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WINNERS OF SCANDINAVIAN MUSEUM’S ESSAY CONTEST BOTH HAIL FROM LUTHERAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

BAY RIDGE — Victoria Hofmo, president of the Scandinavian East Coast Museum, announced this year’s essay contest winners, in time for the celebration of Norway Independence Day. The winners, Sebastian Schultz Domingo and Clayton Tam, are both 5th-grade students in Ms. Perez’s English class at Lutheran Elementary School in Bay Ridge. Ms. Hofmo was pleased that eight students from this class took on the challenge of a very complex subject, Remembering Norwegian Resistance. The winners will be reading their essays at this year’s Viking Fest on May 20th and be part of this year’s Syttende Mai – Norwegian Day Parade on May 21, which kicks off at 1:30 pm. 

The winners, whose essays will be published in this year’s parade journal, each received a book about Norway’s most decorated war hero, Gunnar Sonste, titled “Report from #24,” a Wild Viking t-shirt and a pin from this year’s parade which reads Remembering Norwegian Resistance.

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‘BROOKLYN MADE STORE’ OPENS FRIDAY, SHOWCASING
PRODUCTS BY BOROUGH’S ENTREPRENEURS

INDUSTRY CITY — “BROOKLYN IS THE BRAND” and a new store opens this Friday to celebrate the borough’s creative entrepreneurial spirit. The Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce will present the grand opening this Friday, May 19, of The Brooklyn Made Store, representing the rich diversity of “Brooklyn,” as represented by products and brands that have been conceived and made here. The mission of the Brooklyn Made Store, according to the announcement of Friday’s event, “is to identify and promote designers, makers, and entrepreneurs, mostly from communities of color, who embody the essence of what it means to be Brooklyn, as represented through their unique products.” The Grand Opening party takes place at the Brooklyn Chamber’s home in Industry City, Building 5, starting at 5 p.m. No RSVP is needed.

The Brooklyn Made Store has sponsorship from Wells Fargo and endorsement from the Brooklyn Community Foundation.

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RENOVATION PLANS FOR THREE HEIGHTS RESIDENCES
ON COMMUNITY BOARD 2 LAND USE COMMITTEE’S AGENDA

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — Proposed renovations for three Brooklyn Heights houses — including restorations to historical appearances, are on the agenda for Community Board 2 Land Use Committee’s next meeting on Wednesday, May 17. The committee will hear presentations for Certificates of Appropriateness on work to be done on 158 Clinton Street, 1 Sidney Place and 30 College Place. Application for 158 Clinton St., near Aitken Place, is to replace non-historic front door and surround to match the 1940 historic door; scrape and remove all front façade paint and repoint the newly exposed brick; repair stucco brownstone base and refinish brownstone stoop; and, a new front façade window at the attic. The application for 1 Sidney Place is to replace the slate shingles on the mansard roof with synthetic slate shingles. The application for 30 College Place involves several projects, including the installation of a new full-width rooftop bulkhead addition repair and repainting of the existing cornice, replacement of the existing garage door and transom to match the 1941 historical photo; and, replacement of the front Juliet balcony door with double door to match the adjacent building.

Community Board 2’s Land Use Committee meeting is a public meeting according to its agenda, and will immediately follow a public hearing on expansions to the parking lot on Schermerhorn St. between Hoyt and Smith Streets in Downtown Brooklyn. Both meetings are fully remote via Zoom.

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SENSORY TOUR AT BOTANIC GARDEN FOR THOSE WITH MEMORY LOSS

PROSPECT HEIGHTS — The Brooklyn Botanic Garden is hosting a free 90-minute guided tour of its seasonal displays and blooms this Thursday, designed for individuals with memory loss and their caregivers. The walk is leisurely, peaceful and wheelchair-accessible, and will feature opportunities to stop and interact with flora, as well as a hands-on activity that will allow participants to take home a memento of their visit; guests are invited to “reminisce about the scents and sights of the many special plants that we all enjoy.”

The tour will take place on Wednesday, May 18, from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.; it’s free, but space is limited, so pre-registration is required — to sign up, contact Garden representative Joanne D’Auria at [email protected].

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MENTAL HEALTH MUSIC FEST: IRON & WINE, LANGHORNE SLIM, HOUSE OF YES

BUSHWICK — The annual Sound Mind Music Festival for Mental Health, a free, all-day street festival in Bushwick, is set to rock out this Saturday, with the goal of starting conversations about and reducing the stigma around mental health issues. Catch full-length sets from folk artists Iron & Wine, Hiss Golden Messenger and Langhorne Slim, rapper/singer KAMAUU and indie-rock band Pom Pom Squad, alongside dance parties and DJ sets curated by nightclub House of Yes; the festival will also host panel discussions on mental health in the music industry and in marginalized communities, as well as holistic activities like yoga and mindfulness and breathwork sessions; food and drinks for hungry dancers will be curated by Smorgasburg.

Festivities will kick off at noon on Saturday, May 20, outside House of Yes, between Irving and Wyckoff avenues, and run into the evening. Free tickets, which include a complimentary month of e-therapy service BetterHelp, can be reserved online on Eventbrite; VIP tickets can also be bought for $150 and include merch and a premium viewing area, with proceeds going to support community mental health initiatives.

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A LOOK BACK AT BROOKLYN’S WOODSTOCK

MIDWOOD — Eagle editor emeritus Ranaan Geberer offers a retrospective history in the Red Hook Star-Revue this week of a piece of Brooklyn history mostly lost to time — the annual Brooklyn Woodstock festival, begun by WFMU sound engineer Gil Shuster in 1988 as a fundraiser for AIDS research in memory of his brother Jonathan, hosted in his stately Midwood Victorian through 1994. Shuster’s band Kenny Young and the Eggplants played alongside underground acts like Yo La Tengo, Elliott Smith, King Missile (known for their notorious single “Detachable Penis,” a performance of which was personally witnessed by a younger Ranaan) and other Knitting Factory regulars from the home’s porch to a packed-full backyard — musical pioneers in a time before Brooklyn was officially cool.

With north Brooklyn not yet having been discovered by the city’s artistic scene, many who played the event recall being surprised by Midwood’s historic charm: Brooklyn bass player George Rush wrote, “I lived in pre-gentrified Cobble Hill/Carroll Gardens, and when I first went out there, I said, `Where the hell is this place?’ I was in the audience star-struck, and a few years later, I was friends with some of those guys.”

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LANDMARKS MULLS EASING SOME PERMITS FOR HISTORIC BUILDINGS

CITYWIDE — The Landmarks Preservation Commission will be holding a public hearing next Tuesday to discuss proposed changes to rules for modifications of historic buildings, aiming to reduce inefficiency by streamlining approvals of changes that are generally rubber-stamped. These rules address modifications that are minor and cosmetic; examples include the installation of vinyl decals and glazing on windows, new HVAC and solar technologies, expanded features for signs and lighting fixtures, and relaxed procedures regarding tree pits on historic sidewalks; the commission also intends to establish clearer and more comprehensive rules on historic codes and historic grant applications, and to expedite the review process overall.

The hearing will be held at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, May 23, at the LPC’s conference room at 1 Centre Street in Manhattan and livestreamed via the LPC’s hearings webpage on the city’s website, where the public can sign up to speak at the hearing; comments can also be sent on the city’s NYC Rules webpage. Footage of the commission’s previous meeting, at which the proposed changes were introduced and explained, can be found on the LPC’s YouTube channel.

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NYPD SUED OVER ‘CORPSE FLUID’ STENCH IN SEALED APARTMENT

GREENPOINT — A Greenpoint couple that own a six-unit apartment building filed a lawsuit earlier this month against the NYPD, seeking permission to clean out an apartment that police sealed last July after finding a long-time tenant deceased within it, reports Patch, alleging that the apartment is attracting vermin and emitting foul odors due to rotten food, hoarded possessions and corpse fluids. The deceased’s sister has not been able to take control over the estate owing to significant delays in the court system, meaning that the landlords need police permission to enter; the suit calls the cleanup efforts urgent, saying that tenants are deserting the building due to the terrible smell and bug infestations.

NYC’s courts have significant backlogs due to pandemic slowdowns, meaning that plaintiffs and defendants at all levels are waiting far longer for their cases to be heard than normal; lawmakers and judges have taken steps in recent months to address labor shortages and case overloads in the civil courts, criminal courts and housing courts.

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CITY CONSIDERS LONG LIST OF CONGESTION TOLL EXEMPTIONS

CIVIC CENTER — As NYC’s planned congestion toll system for entering Manhattan’s central business district clears the final hurdles before implementation, the MTA has released its final environmental impact report on the plan, including a long list of exemptions and fee reductions requested by various groups and individuals, reports StreetsBlog, ranging from the common-sense – emergency vehicles, buses, carpoolers and deliveries of essential goods – to the harder sells, such as carve-outs for residents of every county surrounding the city and various parts of every borough, and for a variety of professions, like pharmacists, judges, small business owners and teachers. Exemptions for artists and musicians, as well as one for “vehicles whose manufacturers participate in the ‘circular economy’”, received special scrutiny from StreetsBlog, which also noted that because the plan calls for a minimum of $1 billion in revenue from tolls every year, any exemptions granted to specific groups would lead to higher tolls on other drivers.

The release of the MTA’s report will now give federal officials a 30-day deadline to make a final decision on the plan’s approval, which is expected to be granted; vehicles could see tolls of up to $23 to enter Manhattan, with the money going to fund the transit system and other improvements.

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LONG DELAYS IN PASSPORT ISSUANCE, RENEWALS

NATIONWIDE — U.S. Rep. Dan Goldman issued a reminder to hopeful travelers earlier this month warning of long processing times and service delays due to post-pandemic wanderlust and application backlogs at the national passport agency, advising vacationers to submit their applications as soon as possible, as wait times are expected to increase as summer approaches. Routine processing times are 10 to 13 weeks, while expedited service is seven to nine weeks; as renewing requires applicants to mail in their current passports, anyone renewing a passport will be without one for three to four months.

Help for emergency travel is available, Goldman’s office wrote in a press statement: “If you have urgent travel needs, my office and I are here to help. Once you are 2 weeks out from your trip and have not received your passport, reach out to our office. The sooner you reach out to us within that 2-week window the more likely our office is to be able to help.”

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ATLANTIC ART WALK THIS WEEKEND AND NEXT WEEK

BOERUM HILL — The annual Atlantic Avenue ArtWalk will be on display beginning this weekend and lasting through next week, a popular self-guided tour of an exciting range of artworks along a 1.5-mile stretch of the avenue, displayed in shops, galleries and eateries, as well as in the open spring air. Works range across a variety of styles, including photorealism, spiritual abstraction, indigenous art and more, expressed through watercolors, photographs, paintings, ceramics and collages, among others; special exhibitions will be held throughout the event, including a weekend Endangered Species conservation mini-festival at the YWCA featuring dance performances, storytelling and kids’ art workshops; and a large group exhibit at 535 Atlantic Avenue, a currently vacant storefront donated to the ArtWalk by Thor Equities.

The ArtWalk will run along Atlantic Avenue from Fourth Avenue to the waterfront from May 20 through May 28 from 12 to 6 p.m.; more information, exhibit details and event times can be found online on event organizer the Atlantic Avenue Local Development Corporation’s website.

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NYU TANDON/GOOGLE PANEL DISCUSSION
EXAMINES THE FUTURE OF ENGINEERING

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — NYU Tandon faculty members joined Google executives for a lively panel discussion on the future of engineering, particularly education, the job market and even the relevance of studying linear algebra. Tandon Dean Jelena Kovačević moderated the recent discussion, titled “The Future of Engineering” that centered on the rapid evolution of tech, prioritizing the most urgent problems to tackle. The participants were Todd Underwood, senior engineering director at Google; Phil Venables, chief Information Security Officer at Google, and board member at NYU Tandon; and –all of NYU Tandon —Juliana Freire, professor of computer science & data science; director of the VIDA Center; Nasir Memon, professor of computer science & engineering and co-founder, NYU Center for Cybersecurity; and Miguel Modestino, Donald F. Othmer Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering & Director; Sustainable Engineering Initiative.

One of the takeaways: “It’s thus no longer enough to train cybersecurity professionals; engineering schools need to ingrain security principles into the fabric of engineering education across disciplines.”

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TANDON STUDY: SURPRISE AND FAME ARE LATEST MOTIVATORS
FOR MASS SHOOTERS

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — Fame and the element of surprise are the latest motivators for mass shooters who are planning their crimes, warns a new study that NYU Tandon Institute Professor Maurizio Porfiri, Director of the Center for Urban Science and Progress, has led. The study, picked up in the PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, the International Business Times and Phys.org,  found that fame-seeking mass shooters plan their crimes around the novelty of the location and the victims and. Porfiri and his team analyzed data from 189 mass shootings that broke out from 1966 to 2021 “This new insight about the novelty of fame-seeking mass shooters’ attacks adds urgency to two important preventative strategies, red flag laws and how the media covers these atrocities,” reads the PNAS article.

The New York Times, BBC and other news agencies report there have been more than 200 mass shootings in the first 4 ½ months of the current year than all the shootings examined in the 1966-2021 study, adding urgency to preventing the carnage and to changing how these crimes are reported.

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CATHOLIC LAWYERS GUILD AWARD NAMED FOR
PROMINENT BROOKLYN JUDGE AND CIVIC LEADER

The Catholic Lawyers Guild’s Hon. William T. Bellard Award that was presented on Thursday to Mario Belluomo memorializes a widely-respected judge who served on the benches of the state Supreme and Civil Courts for more than 27 years, according to a March, 2005 obituary on him. A co-founder of the Guild’s Kings County chapter, Bellard was also president in 1975-76, as part of a presidential legacy that included the late former Governor Mario Cuomo from 1966-67, according to the Chapter’s website.

An alumnus of  Brooklyn College and Brooklyn Law School, Judge Bellard was a veteran who fought in the World War II Battle of the Bulge, and was a lifetime member of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, the Lions Club, the Emerald Society, and the Catholic Lawyers Association, according to the Times obituary.

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BELOVED BROOKLYN COURT OFFICER, PHOTOGRAPHER
HONORED AT CATHOLIC LAWYERS GUILD DINNER

Longtime court officer and photographer Mario Belluomo found himself on the other side of the camera Thursday night, May 11 as the Catholic Lawyers Guild, Diocese of Brooklyn, Kings County Chapter honored him, at Gargiulo’s in Coney Island, for his many decades of service, both as a court officer (39 years) and as a chronicler of the judicial and law community’s events. Mario has also been a Brooklyn Eagle photographer for many decades, covering events with the courts and Italian communities.

The award plaque reads “….presented to Mario Belluomo, retired New York State Supreme Court Officer, in sincere appreciation and recognition of his outstanding devotion to the interests of the Brooklyn legal community and his unyielding support in helping to further the ideals and principles of the Guild.”

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SPECIAL PERMIT REQUESTED TO EXPAND CAPACITY
OF SCHERMERHORN STREET PARKING LOT

SCHERMERHORN STREET — The expansion of a public parking lot on Schermerhorn Street will be discussed at Community Board 2’s Land Use Committee meeting this Wednesday, May 17. Edison Properties seeks a Special Permit pursuant to ZR Section 74-52 to increase the legal capacity of the attended lot at 180 Schermerhorn Street, (Block170, Lot 20), just west of Hoyt St., with a history of being dedicated for parking. Although a certificate of occupancy was issued in 1982 for a public parking lot for up to 150 spaces) the current capacity is only 114 spaces. Members of the public may also choose to provide advance written testimony by submitting comments to [email protected] no later than 10 a.m. on Wednesday, May 17.

Approvals would facilitate an increase in the capacity of the existing lot from 150 parking spaces to 245, including parking lift spaces, 21 for bicycles, and 12 reservoir spots. Vehicles would enter the Proposed Lot via a 12-foot-wide curb cut relocated further west from the existing curb cut on Schermerhorn, and exit via a new 10-foot-wide curb cut on Hoyt.

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BILL INTRODUCED TO BLOCK EXPELLED COUNCILMEMBERS
FROM RECEIVING CITY FUNDS

CITYWIDE — City Councilmember Lincoln Restler on Friday, May 12 introduced legislation to prevent council members who have been expelled from the New York City Council from receiving public matching funds from New York City in future City Council elections. City Council may, in extraordinary cases, may vote to expel council members for discrimination and harassment, as well as fraud or other abuses of power, but the expulsion requires a two thirds vote following an investigation with evidence of any findings, from the Committee on Standard and Ethics. Restler’s bill, of which fellow Brooklyn Councilmember Shahana Hanif is a co-sponsor, would bar expelled candidates from receiving funds while running for office.

It’s possible this bill is directed at former Councilmember Andy King, who represented the Bronx before his 2020 expulsion  — the first time since the 1989 City Charter revision and possibly in the Council’s history. A February 2023 article in City & State magazine reported that King is barred from seeking-re-election this year, according to the city charter, which states: “A member of the council who resigns or is removed from office prior to the completion of a full term shall be deemed to have held that office for a full term.”

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BILL INTRODUCED TO BLOCK EXPELLED COUNCILMEMBERS
FROM RECEIVING CITY FUNDS

CITYWIDE — City Councilmember Lincoln Restler on Friday, May 12, introduced legislation to prevent council members who have been expelled from the New York City Council from receiving public matching funds from New York City in future City Council elections. City Council may, in extraordinary cases, may vote to expel council members for discrimination and harassment, as well as fraud or other abuses of power, but the expulsion requires a two thirds vote following an investigation with evidence of any findings, from the Committee on Standard and Ethics. Restler’s bill, of which fellow Brooklyn Councilmember Shahana Hanif is a co-sponsor, would bar expelled candidates from receiving funds while running for office.

It’s possible this bill is directed at former Councilmember Andy King, who represented The Bronx before his 2020 expulsion — the first time since the 1989 City Charter revision and possibly in the Council’s history. A February 2023 article in City & State magazine reported that King is barred from seeking-re-election this year, according to the city charter, which states: “A member of the council who resigns or is removed from office prior to the completion of a full term shall be deemed to have held that office for a full term.”

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HEIGHTS WOMAN ASSAULTED IN HOME INVASION

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — Police are asking the public to help identify a sketch of a man who in the early hours of Friday, May 12, entered a 43-year-old female victim’s north Heights apartment as she slept and sexually assaulted her; when the victim woke up, the man fled with the victim’s wallet, containing cash and credit cards. The victim did not sustain any injuries as a result of the incident. Police on Sunday also Tweeted that tipsters could receive rewards up to $3500 for information leading to the suspect’s arrest.

Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at crimestoppers.nypdonline.org, on Twitter @NYPDTips.

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FIRST BABY BORN AT NEW CONEY RBG HOSPITAL

CONEY ISLAND – Coney Island’s new Ruth Bader Ginsburg Hospital marked its first birth this week, reports ABC News, with tiny Brooklynite Kamronbek Aslamov officially inaugurating the facility’s maternity ward last Monday. Staff at Ginsburg, NYC’s first new public hospital since 1982, hope for many more to come in the future: “This joyous occasion represents a new beginning and our commitment to deliver outstanding health care services to the families of South Brooklyn. We are honored to have played a part in this beautiful moment for the Islamov family,” said Dr. Maggie Tetrokalashvili, Chair of OB/GYN at NYC Health + Hospitals/South Brooklyn Health.

The new hospital opened earlier this month, and is designed with the devastation caused by Superstorm Sandy in focus: the building features storm-resistant construction methods, a flood-proof emergency room and landscaping features designed to repel water and waves; along with top-notch equipment and facilities to serve the local community.

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FUNDRAISER FOR EX-MARINE IN SUBWAY CHOKEHOLD CASE TOPS $1.5M

MANHATTAN — An online fundraiser for Daniel Penny, the ex-Marine charged with manslaughter for fatally using a chokehold on Jordan Neely on an F train last week, had by Sunday raised more than $1.65 million dollars, which organizers say will be used to pay Penny’s legal bills, with any extra amounts being donated to mental health initiatives. Over 33,000 donors on the Christian crowdfunding site GiveSendGo contributed amounts from a minimum of $5 up to $10,000, with many commenting that they believed Penny had been acting in defense of other passengers; one top anonymous donor, who gave $2,000 and described herself as a small Asian woman, wrote, “I have been terrorized in ‘safe’ areas by the mentally disturbed and/or racists with no one to come to my aid (especially not the police or government). I wish there were more people like you. I’m sorry you have to endure this, but history is on your side.”

The case has become deeply controversial and has raised debate over rises in crime, racially motivated violence and the treatment of the homeless and mentally ill; activists, politicians and Neely’s family have expressed outrage and called for Penny’s arrest and prosecution; while others have defended Penny’s actions, describing Neely as dangerous and violent; Mayor Adams has remained ambivalent and expressed sorrow at the death, which he called “a tragedy that never should have happened.”

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CITY TO HOUSE MIGRANTS IN SCHOOL GYMS, OPEN WELCOME CENTER

CONEY ISLAND — In an effort to find room to house the increasing numbers of asylum seekers arriving in NYC, the city on Friday announced that it would resort to using public school gymnasiums to temporarily host migrant families while searching for more permanent solutions, reports the New York Times, naming P.S. 188 in Coney Island as the first location chosen to be a shelter site. Councilmember Ari Kagan told the Times that community reaction was strongly negative, with parents expressing worries about the duration of the families’ stays, safety vetting and potential police presence; Community Board 13 told the Eagle in a press statement that it “has been struggling all day to get the most basic information from various agencies regarding how many people will be there, for what length of time, whether the individuals have been screened for communicable diseases, what measures are in place to provide services… This is not acceptable. The community must be informed about this process.”

Mayor Adams on Saturday also announced that the former Roosevelt Hotel in Midtown will be repurposed as a centralized intake center, providing shelter placement and legal, medical and reconnection services; the center will also this week open 175 rooms for children and families, eventually scaling to 850 rooms.

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BILLIE THEATER TO PRESENT NATIONAL MEDAL OF ARTS AT TOWN HALL

BED-STUY — Bed-Stuy’s historic Billie Holiday Theatre will hold a Town Hall meeting in its lobby at its Restoration Plaza location this Wednesday, where it will present its recently awarded National Medal of Arts to the community, as well as introducing its new executive director Shadawn Smith and Restoration’s new CEO Blondel Pinnock. The Billie, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary, is one of the nation’s oldest African American performing arts institutions, and will serve as the anchor for a planned expansion of Restoration Plaza, aimed at turning it into “the most comprehensive, visionary space for African American artists, audiences and students in the country.”

The theater was awarded the medal by President Biden at an awards ceremony in March in honor of its contributions to black culture and expression in America; Biden called the theater “an artistic jewel for the nation” in his remarks.

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AG JAMES CLEARS OFFICER IN SHOOTING DEATH OF CLARENCE LITTLE

CANARSIE — Attorney General Letitia James’ Office of Special Investigation on Friday released its report on the death of Clarence Little, shot by police during a robbery, concluding that prosecutors could not disprove that the shooting was justified. The OSI reported the facts as follows: On the afternoon of Jan. 4, 2022, Little made purchases at a Canarsie Dollar Tree and left, but returned 20 minutes later to rob the store at gunpoint, taking the contents of the cash register – however, two police officers, summoned by a 911 call placed prior to the theft by an employee who recognized Little, intercepted Little as he fled; one officer tackled him, causing Little to fire his gun twice; the second officer, who remained standing, fired in response, fatally striking Little, who later died in a local hospital on Feb. 3.

The OSI reports that it used security and body-cam footage, interviewed witnesses and the officers and reviewed evidence and ballistics reports to make its determination in the case, ruling that the shooting was likely a reasonable use of self-defense under New York law; a full copy of the report is available online on the Attorney General’s state webpage.

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