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August 3, 2022
You Zhou Chen is Missing From Brooklyn

You Zhou Chen is 84 years old nd missing from Cropsey Avenue and Bay 34th Street in Brooklyn. Hopefully he is found soon.
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August 3, 2022
GayRidge Has August Events in Bay Ridge
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August 3, 2022
Kaja, The Calico Cat Is Missing in Brooklyn
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August 3, 2022
The Ridge Spot Juice Bar Opened on 3rd Avenue
I’m not sure when this little juicebar opened, but they make great juice. My friend stopped over with it today and it was really good.
The Ridge Spot Juice Bar is on 74th Street off of 3rd Avenue in Bay Ridge.
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August 3, 2022
Brad Lander Wants to Legalize Basements in Brooklyn
To all those who are waiting for NYC to do something about the illegal basements, you don’t have to wait much longer. (Story here)
The Socialist Comptroller of NYC, Brad Lander has the Basement Resident Protection Law. (Lander is a self-proclaimed socialist – see here)
The Basement Resident Protection Law which will create a “basement board” to oversee this. (Don’t count on anyone who owns or lives in this type of building to be on the board, as the property tax commission was composed of a “unique” group).
These basement conversions will no longer be called illegal apartments, they would be called accessory dwelling units or ADUs.
They haven’t done a enough to correct the problems that caused the deaths from Hurricane Ida that killed eleven people in NY.
It’s always bad news with Brad Lander. He may be a socialist, but he is anything but equitable. Lander pays less than half the property taxes of our neighborhood. He has known about this inequity for many years and hasn’t done anything to correct the problem.
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August 3, 2022
68th Precinct Arrested Man on 86th Street
On Monday, August 1st, Adam from Loudlabs shared a video of the 68th Precinct arresting a guy. (See video here and Adam’s description under the video.)
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August 3, 2022
Max Rose’s Mother Wrote Me A Letter
Tonight, when I walked outside to water my the plants that baked in the sun all day, I saw an envelope on the mat outside my door. I brought the mail in earlier hours before. I wondered if I dropped the envelope.
When I picked it up, I saw the envelope was blank and there was no stamp. It wasn’t sealed. I took out the paper inside and realized this was a play out of Michael Grimm’s playbook. It was a letter from Max Rose’s Mother, Lisa Rose.
Politicians in this neighborhood like to have their loved ones send us letters. (Here’s Grimm’s and Andrew Gounardes’ wife’s)
Below is the letter and the response:
Dear Mrs. Rose,
Thank you for being a military mother. I can’t imagine the hours of worry and fear you had after your son was seriously hurt. Thank you to Max for his service in the military. And finally, thank you for not asking us to vote for your son.
When Max first ran for office, people chose him because he promised he was going to work for us. We were represented by Dan Donovan and everyone was tired of Dan.
When Max was elected, he enjoyed walking in the parades in Bay Ridge, but Max didn’t take on any of the hard issues here. As lobbyists and developers played in our area with other politicians, Max didn’t say anything about it.
When the pandemic happened, businesses needed support. The first business to close in our community was the Iraqi House. Six months prior, The New York Times raved about Mohammed’s restaurant. (See here) During the pandemic, the government has programs to help business owners. No one helped Mohammed. He was a new immigrant who wasn’t able to access the programs to save his business. Social media doesn’t reach everyone in our community. Max was raising his new baby, but didn’t send anyone to help Mohammed or any of the other businesses with Covid-relief funds.
During Covid. Brannan and Gounardes held a meeting for business owners virtually. I asked Lee to go because I was working. Instead of having an open Zoom meeting, where people could talk to one another, the politicians brought in some speakers and then they closed the meeting the minute it was supposed to end. The business owners were not allowed to ask questions.
While Max wants to speak out against guns today. Max ignored guns in Brooklyn and didn’t take a stand. (See Here) and (Here)
Max watched as Justin Brannan posted this online. Max engages Brannan on social media a lot and he didn’t say anything to let Brannan know it wasn’t appropriate. Imagine how the 68th Precinct police felt when they saw Brannan go unchecked by the other politicians.
Congratulations to my friend @JustinBrannan on being appointed Finance Chair in the NYC Council. Southern Brooklyn and New York City will have a fighter for equity and opportunity for all with JB at the helm of this committee. https://t.co/NMOgioKwPN
— Max Rose (@MaxRose4NY) January 21, 2022

Andrew Gounardes voted for changes to bail law. It took Max two years to speak out against it. (See here) Nicole Malliotakis stood up against the changes in the bail law from the start. She continued to shine a light on it. Now Mayor Adams has asked for help.
When Bergen Place had a puppy mill, Andrew and Justin failed to help the residents and the dogs. Max Rose should have stepped up. Maybe Max wasn’t called about the problem on Bergen Place, but it was in the news a lot, so he should have contacted those residents. (See here) The puppy mill moved to another part of Brooklyn, where people responded a lot better. The ASPCA took the dogs away. (See here)
Last October, Max came to Bay Ridge to take photos with Justin Brannan. He knew Brannan pushed bills for lobbyists and had let developers win here.
As this year began, Andrew Gounardes voted to gerrymander Brooklyn. Gounardes spoken out against gerrymandering for years, but he voted for a strange Congressional map that went into Park Slope so Max could have a good chance at winning.
I didn’t think Max needed to help to win an election. I was surprised he didn’t call out Gounardes about the gerrymandering because it’s ethically wrong. Instead, Max quietly opened a campaign office in Park Slope on 7th Avenue and 9th Street. (See) These guys thought they beat the system.
LOCAL SCOOP: So Max Rose’s congressional campaign took over the old Brooklyn Industries space in Park Slope — that’s a lot of rent pic.twitter.com/RmymBETDxb
— Marcus Baram (@mbaram) March 16, 2022

The courts and special master changed the maps to appease the Republicans. *The reality is if the district wasn’t changed, Max might have been able to win. Our community won’t have another opportunity to get a fair district for ten more years. Andrew Gounardes should not be running for office, as he wasn’t able to uphold the Constitution. (See here)
In April, Max Rose accepted the endorsement of Brad Lander. Max is running to represent two boroughs of NYC that are being overtaxed, AND Brad Lander pays very low property taxes. I have spoken about this with Brad Lander since 2019. (See here)
Lander has served in government for many years and refused to do anything to make an equitable tax system.
Brittany Ramos DeBarros is running against Max. Brittany said Max has refused to debate her. Why are scared politicians able to avoid the Democratic process of debating their opponent? Someone probably needs to make a law that two public debates are required for public office.
Mrs. Rose, Your grandson is beautiful. He deserves the best of everything in the world. I hope Max finds a career far away from politics and enjoys his life.
And I hope our community elects new leaders to replace those who played politics, played with lobbyists or were silent because they were too cowardly to speak out against their friends doing the wrong thing.
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August 2, 2022
The Great Irish Fair in Brooklyn is in Park Slope – Not Coney Island Brooklyn – September 2022
The Great Irish Fair in Brooklyn is usually held in Coney Island. But this year, it will be in Park Slope!
The new date is September 24th 2022.
Location: Holy Name of Jesus’ Church parking lots – it’s behind the church at 245 Prospect Park West (seen here)
Get tickets: http://ow.ly/WhAt50K4NSB
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August 2, 2022
National Night Out in Bay Ridge 8/2
Tonight, the 68th Precinct is hosting National Night Out Against Crime at Owls Head Park on 68th Street and Colonial Road.
They have food, drinks. rides, raffles, a dj and a nice night out – it’s free for everyone.
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August 2, 2022
The Brooklyn Firefly Is In Scott’s Pizza Tour
Scott’s Pizza Tour has a bus and takes people to four of the best pizza places in NYC on each tour. They just added The Brooklyn Firefly on 3rd Avenue and 70th Street in Bay Ridge to their tour.
I’m surprised that they haven’t added more pizza places in our area. Here’s their map A lot of the places with great pizza, may be too small or not as modern as The Brooklyn Firefly.
The cost of the tour is $79 and includes the bus and the cost of the pizza. They start at one place in Manhattan and then travel to three other pizzerias in another borough. (See tour info)
Interestingly, Scott shared that the pizza oven at Patty’s Pizzeria (which closed) is for sale. Some Bay Ridge business may want to purchase this coal oven if it was the right price.
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August 2, 2022
Republicans Rallying in Coney Island 8/3
The Republican Party has become more organized as they see that bail laws have hurt NYC.
Inna Vernikov is a powerhouse down at that end of Coney Island. Why isn’t she on their flyer? Not only has she shown she cares about the community, but people are finding Inna and her office very responsive. She may be a Republican, but she takes Democrats calls.
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August 2, 2022
David Yassky Explained What’s Missing from the Bail Law – Andrew Gounardes Blamed the Pandemic for Crime
David Yassky and Andrew Gounardes debated virtually. Yassky shared the link to the debate – Andrew Gounardes did not!
Schnepps Media had two amazing moderators for the debate – their own Stephen Witt and the amazing, Jane Hanson. Hanson exposed what’s missing with the bail law. Gounardes is at fault. He thinks he is doing a good job. David Yassky explained what could be added to reform the law.
Gounardes thinks he is doing a good job and is not willing to change the bail law. Mayor Eric Adams has asked repeatedly for help with this and Andrew has refused.
In February 2019, after a woman was sexually assaulted at the 95th Street train station, I contacted Senator Gounardes. Various media said this was due to the reforms made to the bail law. (See here and here) I found Andrew Gounardes to be disconnected and unsympathetic to the woman.
Gounardes wanted this new district. Andrew voted to gerrymander Brooklyn. Andrew is not the incumbent for most of the district – just 20%. Yassky has led in 30% of the district. He is known for turning around a school when he was a councilman (PS 8).
Stephen Witt made an excellent point about this new district being a waterfront district. We saw Gounardes accepted money from Kathy Hochul’s big donors. Is this why they are interested in our district?
Andrew Gounardes was not able to handle our waterfront. Initially, when Gounardes ran for office, he had big plans for the Shore Road bike path area, but Andrew didn’t do anything and the area has not been maintained well.
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Yassky had answers. Gounardes thinks he is doing enough.
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You Zhou Chen is 84 years old nd missing from Cropsey Avenue and Bay 34th Street in Brooklyn. Hopefully he is found soon.

I’m not sure when this little juicebar opened, but they make great juice. My friend stopped over with it today and it was really good.

The Ridge Spot Juice Bar is on 74th Street off of 3rd Avenue in Bay Ridge.

To all those who are waiting for NYC to do something about the illegal basements, you don’t have to wait much longer. (Story here)

The Socialist Comptroller of NYC, Brad Lander has the Basement Resident Protection Law. (Lander is a self-proclaimed socialist – see here)

The Basement Resident Protection Law which will create a “basement board” to oversee this. (Don’t count on anyone who owns or lives in this type of building to be on the board, as the property tax commission was composed of a “unique” group).

These basement conversions will no longer be called illegal apartments, they would be called accessory dwelling units or ADUs.

They haven’t done a enough to correct the problems that caused the deaths from Hurricane Ida that killed eleven people in NY.

It’s always bad news with Brad Lander. He may be a socialist, but he is anything but equitable. Lander pays less than half the property taxes of our neighborhood. He has known about this inequity for many years and hasn’t done anything to correct the problem.

On Monday, August 1st, Adam from Loudlabs shared a video of the 68th Precinct arresting a guy. (See video here and Adam’s description under the video.)

Tonight, when I walked outside to water my the plants that baked in the sun all day, I saw an envelope on the mat outside my door. I brought the mail in earlier hours before. I wondered if I dropped the envelope.

When I picked it up, I saw the envelope was blank and there was no stamp. It wasn’t sealed. I took out the paper inside and realized this was a play out of Michael Grimm’s playbook. It was a letter from Max Rose’s Mother, Lisa Rose.

Politicians in this neighborhood like to have their loved ones send us letters. (Here’s Grimm’s and Andrew Gounardes’ wife’s)

Below is the letter and the response:

Dear Mrs. Rose,

Thank you for being a military mother. I can’t imagine the hours of worry and fear you had after your son was seriously hurt. Thank you to Max for his service in the military. And finally, thank you for not asking us to vote for your son.

When Max first ran for office, people chose him because he promised he was going to work for us. We were represented by Dan Donovan and everyone was tired of Dan.

When Max was elected, he enjoyed walking in the parades in Bay Ridge, but Max didn’t take on any of the hard issues here. As lobbyists and developers played in our area with other politicians, Max didn’t say anything about it.

While Max wants to speak out against guns today. Max ignored guns in Brooklyn and didn’t take a stand. (See Here) and (Here)

Max watched as Justin Brannan posted this online. Max engages Brannan on social media a lot and he didn’t say anything to let Brannan know it wasn’t appropriate. Imagine how the 68th Precinct police felt when they saw Brannan go unchecked by the other politicians.

Andrew Gounardes voted for changes to bail law. It took Max two years to speak out against it. (See here) Nicole Malliotakis stood up against the changes in the bail law from the start. She continued to shine a light on it. Now Mayor Adams has asked for help.

Last October, Max came to Bay Ridge to take photos with Justin Brannan. He knew Brannan pushed bills for lobbyists and had let developers win here.

As this year began, Andrew Gounardes voted to gerrymander Brooklyn. Gounardes spoken out against gerrymandering for years, but he voted for a strange Congressional map that went into Park Slope so Max could have a good chance at winning.

I didn’t think Max needed to help to win an election. I was surprised he didn’t call out Gounardes about the gerrymandering because it’s ethically wrong. Instead, Max quietly opened a campaign office in Park Slope on 7th Avenue and 9th Street. (See) These guys thought they beat the system.

In April, Max Rose accepted the endorsement of Brad Lander. Max is running to represent two boroughs of NYC that are being overtaxed, AND Brad Lander pays very low property taxes. I have spoken about this with Brad Lander since 2019. (See here)

Lander has served in government for many years and refused to do anything to make an equitable tax system.

Brittany Ramos DeBarros is running against Max. Brittany said Max has refused to debate her. Why are scared politicians able to avoid the Democratic process of debating their opponent? Someone probably needs to make a law that two public debates are required for public office.

Mrs. Rose, Your grandson is beautiful. He deserves the best of everything in the world. I hope Max finds a career far away from politics and enjoys his life.

And I hope our community elects new leaders to replace those who played politics, played with lobbyists or were silent because they were too cowardly to speak out against their friends doing the wrong thing.

The Great Irish Fair in Brooklyn is usually held in Coney Island. But this year, it will be in Park Slope!

The new date is September 24th 2022.

Location: Holy Name of Jesus’ Church parking lots – it’s behind the church at 245 Prospect Park West (seen here)

Get tickets: http://ow.ly/WhAt50K4NSB

Tonight, the 68th Precinct is hosting National Night Out Against Crime at Owls Head Park on 68th Street and Colonial Road.

They have food, drinks. rides, raffles, a dj and a nice night out – it’s free for everyone.

Scott’s Pizza Tour has a bus and takes people to four of the best pizza places in NYC on each tour. They just added The Brooklyn Firefly on 3rd Avenue and 70th Street in Bay Ridge to their tour.

I’m surprised that they haven’t added more pizza places in our area. Here’s their map A lot of the places with great pizza, may be too small or not as modern as The Brooklyn Firefly.

The cost of the tour is $79 and includes the bus and the cost of the pizza. They start at one place in Manhattan and then travel to three other pizzerias in another borough. (See tour info)

Interestingly, Scott shared that the pizza oven at Patty’s Pizzeria (which closed) is for sale. Some Bay Ridge business may want to purchase this coal oven if it was the right price.

The Republican Party has become more organized as they see that bail laws have hurt NYC.

Inna Vernikov is a powerhouse down at that end of Coney Island. Why isn’t she on their flyer? Not only has she shown she cares about the community, but people are finding Inna and her office very responsive. She may be a Republican, but she takes Democrats calls.

David Yassky and Andrew Gounardes debated virtually. Yassky shared the link to the debate – Andrew Gounardes did not!

Schnepps Media had two amazing moderators for the debate – their own Stephen Witt and the amazing, Jane Hanson. Hanson exposed what’s missing with the bail law. Gounardes is at fault. He thinks he is doing a good job. David Yassky explained what could be added to reform the law.

Gounardes thinks he is doing a good job and is not willing to change the bail law. Mayor Eric Adams has asked repeatedly for help with this and Andrew has refused.

In February 2019, after a woman was sexually assaulted at the 95th Street train station, I contacted Senator Gounardes. Various media said this was due to the reforms made to the bail law. (See here and here) I found Andrew Gounardes to be disconnected and unsympathetic to the woman.

Gounardes wanted this new district. Andrew voted to gerrymander Brooklyn. Andrew is not the incumbent for most of the district – just 20%. Yassky has led in 30% of the district. He is known for turning around a school when he was a councilman (PS 8).

Stephen Witt made an excellent point about this new district being a waterfront district. We saw Gounardes accepted money from Kathy Hochul’s big donors. Is this why they are interested in our district?

Andrew Gounardes was not able to handle our waterfront. Initially, when Gounardes ran for office, he had big plans for the Shore Road bike path area, but Andrew didn’t do anything and the area has not been maintained well.

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Yassky had answers. Gounardes thinks he is doing enough.