’t have wanted to make small talk with him. For us, Gounardes is just like Golden – he allowed people outside of our district to have more say than people inside the district. And while Gounardes claimed to be into safety for children, when it came to bike lanes, he went against Community Board 10 and issued an override because he believes uncovered lanes are fine for Bay Ridge. Someone who loved this community wouldn’t have done that…..Politics over People.
What will it take to get a bill for our property tax? People who aren’t afraid of Bill de Blasio. Republicans, like Marty Golden couldn’t do it and Democrats who are friends with de Blasio can’t do it. When Jumaane Wiliams and Justin Brannan said the city was waiting for the state (Andrew Gounardes) to pass a bill, I realized we were in trouble. I think there are a lot of people on Community Board 10 who could get this done, but they probably aren’t interested in this position.
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