Basketball for Children in K – 8 on 11th Ave.
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June 15, 2025Justin Brannan and the Lobbyists for the Casino in Coney Island (Three Articles!)
In 2024, Justin Brannan asked the people in Coney Island for their vote.
In 2025, Coney Island residents spent the last six months attending meetings to stop a casino in their community. If they had a better representative, this wouldn’t have happened!
THREE articles about Justin Brannan and the lobbyists at the Coney Island Casino have come out.
1) Today, the Brooklyn Eagle’s article had the quote above. See the article here:
https://brooklyneagle.com/articles/2025/06/14/the-coney-casino-at-council-hearing
Justin Brannan should not be voting on anything with the casino in Coney Island at this point.
2) “In Crain’s article, Richard Briffault, the former chair of the NYC’s Conflicts of Interest Board wrote in an email that Brannan’s interaction with the developers at the hearing would not be improper, since city laws against coordination with super PACs require “an actual agreement” with the candidate about the contents of the PAC’s advertisements.”
Campaign Finance shows that New Yorkers for Accountability spent $30,000 on this digital ad for Justin Brannan”
3) City and State talked more about the lobbyists.
Read the article:
Brooklyn, vote against Justin Brannan for putting Brooklyn in this position! Mark Levine said no the casino in Manhattan.
See Coney Island speak out against Councilman Justin Brannan: https://x.com/AmusingZillion/status/1934455967913030025
Brooklynites should not have to fight the Councilman to stop the casino – the Councilman should have stood with the people.
In March 2023, I wrote that Justin Brannan would be the worst thing for Coney Island because he was lobbied by the casino. Coney Island is in a terrible position and there aren’t any good Democrats standing up against this.
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June 15, 2025Cuccio’s Bakery Has a 14 Layer Cookie?
Bianca from Brooklyn reviewed Cuccio’s Bakery at 320 Avenue X in Brooklyn. She says it is more like a 14 Layer cookie and doesn’t have the traditional almond flavor.
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June 15, 2025Bill Colton’s Chief-of-Staff is in the NY Post.
Assemblyman Bill Colton’s chief-of-staff, Larry He was in the NY Post. Larry He was working for Andrew Cuomo’s mayoral campaign, but quit.
“The Post found Larry He, 48, did not disclose any of these business relationships on mandatory filings he made as chief-of-staff to Assemblyman William Colton (D-Brooklyn), a job he started in late 2023 while living in upstate New York. “
Larry He is still working for Assemblyman Bill Colton.
Story here:
https://nypost.com/2025/06/14/us-news/andrew-cuomo-campaign-aide-worked-for-companies-tied-to-ccp
The article didn’t say he resigned from Bill Colton’s office, so I asked the NY Post journalist, Will Bredderman and he said:
Larry He is a Democrat District Leader, which means he brings candidates in to run for office. Who brought Larry He to Colton’s office is the question Bill Colton will need to answer.
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June 14, 2025Ron Weasly the Kitten is Available for Adoption at Sean Casey Animal Rescue
Ron Weasley, the adorable orange striped, three-month old kitten is available for adoption at Sean Casey Animal Rescue at 153 East 3rd Street in Brooklyn from 11:00 am until 5:30 pm.
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June 14, 2025PRIDE Isn’t a Photo-Op, Andrew Gounardes
Today, Senator Andrew Gounardes walked in the Pride Parade in Park Slope. I don’t think Andrew Gounardes attended Gay Ridge’ Pride event at Owls Head Park this year.
More importantly, Senator Andrew Gounardes has not spoken out or taken action when hate towards the LGBT community has appeared in Bay Ridge.
Wearing the rainbow and giving out flags is nice, but our community needs a leader to stand up against the hate.
The rainbow bench on Shore Road, that is a memorial to a teen in our community has been defaced several times and good people in the community have repainted it several times. See story:
https://connecticut.news12.com/bench-dedicated-to-memory-of-queer-teen-defaced-in-bay-ridge
After the second repainting, we should have seen Andrew Gouanardes take action. A camera placed in the area and a sign telling the haters they are being filmed will probably put an end to the nonsense.
Before the Pride bench, Pride flags were removed and even burned in Bay Ridge. And political leaders failed to take action to stop the hate.
Bay Ridge residents spoke out against the hate:
Politicians should have spoken out at that time and replaced the Pride flags to send the message to young people in our community that behavior is not acceptable. Senator Andrew Gounardes did not take action.
This week on social media, a video of some adults and children in Bay Ridge appeared. The person filming the video showed a transgender flag and said and tell me about trans rights.
(Warning on video – foul language and hate: https://x.com/EYakoby/status/1933170492166521160)
Gounardes and Brannan were tagged on the video and they ignored it, instead of speaking out against it. Gounardes is on X every day playing around, so he should have responded against the hate.
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June 14, 2025Bay Parkway and 86th Street – “A Mishap”
Why didn’t the driver take another street?
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June 14, 2025Immigrants in Sunset Park Are Nervous About Ice
The Daily News has a sad story about undocumented residents avoiding eating out or shopping because they are worried about ICE. See here:
Scaring people who are quietly living and working in their community isn’t right.
On Sunday, June 15th, Trump wrote that ICE is expanding efforts to detain and deport people.
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June 14, 2025If You Lost Your Cell Phone in Bay Ridge – Call It
A nice person found your phone and is waiting for you to call it.
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June 14, 2025Industry Yoga Classes in Bay Ridge
Industry Yoga meets on Wednesday evening at 127 Bay Ridge Avenue.
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June 14, 2025Allison Mero Missing Teen From Brooklyn
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June 13, 2025Rally for Veterans in Bay Ridge – 6/14
There is a Rally for Veterans in John Paul Jones Park in Bay Ridge on Saturday, June 14th at 1:00 pm because veterans are losing jobs, healthcare & other services.
They have even had their Crisis Hotline gutted. It’s time to fight back & support those who gave so much to us!
This rally is happening rain or shine – bring an umbrella!
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