Brooklyn Today October 19: Brooklyn Federal Judge Ready to Call Out Police Lies
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THE LEDE: Happy Thursday, Brooklyn! A vacant lot in Gowanus spurs controversy, a Brooklyn federal judge is holding police officers accountable for lying, and a cow gets lost in Prospect Park. Plus, Rex Tillerson opens up about the difficulties of being Secretary of State, we share the 50 most livable cities in America, and a boy in Kentucky sleeps for 11 straight days. Finally, you can see Uranus with your naked eye tonight, Trump could learn a thing or two from Honest Abe, and “Russia’s Paris Hilton” will challenge Vladimir Putin in the 2018 presidential election.
IMPRINT: The king of basketball Lebron James poses on the November cover of GQ as one of the “world’s 50 greatest living athletes.”
IMPRINT: The king of basketball Lebron James poses on the November cover of GQ as one of the “world’s 50 greatest living athletes.”
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The Rundown
The Rundown
~STATE: NO SLAVE OR SOLDIER REMAINS FOUND AT GOWANUS LOT:Abandoned lots in Brooklyn are filled with many unique things, namely graffiti, rats and drug paraphernalia. One vacant property in Gowanus, however, was thought to contain something a bit more noteworthy: the remains of 19th-century slaves and Revolutionary War soldiers. But after the environmental, planning and engineering firm AKRF conducted two digs at the site, archaeologists concluded that the space at Ninth Street and Third Avenue did not contain anything of historic significance. State Sen. Jessie Hamilton, however, is challenging the validity of the dig. Hamilton told us that D.C. Martin, a skeletal archaeologist, told him that the excavation is “unsatisfactory” and “incomplete.” “We demand that the authorities examine the entire site,” said Hamilton. “We need to honor the contributions veterans and enslaved Africans made to Brooklyn — not build a school over their bodies. They deserve respect.” (via the Brooklyn Daily Eagle)
~IN YOUR FACE NEW YORK: Joseph Steinberg, possibly Brooklyn’s biggest benefactor in cultural and civic affairs today, was just a student at NYU in the 1960s when he met Martin Sage. Sage was a student disc jockey at the NYU radio station and Steinberg was the station manager. “I was unmanageable,” recalls Sage. “I gave Joe such a hard time, but we remained friends.” Today, so many decades later, they’re working together again as producers of the acclaimed “In Your Face New York” variety show. This Sunday, October 22,Mo Rocca heads the cast for the 5 p.m. live show that includes Broadway performer and 4-time Tony nominee Judy Kuhn. “This is like ‘Prairie Home Companion’ with a real edge,” said Publisher of the Brooklyn Daily EagleDozier Hasty. “Lots of comedy, music and what I must call ‘political edification.’ I urge anyone with a brain to go online now and get tickets.” Last year “In Your Face New York” appeared at St. Ann’s Warehouse, sold out, with New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast as the headliner. (via the Brooklyn Daily Eagle)
~BROOKLYN FEDERAL JUDGE READY TO CALL OUT POLICE LIES: A routine case brought the issue of NYPD lying to Judge Jack Weinstein’sattention and he told the city to prepare for a hearing on the issue. Weinstein did not give his opinion on police lies, but the hearing could show NYPD has done too little to discipline untrustworthy officers. “It may indicate the need for more careful tracking of individual police officer’s litigation history and a more effective discipline policy to avoid repeated lying by a number of officers,” his ruling stated. The arrest of a bodega cashier for drug dealing charges, which were eventually dropped, raised flags for the judge. Weinstein noted that one of the officers involved had previously been suspended for claiming overtime hours he didn’t work. A city Law Department spokesman said the officers’ arrest was “supported by probable cause.” (via NYT)
~LOST COW FOUND IN PROSPECT PARK: The year is 1862, and a cow visits the cobblestone streets of Brooklyn Heights just to end up in a lost and found advertisement in the Brooklyn Eagle. Flash forward to 2017 and theEagle, along with the arsenal of New York media organizations, is blasting social media when a bull is found roaming free in Prospect Park. The loose calfwas corralled into a baseball field by police, who tranquilized it and shipped it off to Animal Care and Control center on Linden Boulevard. The capture didn’t come before hysteria though. As news spread, spectators rushed to watch the bovine at the park’s Parade Grounds while police helicopters hovered overhead. The NYPD was alerted when the animal was seen near 4th Avenue and 16th Street by the Prospect Park Expressway. Noelle Lake was driving on the expressway when she saw the bull charging traffic. “I hope the cow is OK,” Lake said. “It would be nice if they could take into consideration the cow’s point of view and maybe free it.” (via Brownstoner and DNAinfo)
~DE BLASIO, GENTILE SIGNE HOOKAH REGULATION BILL: Mayor Bill De Blasio and City Councilmember Vincent Gentile signed the first-ever regulation on hookah smoking in New York City into law on Tuesday by adding non-tobacco hookah to the Smoke Free Air Act. This makes NYC the first American city to have a law governing the cleanliness of hookah paraphernalia. Ultimately, the new law protects those under 21 from the dangers of hookah smoke. “Today we once and for all ‘clean the air’ on the dangers of hookah smoking,” said Gentile. “This legislation has been a seven-year journey to a vote and I am proud that it has passed by a wide margin in the City Council and is now signed into law today by Mayor de Blasio.” (via the Brooklyn Daily Eagle)
~IN YOUR FACE NEW YORK: Joseph Steinberg, possibly Brooklyn’s biggest benefactor in cultural and civic affairs today, was just a student at NYU in the 1960s when he met Martin Sage. Sage was a student disc jockey at the NYU radio station and Steinberg was the station manager. “I was unmanageable,” recalls Sage. “I gave Joe such a hard time, but we remained friends.” Today, so many decades later, they’re working together again as producers of the acclaimed “In Your Face New York” variety show. This Sunday, October 22,Mo Rocca heads the cast for the 5 p.m. live show that includes Broadway performer and 4-time Tony nominee Judy Kuhn. “This is like ‘Prairie Home Companion’ with a real edge,” said Publisher of the Brooklyn Daily EagleDozier Hasty. “Lots of comedy, music and what I must call ‘political edification.’ I urge anyone with a brain to go online now and get tickets.” Last year “In Your Face New York” appeared at St. Ann’s Warehouse, sold out, with New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast as the headliner. (via the Brooklyn Daily Eagle)
~BROOKLYN FEDERAL JUDGE READY TO CALL OUT POLICE LIES: A routine case brought the issue of NYPD lying to Judge Jack Weinstein’sattention and he told the city to prepare for a hearing on the issue. Weinstein did not give his opinion on police lies, but the hearing could show NYPD has done too little to discipline untrustworthy officers. “It may indicate the need for more careful tracking of individual police officer’s litigation history and a more effective discipline policy to avoid repeated lying by a number of officers,” his ruling stated. The arrest of a bodega cashier for drug dealing charges, which were eventually dropped, raised flags for the judge. Weinstein noted that one of the officers involved had previously been suspended for claiming overtime hours he didn’t work. A city Law Department spokesman said the officers’ arrest was “supported by probable cause.” (via NYT)
~LOST COW FOUND IN PROSPECT PARK: The year is 1862, and a cow visits the cobblestone streets of Brooklyn Heights just to end up in a lost and found advertisement in the Brooklyn Eagle. Flash forward to 2017 and theEagle, along with the arsenal of New York media organizations, is blasting social media when a bull is found roaming free in Prospect Park. The loose calfwas corralled into a baseball field by police, who tranquilized it and shipped it off to Animal Care and Control center on Linden Boulevard. The capture didn’t come before hysteria though. As news spread, spectators rushed to watch the bovine at the park’s Parade Grounds while police helicopters hovered overhead. The NYPD was alerted when the animal was seen near 4th Avenue and 16th Street by the Prospect Park Expressway. Noelle Lake was driving on the expressway when she saw the bull charging traffic. “I hope the cow is OK,” Lake said. “It would be nice if they could take into consideration the cow’s point of view and maybe free it.” (via Brownstoner and DNAinfo)
~DE BLASIO, GENTILE SIGNE HOOKAH REGULATION BILL: Mayor Bill De Blasio and City Councilmember Vincent Gentile signed the first-ever regulation on hookah smoking in New York City into law on Tuesday by adding non-tobacco hookah to the Smoke Free Air Act. This makes NYC the first American city to have a law governing the cleanliness of hookah paraphernalia. Ultimately, the new law protects those under 21 from the dangers of hookah smoke. “Today we once and for all ‘clean the air’ on the dangers of hookah smoking,” said Gentile. “This legislation has been a seven-year journey to a vote and I am proud that it has passed by a wide margin in the City Council and is now signed into law today by Mayor de Blasio.” (via the Brooklyn Daily Eagle)
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Bulletin Board
Bulletin Board
***The Mayor bills himself as a progressive, but Latinos have been shortchanged in his administration. Read Eddie Borges in City & State on City Hall’s bias against hiring Latinos and promoting them to lead agencies.It’s time to put a Latino in City Hall. Meet Nicole Malliotakis. Paid for by Nicole for New York City.***
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Staff Picks:
Staff Picks:
LONG READ: Meet the Sacklers, a family that makes billions of dollars off America’s opioid crisis. (via Esquire)
ANOTHER LONG READ: “Inside a Secretive Group Where Women Are Branded” (via NYT)
INTERVIEW: Rex Tillerson opens up about the difficulties of performing his duties as Secretary of State with America’s foreign policy in limbo. (via NYT Magazine)
TRAVEL: Here are the 50 most livable cities in America. (via USA Today)
ANOTHER LONG READ: “Inside a Secretive Group Where Women Are Branded” (via NYT)
INTERVIEW: Rex Tillerson opens up about the difficulties of performing his duties as Secretary of State with America’s foreign policy in limbo. (via NYT Magazine)
TRAVEL: Here are the 50 most livable cities in America. (via USA Today)
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NATIONAL BULLETIN: The University of Florida prepares its campus for a speech tonight by white supremacist Richard Spencer…A boy in Kentucky sleeps for 11 straight days…And it might do Trump some good to study Abraham Lincoln’s ability to deliver presidential condolences. (via NYT, USA Today and WaPo)
FOREIGN FLASH: Tonight, you’ll be able to see Uranus with the naked eye…After Scotland and Catalonia, Milan and Venice are now seeking independence…And “Russia’s Paris Hilton” will run against Vladimir Putinin the 2018 presidential election. (via USA Today, NYT and ABC)
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ROYAL WATCH: Here are 10 of the Royal Family’s holiday traditions.(via Reader’s Digest)
FOREIGN FLASH: Tonight, you’ll be able to see Uranus with the naked eye…After Scotland and Catalonia, Milan and Venice are now seeking independence…And “Russia’s Paris Hilton” will run against Vladimir Putinin the 2018 presidential election. (via USA Today, NYT and ABC)
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ROYAL WATCH: Here are 10 of the Royal Family’s holiday traditions.(via Reader’s Digest)
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BROOKLYN TONIGHT
BROOKLYN TONIGHT
10:00AM — Playdough Playtime at The Cobra Club. Details.
1:00PM – 5:00PM — October drop in play at Brooklyn Children’s Museum.Details.
1:00PM – 6:00PM — The People Games Play at FiveMyles. Details.
1:00PM – 6:00PM — In & Out at STUDIO10. Details.
5:00PM — The Brooklyn Conference: Inspiring Social Change At Brooklyn Museum. Details.
5:30PM – 9:00PM — TechShop Brooklyn Preview Party at Brooklyn Army Terminal. Details.
7:00PM — Street: New York City – 70s, 80s, 90s by Carrie Boretz — in conversation w/ Mark Bussell at PowerHouse Arena. Details.
7:00PM — Third Thursday Artist Talks at 92nd Street Y. Details.
7:30PM — Mementos Mori at BAM Fishman Space. Details.
All Day — 41st Annual Margaret Mead Film Festival at American Museum of Natural History. Details.
1:00PM – 5:00PM — October drop in play at Brooklyn Children’s Museum.Details.
1:00PM – 6:00PM — The People Games Play at FiveMyles. Details.
1:00PM – 6:00PM — In & Out at STUDIO10. Details.
5:00PM — The Brooklyn Conference: Inspiring Social Change At Brooklyn Museum. Details.
5:30PM – 9:00PM — TechShop Brooklyn Preview Party at Brooklyn Army Terminal. Details.
7:00PM — Street: New York City – 70s, 80s, 90s by Carrie Boretz — in conversation w/ Mark Bussell at PowerHouse Arena. Details.
7:00PM — Third Thursday Artist Talks at 92nd Street Y. Details.
7:30PM — Mementos Mori at BAM Fishman Space. Details.
All Day — 41st Annual Margaret Mead Film Festival at American Museum of Natural History. Details.
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EAGLE SPORTS: The New York Islanders learned a thing or two about how important a role a single inch can play during their early-season swing through California, especially in Sunday night’s 3-2 loss to the Los Angeles Kings. Down a goal with 20 seconds to play, team captain John Tavares had the puck on his stick and a partially unprotected net in front of him, but just misfired on his potential game-tying shot through the crease, leaving New York (2-3-1) to lament a 1-2 trip instead of the winning one it was hoping for. The puck trickled past Los Angeles goalie Darcy Kuemper and slid straight through to the other side of the net, failing to go past the goal line and give the Isles the equalizer. “I just missed it,” said Tavares. “Obviously it’s the end of the game and the ice isn’t as good. But I’d like to think I can get that one in. It’s a missed opportunity.” (via the Brooklyn Daily Eagle)
EAGLE SPORTS: The New York Islanders learned a thing or two about how important a role a single inch can play during their early-season swing through California, especially in Sunday night’s 3-2 loss to the Los Angeles Kings. Down a goal with 20 seconds to play, team captain John Tavares had the puck on his stick and a partially unprotected net in front of him, but just misfired on his potential game-tying shot through the crease, leaving New York (2-3-1) to lament a 1-2 trip instead of the winning one it was hoping for. The puck trickled past Los Angeles goalie Darcy Kuemper and slid straight through to the other side of the net, failing to go past the goal line and give the Isles the equalizer. “I just missed it,” said Tavares. “Obviously it’s the end of the game and the ice isn’t as good. But I’d like to think I can get that one in. It’s a missed opportunity.” (via the Brooklyn Daily Eagle)
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MILESTONES
Happy birthday to Michael Gambon, Evander Holyfield, John LeCarre, John Lithgow, Peter Max, Ty Pennington, Jason Reitman and Michael Young!
MILESTONES
Happy birthday to Michael Gambon, Evander Holyfield, John LeCarre, John Lithgow, Peter Max, Ty Pennington, Jason Reitman and Michael Young!
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