Since Congressman Donovan Sleeps in His Washington Office, Can Brooklyn Residents Use His Office as a BnB?
Office by day, comfy bedroom at night….that’s how my Congressman, Dan Donovan uses his Washington office. Donovan claims the apartments in Washington are too expensive so he sleeps in a cot in his office.
Donovan’s salary as a Congressman is $174,000 a year and if you search for him here it shows he is doing well and has even received trips overseas. Yet. Donovan claimed he can’t afford an an apartment and he BELIEVES he has a right to use his office as a bedroom.
If Congressman Donovan can use his office like that, why can’t Brooklyn use his office as a BnB? The office is not in use at night and a small family would be able to live on cots and leave before Donovan’s staff arrived in the morning. There are plenty of Brooklyn families who aren’t doing as well as Donovan and could use some help. Since Donovan understands this, he should be offering his offices in Brooklyn and Staten Island for evening use.
Donovan is heavily funded by the Real Estate Industry and different Pacs (Political Action Committees). Why can’t those who are pushing his campaign offer him a place to sleep? Why does Washington allow employees to use their office in the evening? Is that covered in their insurance?
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May 19, 2018Do You Know the Bay Ridge Purse Snatcher?
Someone had to know him.
Story here
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May 19, 2018Brooklyn Eagle & Reporter & Spectator – All the Same Now
This isn’t good for anyone who looks for the paper for their news.
“The BSouthwest Brooklyn’s beloved hometown newspapers, The Home Reporter and Spectator, are proud to announce a new affiliation with the storied Brooklyn Eagle and sister newspapers that together boast more than 450 years of continuous and collective publishing history.”
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May 19, 2018Mike Long is Owned by the NRA
I tweeted Mike Long that this morning. 10 are dead in the Texas shooting yesterday. The NY Conservative Party Headquarters has taken around $65,000 over the years from the NRA. Long is the head of the party and as recent as this past Summer accepted money from the NRA. He must either really love the NRA or he thinks the Conservative Party is so desperate that it needs $3,000 from the NRA.
Remember Long doesn’t think anything is wrong with the NRA:
The NRA are experts on guns and can easily ask for common sense legislation to protect the whole country, but they don’t because they are busy controlling politicians like Long, who in turn control other politicians. This year, we have more more students and teachers in America killed than active duty military deaths.
If Long can callout to Curtis Sliwa about joining the Conservatives and Republicans, then he can call out to the NRA for national reform as well.
Fran VellaMarone is the treasurer for the NY Conservative Party and also the Brooklyn Conservative Party Vice Chair.
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May 19, 2018Raccoon Removal in Bay Ridge
Calling 311 will not bring any help! The city says the raccoons are your problem, just like bugs in your yard or a mouse in your house are your problem.
If a raccoon has rabies, it will have a dazed look, be walking around in circles. The raccoon will look like it is not aware of its surroundings and often there is a limp to their gait. The city will send someone out to get the sick animal when you call 311.
James Guiliani from Keno’s Animal Rescue will rescue the raccoons (but it looks like it might require a sanctuary fee). He’s in the paper with raccons. 718-606-5545 [email protected]
On a warm February 2019 day, James came out to Bay Ridge to help a racoon that looked stuck.
But when he got to Bay Ridge, the raccoon as gone and he took the pic below to show everyone. Good man!
It was long thought that raccoons were nocturnal. Apparently they are not!
If you see a raccoon in your yard during the day, it doesn’t mean it is rapid. It’s perfectly normal for raccoons to be active throughout the day. It doesn’t mean they are sick or dangerous. Some raccoons chose to look for food for longer hours because they are pregnant or recently gave birth. Some raccoons choose to explore a yard when it is quiet and there are no other animals in the yard.
If you need to have a racoon removed, you can hire:
a) AFederal Exterminating to remove the raccoon – 6801 11th Avenue, Brooklyn (718) 259-8799
b) NY Wildlife Removal:
c) If a raccoon is stuck, you can call Sean at Sean Casey Animal Rescue to rescue it. Look 718-436-5163
Or you can stop a raccoon from entering your yard:
a) Purchase coyote urine on Amazon. $15.00+ Coyote urine scares them away (proven true in Bay Ridge). You pour it near where the raccoon enters your yard and he won’t return.
b) Get a motion activated sprinkler $30+ that keeps all pets out of the yard.
Oh yeah don’t fight the raccoon – it will growl and hiss if you hit it with something. Lee tried to stop a raccoon from eating a kitten! It was too late – the raccoon ate the head and front paws of the kitten while the mother cat was out searching for food.
Raccoons may have rabies so you don’t want them to bite you, your kids or pets. Opossums are less dangerous because of a strong immune system and it is rare for them to have rabies. They are still creepy though.
Good luck!
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May 18, 2018Ethan Lustig-Elgrably Points the Finger & Has No Answers
June 2018 Update: Coney Island residents ask Treyger to support a resident and Treyger pulls out a dramatic response on video. He ignores the resident’s question, so the resident states it to Treyger again.
Ethan Lustig-Elgrably told the Bay Ridge Democrats that he found the situation of Pam Harris using government funding deeply disappointing.
DEEPLY DISAPPOINTING?!
It’s deeply disappointing to see this man is so far removed from the community AND HAS THE NERVE TO COME TO BAY RIDGE AND ASK FOR PEOPLE’S VOTES.
Lustig-Elgrably sat in Councilman Treyger’s office drinking the Treyger juice too long!
Thank you to my neighbors who spoke out so boldly in this video. The first man who questioned Lustig-Elgably on the video spoke for Bay Ridge! The room cheered for my neighbor!
Ethan Lustig-Elgrably blamed other offices for mishandling the money and accepted NO responsibility for being part of Councilman Treyger’s office which didn’t do anything to follow up on that money.
A female voice in the room says, “Just to clarify….You were asked a direct question about your boss and yourself….” I was dying laughing when I heard that. That woman wanted to send home the point that Ethan Lustig-Elgrably was a typical politician working the room with the typical politician’s nonsense.
The audience burst out in chatter as WE DON’T NEED ANY MORE CORRUPTION – ETHAN LUSTIG-ELGRABLY!
Ethan Lustig-Elgrably didn’t seem to get it even after hearing from Bay Ridge residents.
Why didn’t Ethan Lustig-Elgrably get it? Because he listened to Mark Treyger for a long time and Ethan actually believes he “fought” for this district. (Source) We never saw Lustif-Elgrably fight for anything – he was silent when the information about Pam Harris came out.
Here’s Lustig-Elgrably feeding the lines to journalist, Kadia Goba. I can tell you that the city and state programs from home ownership aren’t for most people in our area OR they aren’t available for the high price homes IN OUR AREA (but it sounds good, right?) If they were worthwhile, Mark Treyger would have already pushed them.
Ethan didn’t speak out against Treger throwing more money at Harris EVEN AFTER journalists showed Harris lied to the public.
When all of this corruption went down, I asked NYC Council Speaker, Melissa Mark Vivierto to check Treyger’s money and to stop funding Pam Harris – Vivierto didn’t do anything. Oh wait – yes, she did….she went to Coney Island and stood with Mark Treyger and Pam Harris to support Harris’ re-election, EVEN AFTER the press revealed the truth. Mark-Vivierto allowed Treyger to keep funding Harris not-for-profit. Corruption runs deep in NYC. I didn’t see Ethan ask the NYC Council Speaker to investigate or stop funding to Harris.
Pam Harris is probably going to jail, but no one is even investigating Mark Treyger.
Mark Treyger has the audacity to push another candidate for this seat, so he can have control in the area.
IT’S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN MARK AND ETHAN.
Did you see how angry my neighbors were that Mark Treyger is trying to play this community AGAIN?
In April, Kadia Goba revealed this: “It is rumored that Lustig-Elgrably moved to Coney Island to be eligible to run for Treyger’s term-limited council seat in 2021.” ( Lustig-Elgrably’s lived in Midwood which is City Council Jummane Williams district or Assemblyman Robert Carroll’s district). Ethan probably should have waited until 2010 to run for Treyger’s spot…….maybe no one in Coney Island will look past all the corruption by then.
Strangely some items appear to be missing from Lustig-Elgrably Linkedin Account. When you search for him, you see this in Google:
When you look at his account there is only this:
Why did he remove his work with Brad Lander and Paul Vallone? I’m guessing because that shows Lustig-Elgrably isn’t connected to Coney Island as Lander is from the posh Park Slope and Vallone represents upperclass sections of Queens (Alley Pond Park, Bay Terrace, Bayside, College Point, Douglaston, East Elmhurst, Flushing, Fresh Meadows, Little Neck and Whitestone)
Yet, Lustig-Elgrably left his up his experience on Ari Kagan’s failed campaign for City Council. I guess he thinks that will score points in Coney Island with the Democrats?
After being in politics for several years, Lustig-Elgrably has only 12 connections on Linkedin? Before Justin Brannan became our Councilman, Brannan had 500+ connections on LinkedIn. If someone asks Brannan about something, Brannan is never at a loss on who to contact.
Ethan no longer works for Treyger, yet his Linkedin didn’t mention his current position, a job at the Parks Department.
Another strange thing: Ethan Lustig-Elgrably said he was fighting for this area for awhile. Ethan’s Twitter account is empty.
There are only these three tweets about him:
On Facebook, there is an account, but only a few posts from 2012. He doesn’t seem interested in talking with the public online. For our community, that wouldn’t be good.
Kings County Politics stated that Lustig-Elgrably laid a bomb. Ethan Lustig-Elgrably got a reality check at the Bay Ridge Dems meeting. Ethan should step out of the way because he doesn’t have the background for this position and clearly he won’t be able to provide the leadership needed for this community.
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May 17, 2018Ross Barkan Calls for Relief For Bay Ridge Business Owners
Bay Ridge Business Owners have been hurting over the past few years. We can see this by the high turnover rate and closed stores in our area.
Senator Golden and Nicole Malliotakis have failed to do ANYTHING to help Bay Ridge small business owners.
Some business owners are paying $5000+ a month for a spot on the Avenue.
Ross Barkan, candidate for Senate has called for Commercial Rent Control. We haven’t heard of anyone calling for this, but we think it should be considered because small businesses are what keep Bay Ridge feeling like Bay Ridge AND most of them are supporting local schools in the area as well. You don’t see donations from large companies at school card parties unless a parent has bought the item and donated it.
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May 17, 2018Donate Clothes at St. Ephrem on May 19th
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May 16, 2018Asian Man Grabbed 10 Year Old in Borough Park
See story here
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May 16, 2018Buy Hard Plastic Baby Pool in Bay Ridge
Ace Hardware on 7615 – 13th avenue (formerly Polsteins Hardware) sells the hard plastic baby pools. There are also stores on fifth Avenue in the low 50’s that sell baby pools.
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May 16, 2018Scandinavian Viking Festival Bay Ridge 5/19
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May 16, 2018Free Movie Night 5/19/18
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