Chris Hoban Run in Bay Ridge – September 2024

Thirty-six years ago, Officer Christopher Hoban was killed, while serving the people of NYC as a police officer. (Info)

Hoban grew up in Sunset Park, attended OLPH elementary school and then Xaverian High School. On the third Sunday of September each year, Officer Hoban is honored and remembered with the Chris Hoban Run. It is always the most beautiful day of the year.

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Man Stabbed on 60th St. Bet. 4th & 5th Avenues

Yesterday around 7:46 pm, a man was urinating on a car on 60th Street between 4th and 5th Avenue.

The car owner’s son told him not to. The man with the black shirt punched the car owner’s son and stabbed in the stomach.

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Andrew Gounardes is Not Helping Constituents in Brooklyn With Property Taxes – See Video

A small business owner in Sunset Park was charged over $30,000 in property taxes this year! He contacted Senator Andrew Gounardes and he had to deal with Gounardes’ staffer.

Why didn’t Andrew pick up the phone and call the constituent?

Gounardes should be answering to constituents, especially when his staffer is not able to answer the constituent’s questions and they call back.

When the small business owner saw Gounardes this week, he spoke to him respectfully.

Senator Gounardes’ demeanor was not appropriate for a public servant: (Watch the video below)

When Gounardes ran for office, Andrew told us he was going to change property taxes.

Why did Andrew Gounardes not step up for this small business owner in Brooklyn?

Gounardes has been office for six years and has failed to make has failed make any change to property taxes. Andrew has not introduced new legislation or even held a community meeting.

This year, Gounardes pushed Congestion Pricing on NYC, instead of correcting property taxes.

Andrew Gounardes should step down if he doesn’t know how to help this constituent. Being rude is unacceptable! A politician refusing to help a constituent means it is time for the politician to take a different job.

Frankels has been in Brooklyn since 1890. Why is a small business next to the BQE paying $30,000 in property taxes?

Home owners in Bay Ridge are paying more than two times the property tax that Bill de Blasio and Brad Lander in Park Slope pay in property taxes. Rents are higher here because landlords want more rent to cover the higher tax.

Before Andrew Gounardes was elected, Justin Brannan and Gounardes said Marty Golden did not fix property taxes.

After elected to office, Andrew Gounardes said he was waiting for the property tax commission to return their report. The Commission returned the report years ago, but Andrew Gounardes failed to take any action.

As you all know, I have contacted Senator Gounardes several times. I have never received a callback from Andrew when I have left message.

When I emailed Senator Gounardes asking to see how the money for this area was spent, Gounardes’ staff did not respond for months. When they finally responded, I received an incomplete list. I sent a question to Gounardes’ staffer, Tori Burhans Kelly to clarify and I did not receive a response.

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Donate Halloween Costumes in Bay Ridge

Donate children’s Halloween costumes at The Ridge Shop at 8121 3rd Avenue – all sizes.

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When You Don’t Show Up Until Election Season, You Can’t Expect Support

Senator Iwen Chu visited the 86th Street protest, but the people know she has not been with them all year.

This politician likes taking photos, so one clever Brooklynite held up a sign behind Senator Chu. In English it says, “You are not welcome here.” I tried a translator app on it, but it did not work. Someone translated it to: Cannot buy my mouth. Cannot buy my vote.

You can’t show up during election season and think you can fool people!

This red box translates to: 86th Street resident’s voice.

The people know Iwen Chu pushed a Queens politician against Susan for NYC Council. This new Asian District just received representation and Iwen didn’t think the people should be represented by one of their neighbors from Brooklyn!

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Great Family Day on 5th Avenue In Bay Ridge

Bay Ridge looked like Bay Ridge today!

Brooklyn Bridge Parents and the 5th Avenue Bid teamed up and had a lot of nice activities for children at the Fifth Avenue Festival today. You can see more pictures by clicking the arrow to go to the right (it’s in the middle of the picture).

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Guinea Pigs Left in Front of One Love – Bay Ridge

This morning someone left this container with two guinea pigs outside of One Love Animal Hospital at 8209 3rd Avenue.

A kind Ridgite stayed with the little animals until someone from One Love opened the place (and thankfully, took them inside).

The person who left Rice and Beans, the two guinea pigs left a note on the side of the container, She explained that she was leaving a domestic abuse relationship.

**Prayers that this woman gets to a safe place and her healing begins.** She cared enough to bring the animals to a place she knew they would be cared for.

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Governor Hochul Added Three Million to Save Afterschool Programs in NYC!

Yesterday, the news announced that Governor Hochul restored NYS funding for one year to afterschool programs, which didn’t receive funding in NYC. (News)

No programs in our area have announced any funding or that their program was restored, so let’s hope they are receiving some of the money.

Thankfully, Governor Hochul heard the parents and District 20’s CEC. Thank you Steven Stowe, Elizabeth Chen, John Riccotone and Joyce Xie for rallying on Labor Day Weekend for Families! (See here)

Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights, elect new state representatives because Andrew Gounardes and Iwen Chu didn’t tell parents or Bay Ridge that NYS had cut this funding.

Neither Senator showed up at the rally on September 1st to stand with the parents! Andrew Gounardes has rallied for the wrong thing in our community – see here

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The Speech Andrew Gounardes Should Have Given About Neighborhoods Over Development

Assemblyman Robert Carroll from Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn gave a fantastic speech about the importance of neighborhoods before development.

Assemblyman Carroll said, “Neighborhood character matters.” Carroll pressed the idea that community residents should have a say in shaping how their neighborhood grows and changes.

Bay Ridge, Senator Andrew Gounardes attended the meeting at St. Anselm and stayed SILENT in the back with his political friends.

Senator Gounardes didn’t get up and speak for us. And in the days that followed, he didn’t put anything in print to speak out for our community!

This morning I was taken back by the video below, which was taken in Manhattan:

The NYC bus should have stopped and blocked the man’s body while the driver called for help. But sadly, no one else helped the man either.

We saw a similar situation happen in Bay Ridge. When a man fell to the ground, cars stopped and angled their car to keep the man’s body safe from traffic. Many people stopped and called 911 (at least five people). Two kind Ridgites, who got down on the ground and sat with the hurt man to wait for EMS.

Brooklyn is not Manhattan and we need leaders like Carroll, who aren’t afraid to stand up and speak for the community.

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Bay Ridge Organizations Doing Good – Got Scammed by a Priest

Two caring organizations in Bay Ridge, The Salaam Club of New York and The Rotary Club of Verrazano held fundraisers with the intention of helping Christian refugees in the Middle East.

The NY Post has a story today of how Father Pawel Bielecki used the money. (See here)

The Salaam Club of New York donated $2,500 and the Rotary Club of Verrazano donated $1,000. (Info about the 2018 fundraiser)

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Greek Festival in Staten Island This Weekend!

Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis shared the Greek Festival going on in Staten Island from Friday to Sunday!

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Person Hit on 23rd Avenue and Cropsey

Today, a person was run over on 23rd Avenue and Cropsey Avenue. The person is in bad shape as their head was hurt (a friend saw the person). I haven’t seen any information about this online to link to you.

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