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Brooklyn Today November 29: Mayor de Blasio Signs Legislation to Repeal Racist Cabaret Law

November 29, 2017 Brooklyn Daily Eagle
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THE LEDE: Happy hump day, Brooklyn! We have any update onWilliamsburg’s Domino Sugar Factory, “complicit” is Dictionary.com’s Word of the Year, and NYC can finally dance again. Plus, an Airbnb host in London makes $15 million, President Trump calls Elizabeth Warren “Pocahontas,” and North Korea launches a ballistic missile. Finally, a cheetah races a Formula E car, Tokyo considers a smoking ban, and we share pictures of Meghan Markle’s engagement ring.
 
IMPRINT: Rapper Kendrick Lamar wears all black on the most recent coverof Variety.

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The Rundown
 

~NEW YORK CITY CAN FINALLY DANCE AGAIN: Many notable names have graced the stage at Brooklyn’s newest nightclub Elsewhere. From Tove Lo to Detroit techno legends Stacey Pullen and Juan Atkins, thousands have swarmed to the three-week-old East Williamsburg hotspot. But it was, perhaps, Monday’s guest who elicited the most praise, and who will likely go down as one of the venue’s more historic visitors. In front of hundreds of artists, musicians and business owners, Mayor Bill de Blasio signed legislation into law that officially repealed the 91-year-old Cabaret Law. The law was used in the 1920s and 1930s to shutter African-American jazz establishments, and it was later enforced in the 1990s under Mayor Rudy Giuliani to target the city’s gay bars. “Last night was a historic event and the start of a new chapter for our city,” Councilmember Rafael Espinal told us. He added, “The City That Never Sleeps sent a signal that we are a place where people can conduct business, and now dance, without fear of the dance police.” (via Brooklyn Eagle)
 
~AN UPDATE ON WILLIAMSBURG’S DOMINO SUGAR FACTORY:  How sweet it is! Tuesday was a red-letter day for Two Trees Management. The developer won the city Landmarks Preservation Commission’s approval for anew redesign plan for the Domino Sugar Refinery in Williamsburg. In a vote held at its Lower Manhattan headquarters, the commission approved architecture firm PAU’s office-conversion plan for the waterfront Williamsburg factory at 292-314 Kent Ave. There was one “no” vote. The design by architecture firm PAU calls for the construction of a glass-walled building with a barrel-vaulted ceiling inside the historic refinery’s brick facade. The roof of the Havemeyers & Elder Filter, Pan & Finishing House will be removed and the inside of its brick walls will be exposed to snow, frost and rain. A 10-to-12-foot gap between the historic brick facade and the new glass building will bring light and air into the new structure’s interior. (via Brooklyn Eagle)
 
~COPS BUSTED FOR SETTING UP BROOKLYN DRIVER: Two former NYPD officers owe over a thousand dollars each to a Crown Heights man after they set him up with gun charges. Raul Glasgow settled for $100,000 in a federal lawsuit with the city after Officer John Bonanno arrested him on phony gun charges at a traffic stop. When Glasgow was pulled over in 2012 for driving with a forged license, the cops promised not to impound his car if he gave information on guns or drugs. When he agreed to fork over a gun he had at home that was left by a friend, the cops arrested him for gun possession, for which he spent 20 days in jail before making bail. Charges were eventually dropped and Bonanno, as well as his supervisor Sgt. Gary Rich, quit the force. Now the former cops owe Glasgow $1,500 and $3,500 respectively. (via NYDN)
 
~WILLIAMSBURG RESTAURANT SEEKS ZERO WASTE: With the help of a new chef, Williamsburg’s Reynard is seeking a zero-waste kitchen, an ambitious goal in an industry that habitually throws food in the trash. Overseen by executive chef Christina Lecki, the American-style restaurant is wasting as little as possible, but is still at about 50 percent of its goal. While Lecki and her crew are getting the most out of their products, they are still struggling to come up with creative ideas to save even more. “Working in restaurants has specifically made me so aware of how much food and trash actually gets wasted or accumulated in one day,” Lecki said. “I very much believe it has to be the future of our industry to be more conscious of how we receive products and how much food we waste.” (via Edible Brooklyn)
 
~LEGAL AID SOCIETY TO FILE LAWSUIT AGAINST BEDFORD-UNION ARMORY PLAN: After more than a year of outcry and a week after the project was renegotiated, the New York City Council is scheduled to vote tomorrow on the controversial plan for developing the Bedford-Union Armory project inCrown Heights. However, a new stumbling block has appeared — The Legal Aid Society has announced it will be filing a lawsuit against the proposal. The organization is set to unveil the litigation at an 11 a.m. rally this morning on the steps of City Hall, where it will be joined by community groups and local residents. Legal Aid says that City Hall “has failed to devise a development plan that is truly affordable for local residents and one that will not exacerbate the potential for displacement as Crown Heights continues to gentrify.” On Nov. 21, Councilmember Laurie Cumbo helped renegotiate the deal with the city and developer BFC Partners. The new plan eliminated 56 condos, most of them luxury, and increased the number of low-income and very low-income units. About 10 percent of apartments will be reserved for formerly homeless people.(via Brooklyn Eagle)

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Staff Picks:    
 

LONG READ: “A Woman Approached The Washington Post with Dramatic — and False — Tale about Roy Moore. She Appears To Have Been Part ofUndercover Sting.” (via WaPo)
 
ANOTHER LONG READ: Is it possible for conjoined twins to share thoughts?Let’s explore(via NYT Magazine)
 
WORDS: “Complicit” is Dictionary.com’s Word of the Year. Find out why it was chosen. (via Time)
 
TRAVEL: See how an Airbnb host in London made $15 million last year. (via Travel + Leisure)

 
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NATIONAL BULLETIN: President Trump calls Elizabeth WarrenPocahontas‘ at a Navajo veterans’ events…Florida Gulf Coast University introduces a “White Racism” course…And an Arizona grandmother inadvertently invites a stranger to Thanksgiving. (via NYT, USA Today and AZ Central)                 
 
FOREIGN FLASH: North Korea launches a ballistic missile…Tokyo considers a smoking ban indoors and in public places…And a cheetah races a Formula E car. (via Bloomberg, NYT and USA Today)

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 ROYAL WATCH: 
Take a look at Meghan Markle’s engagement ring.(via USA Today)

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BROOKLYN TONIGHT  
 

10:30AM — Little Scientists: Science Baby at Washington Irving Library.Details.
 
12:00PM – 6:00PM — Seeing Things at A.I.R GALLERY. Details.
 
1:00PM – 3:00PM — Historic Trolley Tours at Green-Wood Cemetery. Details.
 
6:00PM – 8:00PM — The Well-Dressed Window at New York School of Interior Design. Details.
 
6:30PM — Metal Yoga at The Cobra Club. Details.
 
6:30PM — Playing with Fire: The 1968 Election at New-York Historical Society.Details.
6:30PM — Public Art Fund Talks: Alfredo Jaar at The New School. Details.
 
7:00PM — The Fountainhead at BAM Gilman Opera House. Details.
 
7:00PM – 9:00PM — Syria’s Disappeared: The Case Against Assad at Museum of Jewish Heritage. Details.
 
8:00PM – 11:00PM — An Evening with Adam Carolla and Dennis Prager at Kings Theatre. Details.
 
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 EAGLE SPORTS: Undermanned and overmatched, the Brooklyn Nets just couldn’t keep up with the Western Conference-leading Houston Rockets on Monday night, suffering a 117-103 loss in front of 16,189 fans at the Toyota Center. “The first quarter was a hurricane,” Nets head coach Kenny Atkinsonadmitted after his short-handed squad got outscored by a whopping 43-26 count in the opening 12 minutes, forcing him to employ a never-before-used zone defense over the final three quarters. “I told the guys I’m proud of how they bounced back,” Atkinson added, noting how the Nets cut an early 21-point deficit to four in the third quarter before the Rockets pulled away again. Brooklyn (7-13), which snapped a three-game losing streak with a gritty 98-88 win at Memphis on Sunday, couldn’t come close to repeating the feat, especially with starters Allen CrabbeDeMarre Carroll and Rondae Hollis-Jefferson out of the lineup. (via Brooklyn Eagle)

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MILESTONES
 
Happy birthday to Lucas Black, Don Cheadle, Jacques Rene Chirac, Joel Cohen, Kim Delaney, Rahm Emanuel, Anna Faris, Ryan Giggs, Kasey Keller, Diane Ladd, Howie Mandel, Chuck Mangione, John Mayall, Andrew McCarthy, Janet Napolitano, Mariano Rivera, Vin Scully, Gary Shandling and Russell Wilson!

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