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February 3, 2022
Why Did the People’s Pantry in Bay Ridge Move?
The People’s Pantry was placed outside of Senator Andrew Gounardes’ office last year. The people who placed it there had good intentions, but I don’t think they know 5th Avenue.
It recently moved to: 7420 – 4th Avenue. (Info here)
When it was initially delivered, everyone thought it was a great idea. We saw seniors stopping at it.
One evening, we saw two men rapidly pushing the contents of a shelf into a box. They had two more boxes on the ground, so we drove around the block. They were gone.
On another occasion, I was at the Bay Ridge dinner across the street from Gounardes office with a friend. We watched three shelves of non-perishables go into two shopping wagons. While we thought that was strange, we figured that must be normal since Gounardes staffers didn’t do anything.
Senator Gounardes doesn’t leave the Little Library that holds used books outside of his office because people will vandalize it. The Little Libraries on residential blocks usually don’t have any problems, but since people on 5th Avenue are bored and the area is empty, they do.
Here’s the strange thing: Why didn’t Gounardes provide funding the pantry? If he was, how much money was going towards it?
The pantry was always asking for donations. First they took donations through Venmo, but then they stopped accepting Venmo. (See here) Their posts on Instagram dwindled as they seem to have lost interest in the project.
Several organizations, including Bay Ridge Cares were funding the pantry for several weeks. (See here) Bay Ridge Cares received money from Mathylde Frontus (See here)
Was it too expensive for Gounardes to fund the pantry? Where did all the money from his office go?
Lee asked Senator Gounardes about how tax money was spent by his office because he thought it was strange that Gounardes wasn’t being transparent, like Mathylde Frontus has. (See here)
A community activist thought I was lying when I wrote that Gounardes did not reply to Lee’s email. That afternoon, Tori Kelly sent an e-mail with an incomplete list. Kelly wrote, that she would answer any questions. When Lee responded with a question, she she didn’t respond.
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February 3, 2022
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February 2, 2022
Fei Long Grocery Store – 8th Avenue in Brooklyn
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February 2, 2022
Redeemer St. John Nursery School Open House 2/5
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February 2, 2022
Strange Entry in the Lobbyist Database
McCabe is listed as a staffer for Justin Brannan in this 2020 entry. I don’t think that ever happened.
You can find it here. Search for: Consortium for Worker Education, Inc. or search by lobbyist employee: Erin Darcy
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February 2, 2022
Mr. Socks, a Tuxedo Cat, is Lost in Bay Ridge
Mr. Socks has been missing since Friday, January 28th. He got out around Bay Ridge Avenue and 68th Street – near 7th Avenue.
Mr. Socks is 12 years old and a large, friendly cat. He stays indoors.
Call 917-426-3678 if you see Mr. Socks.
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February 2, 2022
CTown in Bay Ridge Locked Up The Energy Drinks
So the local C-Store in Bay Ridge put locks on energy drinks because of theft! What the hell is going on in our neighborhood?! pic.twitter.com/jcFHJAj7Za
— Heidi Chan-Sarantopoulos ??? (@heidi4brooklyn) February 2, 2022

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February 2, 2022
Sleds For Sale in Bay Ridge – Legends Sporting
Legends Sporting Goods at 8224 5th Avenue in Bay Ridge has sleds for sales. The large is $19.99 and the smaller circular one is $14.99.
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February 2, 2022
Free Vegetables in Bay Ridge on Saturday, 2/5
It’s good to know that BRCDC has people’s back in Bay Ridge.
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February 2, 2022
NYS Democrats Attempt to Rid Brooklyn of Two Hispanic Female Congresswomen with Redistricting

We live in a gerrymandered district. For most of my life, I didn’t know that. A few years ago, I learned about it when Justin Brannan and Andrew Gounardes cried about gerrymandering online.
The Democrats are attempting to crush Nicole Malliotakis and Nydia Velázquez with their gerrymandering plan for redistricting in Brooklyn.
Gerrymandering happens when district lines for a community are drawn going up and down blocks, rather than drawing straight lines around a neighborhood. Politicians want to get more voters that represent the political party in their district and get rid of voters that are opposite their party.
Currently, Bay Ridges district lines were made by the Republicans, so the Democrats SHOULD be doing the right thing and drawing better district lines. But they are not (See District 10 in the map below).
Their plan involves SUPER GERRYMANDERING BROOKLYN in areas where no one is watching them, like in poorer immigrant neighborhoods.
The purple line that is circled in red is the new CD -11.
NYS Democrats think no one will care because Hispanic people are busy working and not playing on social media, where all the conversation about redistricting exists.
The new district lines are spreading our Congressional District into Park Slope. Rumors are that it is either because Democrats like Robert Carroll (Source) or former mayor Bill de Blasio will run against Malliotakis.
Update 2/2/22: DeBlasio is thinking about running for Congress:
Staten Island doesn’t have enough people for a Congressional District, so it needs some in Brooklyn. But lumping Sunset Park and Park Slope with the district instead of Bensonhurst is ridiculous.
This change in district lines has Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez living in Jerry Nadler’s area, so she would have to move in order to run for Congress again. It’s a purposeful way to make sure that immigrants and first generation citizens in Sunset Park don’t get representation in government.
NYS Democrats think Brooklyn needs white men to be in Congress.
Sunset Park is 47% Hispanic and 32% Asian. These citizens do not need a white man to represent them and tell them what they need.
In 2020, this area fought against Industry City. Many City Council members Nydia Velázquez spoke out for them. Men in adjacent districts (like Senator Gounardes) were silent and did not hear the people and their needs.
You won’t see Andrew Gounardes and Justin Brannan calling out for fair district lines because women politicians are under attack. Years ago, these men had a backroom deal that was noted in a newspaper. Brannan and Treyger banned together to help Gounardes. (See here) No male politician spoke up for Mathylde Frontus. Frontus had no problem speaking out for herself and a lot of community support.
Andrew Gounardes stands to benefit from the district line being redrawn.
Bay Ridge is connected to Park Slope on the Senate map as well. Andrew Gounardes has a lot of campaign contributions from that district, even though he doesn’t currently represent that area.
Gounardes only contribution on this topic is to play on Twitter:
Last year, Justin Brannan quietly gave $50,000 of our tax money to NY Law School to teach about redistricting. Reporter, Jaime DeJesus failed to mention that spending in his article about Brannan’s spending (See here)
Who learned about redistricting from NY Law School that Brannan paid for with our money:? State government politicians should be calling out the gerrymandering and the attempt to cancel Latina politicians in NYC. Lawyers for immigrant communities should be calling for fair representation in Sunset Park with Nydia Velázquez.
Redistricting is easy if you aren’t a jerk. Draw lines on a map to divide the neighborhood. Stop making SUPER gerrymandered maps because you are afraid of losing.
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February 2, 2022
Baci’s Valentine’s Menu in Bay Ridge
Baci Restaurant is at 8424 – 3rd Avenue. Call 718-333-5879 to make a reservation.
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February 1, 2022
Justin Brannan Is The Last Person Who Should Talk About the Environment After The East River Park Fiasco #Fail
We saw the tweet above from Justin Brannan.
Brannan was the Chair of NYC Council’s Resiliency and Waterfronts committee. He told the people that he would help.
Brannan knew that the people only had access to a heavily redacted East Side Coastal Resiliency “Value Engineering Study.” (See here)
Brannan’s staffer told the activists that he requested a hearing. Corey Johnson, the Speaker of NYC Council told the people that not one politician filed the paperwork to get a hearing. He said he would check again, but the answer was Justin Brannan didn’t file the paperwork to get a hearing, even though he told the people he would.
Brannan then ducked from responding to the people. It’s well documented here, here and here.
The East River Park had all of it’s trees removed this Fall. Justin Brannan is the last person who should be talking about the environment. NYC lost a park.
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The People’s Pantry was placed outside of Senator Andrew Gounardes’ office last year. The people who placed it there had good intentions, but I don’t think they know 5th Avenue.

It recently moved to: 7420 – 4th Avenue. (Info here)

When it was initially delivered, everyone thought it was a great idea. We saw seniors stopping at it.

One evening, we saw two men rapidly pushing the contents of a shelf into a box. They had two more boxes on the ground, so we drove around the block. They were gone.

On another occasion, I was at the Bay Ridge dinner across the street from Gounardes office with a friend. We watched three shelves of non-perishables go into two shopping wagons. While we thought that was strange, we figured that must be normal since Gounardes staffers didn’t do anything.

Senator Gounardes doesn’t leave the Little Library that holds used books outside of his office because people will vandalize it. The Little Libraries on residential blocks usually don’t have any problems, but since people on 5th Avenue are bored and the area is empty, they do.

Here’s the strange thing: Why didn’t Gounardes provide funding the pantry? If he was, how much money was going towards it?

The pantry was always asking for donations. First they took donations through Venmo, but then they stopped accepting Venmo. (See here) Their posts on Instagram dwindled as they seem to have lost interest in the project.

Several organizations, including Bay Ridge Cares were funding the pantry for several weeks. (See here) Bay Ridge Cares received money from Mathylde Frontus (See here)

Was it too expensive for Gounardes to fund the pantry? Where did all the money from his office go?

Lee asked Senator Gounardes about how tax money was spent by his office because he thought it was strange that Gounardes wasn’t being transparent, like Mathylde Frontus has. (See here)

A community activist thought I was lying when I wrote that Gounardes did not reply to Lee’s email. That afternoon, Tori Kelly sent an e-mail with an incomplete list. Kelly wrote, that she would answer any questions. When Lee responded with a question, she she didn’t respond.

Register here to take the Police Officer Exam for free.

Be the change you want to see.

.

McCabe is listed as a staffer for Justin Brannan in this 2020 entry. I don’t think that ever happened.

You can find it here. Search for: Consortium for Worker Education, Inc. or search by lobbyist employee: Erin Darcy

Mr. Socks has been missing since Friday, January 28th. He got out around Bay Ridge Avenue and 68th Street – near 7th Avenue.

Mr. Socks is 12 years old and a large, friendly cat. He stays indoors.

Call 917-426-3678 if you see Mr. Socks.

Legends Sporting Goods at 8224 5th Avenue in Bay Ridge has sleds for sales. The large is $19.99 and the smaller circular one is $14.99.

It’s good to know that BRCDC has people’s back in Bay Ridge.

We live in a gerrymandered district. For most of my life, I didn’t know that. A few years ago, I learned about it when Justin Brannan and Andrew Gounardes cried about gerrymandering online.

The Democrats are attempting to crush Nicole Malliotakis and Nydia Velázquez with their gerrymandering plan for redistricting in Brooklyn.

Gerrymandering happens when district lines for a community are drawn going up and down blocks, rather than drawing straight lines around a neighborhood. Politicians want to get more voters that represent the political party in their district and get rid of voters that are opposite their party.

Currently, Bay Ridges district lines were made by the Republicans, so the Democrats SHOULD be doing the right thing and drawing better district lines. But they are not (See District 10 in the map below).

Their plan involves SUPER GERRYMANDERING BROOKLYN in areas where no one is watching them, like in poorer immigrant neighborhoods.

The purple line that is circled in red is the new CD -11.

NYS Democrats think no one will care because Hispanic people are busy working and not playing on social media, where all the conversation about redistricting exists.

The new district lines are spreading our Congressional District into Park Slope. Rumors are that it is either because Democrats like Robert Carroll (Source) or former mayor Bill de Blasio will run against Malliotakis.

Update 2/2/22: DeBlasio is thinking about running for Congress:

Staten Island doesn’t have enough people for a Congressional District, so it needs some in Brooklyn. But lumping Sunset Park and Park Slope with the district instead of Bensonhurst is ridiculous.

This change in district lines has Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez living in Jerry Nadler’s area, so she would have to move in order to run for Congress again. It’s a purposeful way to make sure that immigrants and first generation citizens in Sunset Park don’t get representation in government.

NYS Democrats think Brooklyn needs white men to be in Congress.

Sunset Park is 47% Hispanic and 32% Asian. These citizens do not need a white man to represent them and tell them what they need.

In 2020, this area fought against Industry City. Many City Council members Nydia Velázquez spoke out for them. Men in adjacent districts (like Senator Gounardes) were silent and did not hear the people and their needs.

Andrew Gounardes stands to benefit from the district line being redrawn.

Bay Ridge is connected to Park Slope on the Senate map as well. Andrew Gounardes has a lot of campaign contributions from that district, even though he doesn’t currently represent that area.

Gounardes only contribution on this topic is to play on Twitter:

Last year, Justin Brannan quietly gave $50,000 of our tax money to NY Law School to teach about redistricting. Reporter, Jaime DeJesus failed to mention that spending in his article about Brannan’s spending (See here)

Redistricting is easy if you aren’t a jerk. Draw lines on a map to divide the neighborhood. Stop making SUPER gerrymandered maps because you are afraid of losing.

Baci Restaurant is at 8424 – 3rd Avenue. Call 718-333-5879 to make a reservation.

We saw the tweet above from Justin Brannan.

Brannan was the Chair of NYC Council’s Resiliency and Waterfronts committee. He told the people that he would help.

Brannan knew that the people only had access to a heavily redacted East Side Coastal Resiliency “Value Engineering Study.” (See here)

Brannan then ducked from responding to the people. It’s well documented here, here and here.

The East River Park had all of it’s trees removed this Fall. Justin Brannan is the last person who should be talking about the environment. NYC lost a park.