Brooklyn Today March 5: Taking Guns Away From Risky Owners Aim of New York State Bill
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THE LEDE: Happy Monday, Brooklyn! Gargiulo’s Restaurant in Coney Islandcancels a Friends of NRA event, a Park Slope school has contaminated soil, and a North Brooklyn Chinese restaurant fights for a liquor license. Plus, chemicals used to process bacon are linked to cancer, we share the 20 best places to get pasta in NYC, and we explore a potential new law that would prevent disturbed people from owning guns in New York. Finally, a $41 million jet goes missing, roughly 1.5 million rare penguins are found in Antarctica, and police officers find three children living in a plywood box in the California desert. Have a great week.
IMPRINT: Orlando Bloom appears on the latest cover of GQ Style Germany.
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The Rundown
~TAKING GUNS AWAY FROM RISKY OWNERS AIM OF NEW YORK STATE BILL: With the tragic shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, still reverberating through the nation’s collective conscience, a bill to keep guns out of the hands of potentially dangerous individuals has taken another step forward in the New York State Assembly. A new type of order of protection, called Extreme Risk Protection Order cleared the Assembly’s Codes Committee on Thursday. Backers say if Florida had a law like this in place, the Parkland massacre might have been prevented. ERPO was introduced by two Brooklyn officials — Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon and Senator Brian Kavanagh — along with State Sen. Brad Hoylman in January. It will now move to the floor of the full Assembly. ERPO would allow family members or law enforcement officials in New York to petition a state court to issue an order preventing the accused person from buying or possessing guns, even before any actual crime is committed. If the court agrees the accused is likely to harm themselves or others, they would be required to surrender their guns, and police would be sent to search their home or apartment in order to confiscate their firearms. (via Brooklyn Eagle)
~GARGIULO’S WINS PRAISE FOR CANCELING FRIENDS OF NRA EVENT:The decision by the owners of an iconic Coney Island restaurant to cancel a controversial fundraiser organized by a group of fans of the National Rifle Association was met with praise by elected officials and civic leaders who saidthe cancellation was recognition of the sentiments of the community. Gargiulo’s Restaurant, which has served Italian meals at its West 15th Street location for more than 100 years, backed out of hosting a fundraiser for the Brooklyn Friends of the NRA that had been set to take place on April 12. The fundraiser was to have featured a raffle in which rifles were to be the prizes. The fundraiser and Gargiulo’s part in it had been widely criticized in the wake of the attack at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, that left 17 people dead. “We are extremely pleased that the owners of Gargiulo’s have heard and recognized the sentiments of our community and have agreed to cancel the NRA-sponsored event,” Councilmember Mark Treyger said. “We have worked hard to address gun violence in this neighborhood, and an event like this, particularly after the Parkland tragedy, was simply not in the best interests of our community.” (via Brooklyn Eagle)
~PARK SLOPE PARENTS GET VAGUE EMAIL ABOUT CHEMICALS AT SCHOOL: Parents of Park Slope’s P.S. 321 students were told by the Department of Education that soil around the school was contaminated with carcinogens. But when they tried to open a link in the email for more information, it was the wrong one. “That letter probably went to thousands of parents and it contained zero information,” said parent Joanna Oltman Smith. “It’s disappointing when the DOE doesn’t take the time to proofread and check their links.” While the school’s website put out a report last month that showed contaminated soil samples collected in 2016, the link in the email brought parents to the homepage of a different school. The contaminated soil was removed, and the rest was covered by concrete. (via Patch)
~CHINESE RESTAURANT HITS BUMP ON ROAD TO LIQUOR LICENSE:The famous restaurant chain Mission Chinese got a black eye in its fight for a liquor license at its new Brooklyn location. A community board committee voted against the license for the restaurant’s planned new Bushwick/East Williamsburg location because its owner didn’t reach out to the community yet. The vote is advisory to the full board, which votes on March 13 before the New York State Liquor Authority has the final say. Chef-owner Danny Bowienrequested the full license and a 4 a.m. daily closing time for the 599 Johnson Ave. spot that’s expected to boast a rooftop section. (via Eater New York)
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Staff Picks:
LONG READ: Hold the bacon! After decades of research, it’s been confirmed that some chemicals used to produce the meat cause cancer. (via The Guardian)
ANOTHER LONG READ: “Welcome to the Age of Climate Migration” (via Rolling Stone)
EAT: Here are the 20 best places to eat pasta in New York City, including 10 in Brooklyn. (via Eater)
TRAVEL: “36 Hours in São Paulo” (via NYT)
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NATIONAL BULLETIN: A 31-pound python eats a 35-pound deer in Florida…Police officers find three children living in a plywood box in the California desert…And a teen in Florida thought he had the flu, but it was actually stage 4 cancer. (via USA Today, NYT and ABC Action News)
FOREIGN FLASH: Roughly 1.5 million rare penguins are found in Antarctica…Here’s how to buy a gun in 14 other countries compared to America…And a $41 million jet lent by Canada to a South African family goes missing. (via Time, NYT and WaPo)
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ROYAL WATCH: “Has the Royal Family ever had twins, who would be first in line, and is Kate Middleton having twins this time?” (via Metro)
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BROOKLYN TONIGHT
8:00AM – 5:00PM — In Terms of Performance at BAM Peter Jay Sharp Building. Details.
9:00AM – 7:00PM — Digital Fairy Tales: Chinese Stories at Made In NY Media Center. Details.
4:15PM – 6:15PM — Evidence and Theory in Neuroscience – Seminars in Society and Neuroscience at Columbia University. Details.
6:00PM – 8:00PM — Skye & Massimo’s Philosophy Cafe: Should We Engage Politically? at New York Society for Ethical Culture. Details.
6:30PM — The Tet Offensive: 50 Years Later at New-York Historical Society.Details.
6:30PM — Author’s Talk: Annette Insdorf at Shakespeare & Co. Details.
7:00PM — TimesTalks: Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite at The TimesCenter. Details.
7:00PM — Women at Work: Labor Activism at BAM Rose Cinemas. Details.
7:30PM — Chris Cuomo in Conversation with Thane Rosenbaum at 92nd Street Y. Details.
8:00PM — Andrew Lloyd Webber: Unmasked with Glenn Close at The Town Hall. Details.
11:00PM — Whiplash at Bell House. Details.
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EAGLE SPORTS: “Nets lead NBA for most blown calls” (via NetsDaily)
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MILESTONES
Happy birthday to Kevin Connolly, Samantha Eggar, Penn Jillette, Eva Mendes, Joel Osteen, Paul Sand, Dean Stockwell, Marsha Warfield, Michael Warren and Fred Williamson!
Brooklyn Today’s editor is Scott Enman. Contact him at[email protected].
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