Bay Ridge Dealership Owner Apologized and Sets Up New Protocols After Death. Senator Gounardes Twisted Situation
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At the Community Board 10 Meeting this month, Robert Sabbagh, the owner of the Bay Ridge Volkswagon Dealership spoke about the tragedy that happened outside of his dealership last month.
Sabbagh took responsibility for how the incident happened with his valet service. These details were told to me on the day of the incident by Bay Ridge residents, but newspapers did not share that information. Sabbagh explained at the meeting (in the video above) that the victim had bent down outside the dealership (possibly to tie her shoe).
Sabbagh seemed sincere as he outlined the changes he had made for safety at his dealerships. He spoke about hiring additional staff to direct cars out of the lot, establishing better protocols with employees and renting space to park additional cars off the lot (he named the property behind the lot and in Centurys’ parking lot).
Senator Gounardes didn’t attend Community Board 10’s meeting. He sent a staffer because it is not an election year and he doesn’t need votes. By now, Gounardes should have corrected his statement on the accident!
When the accident happened, Gounardes blamed a heavy SUV vehicles for the incident. See press release below and here.
Gounardes continued to pursue the “heavy vehicle issue” instead of following up with Sabbagh, the dealership and the NYPD. Gounardes had a bill for the street activist group that supports him. He wrote a bill for them about rating heavy SUV’s so he teamed this fatality up with it. The bill was out earlier this year and has nothing to do with the incident on 4th Avenue. (See here) This is how “playing politics” hurts our neighborhood.
This is the second time I have seen Gounardes use the death of a senior in our community as political bait for an old bill he wants to push for his base, the bike activist group. When Frank Decolvenaere died, police said it wasn’t due to speeding. (See here) Out-of-district street activists used the story and said it was. (See here) Gounardes proclaimed he introduced a bill to prevent this from happening again, but the stagnant bill was introduced long before Frank’s passing.
Councilman Justin Brannan accepted money from another Bay Ridge dealership on 4th Avenue last year after calling that dealership out on social media. (See here) We have not heard of Brannan following up with situation either as his current social media is filled with politicians he is pushing for election in other areas in NYC.
Last year, this area in Bay Ridge was supposed to be re-evaluated, (See here) but politicians didn’t follow up because Gounardes thought this was caused by speeding. Brannan also wanted the police to say this incident was due to speeding. (See here)
Finally, both Gounardes and Brannan have endorsed speedster, Brad Lander for Comptroller. How does a politician who pushed red light speed cameras support someone who consistently disobeys the law? Lander has shown that driving through speed cameras and getting tickets isn’t a seriously issue. (See here) All three pols look like idiots because when Gounardes ran for office they made a big stink about Golden’s terrible driving record, which is just slightly worse than Landers.
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May 27, 2021Win $5000 Raffle at St. Patrick’s
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May 26, 2021Kittens and Cats for Adoption 5/30
On Sunday, May 30th, My Natural Pet Store at 8318 – 4th Avenue will have kittens and cats for adoption from 12:00 – 5:00 pm.
Stop in and get a new friend!
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May 26, 2021Republican Mayoral Candidates Bickered on NY1 ~ Bay Ridge Pols Mentioned
Wow! There was a crazy debate on NY 1 tonight: Fernando Matteo vs. Curtis Sliwa.
Matteo was so annoying. He was yelling and arguing about everything. Matteo made Sliwa look subdued. We just got Trump off our television, we don’t need Matteo on it!
Whoever in the Republican Party thought Matteo was a good candidate, does not know NYC! Jim Otto would have been a winning candidate (he’s very likeable because he’s down to earth).
Bay Ridge highlights in the debate: Matteo blamed Sliwa for supporting Democrats. Sliwa said he supported Bruno over Gounardes and Malliotakis over Max Rose.
Then Curtis slammed Matteo for supporting the Mayor. (The newspaper shows this and this). Sliwa iced Matteo by gloating that Marty Golden endorsed Sliwa not Matteo.
Sliwa’s chances of becoming mayor are slim, but if a far left candidate wins the Democratic Primary because of ranked choice voting, then there is a chance more conservative Democrats would vote for Sliwa.
For years, Curtis Sliwa has been a street safety advocate and protected the trains with his group, The Guardian Angels. Sliwa has also been an animal advocate and announced that he would end kill shelters in NYC if he was mayor.
Sliwa didn’t vote for Trump, but he didn’t vote for Hillary Clinton either.
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May 26, 2021Frite Bar Burger Labeled “THE BOMB”
@muslimfoodies That burger was so juicy and tender. I could eat 3. ##burgers ##nyc ##halal ##fyp ##brooklyn ##bayridge ##supportsmallbusiness ##halalfood ##eats ##foodie ##yum
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Frite Bar in Bay Ridge was reviewed on TikTok. Their burger is the bomb!
Frite Bar is at 8503 3rd Avenue.
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May 26, 2021Bay Ridge Parents Night Out June 4th
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May 25, 2021Help Wanted in Bay Ridge
Chill Hookah Bar and Lounge is at 7810 5th Avenue.
Le’jemalik Salon is at 6915 5th Avenue.
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May 25, 2021Build the Block Meeting – Sector A 5/27
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May 25, 2021Socceroof Summer Camp 2021
Socceroof is at 53rd Street and 1st Avenue.
Socceroof will be hosting summer camps every week throughout the entire Summer break!
With indoor fields and outdoor rooftop children can enjoy their day rain or shine!
Each day children learn various soccer skill games & training, different sports activities including volleyball, kickball and more.
More information: https://www.socceroof.com/en/youth/camps/
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May 24, 2021Rigid Tool Kit Stolen in Bay Ridge
The 68th Precinct is asking for your help in identifying this person. He is wanted in connection to a Grand Larceny of a Rigid Press Tool Kit.
This was taken from a van in the vicinity of 82nd Street and 3rd Avenue in Bay Ridge.
If you have any information, please 718-439-4236
Even though both Andrew Gounardes and Justin Brannan have active Twitter accounts, neither politician shared this tweet with the public. They are too busy sending out tweets for Eric Adams, rather than helping their community.
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May 24, 2021See Some Pics of Bay Ridge – Vote for the Best
The Bay Ridge BID is asking people to vote for the best photo – check it out.
There are several student entries in there.
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May 24, 2021NYPD’s Asian Hate Crime Task Force Hosts Free Self-Defense Classes in Bay Ridge
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