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Tag: Joe Lentol

Lentol’s Quiet Legacy on Marriage Equality

June 17 | By Eric Radezky, Ph.D.

This month on June 24, we celebrate the 10-year anniversary of...

How a North Brooklyn transfer of political power threatens millions in funding to the area

November 3 | Josefa Velasquez and Claudia Irizarry Aponte, THE CITY

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Wary candidates brace for brutal absentee ballot challenges in record-size count

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Coronavirus: Construction worker tests positive, but North Brooklyn Pipeline proceeds

March 24 | Scott Enman

The coronavirus pandemic has severely disrupted life in Brooklyn and beyond, with...

It was easy to find the early voting site in Downtown Brooklyn on Monday. Red, white and blue Vote NYC arrows are stuck onto the sidewalks surrounding the Urban Assembly School for Law and Justice. Eagle photo by Mary Frost

Lentol calls for absentee primary due to coronavirus pandemic

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The novel coronavirus pandemic could upend the Democratic Presidential Primary set to...

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Working Families Party backs Joe Lentol for re-election

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The New York Working Families Party has endorsed State Assemblymember Joe Lentol...

New law protects rent-regulated tenants from landlord harassment

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The space underneath the new Kosciuszko Bridge in Greenpoint will be transformed into seven acres of parkland. Eagle photo by Paul Frangipane

Seven acres of parkland to open under new Kosciuszko Bridge in Greenpoint

August 27 | Paul Frangipane

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One oyster can filter fifty gallons of water a day.

Thursday, May 26, 2022

FIVE-FOLD INCREASE IN PEOPLE ACCEPTING HELP: Three months into the Subway Safety Plan, 1,379 people experiencing homelessness have accepted placement in safe haven, stabilization, and shelter beds, Mayor Eric Adams announced yesterday. 

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MEMORIAL DAY PARADE: The Brooklyn Memorial Day Parade steps off at 11:00 a.m. at 3rd Avenue and 78th Street, this coming Monday, May 30.

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AFFORDABLE PRESCRIPTION BILL ADVANCES: State Sen. Andrew Gounardes (D-22/Southern Brooklyn) and the Senate Democratic Majority have advanced legislation to improve the accessibility and affordability of prescription drugs for all New Yorkers. 

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“When Brooklyn’s 155th Memorial Day Parade kic “When Brooklyn’s 155th Memorial Day Parade kicks off in Bay Ridge on May 30, it will continue to hold the distinction of the oldest, continuous large city Memorial Day Parade in the Nation.  The first parade was held in 1867, on Eastern Parkway when Brooklyn was an independent City, and then the 4th largest city in America. The parade was also moved to Prospect Park West for several years. Then in 1985, parade officials decided to move the march to Bay Ridge where the parade route and reviewing stand would be closer to the Fort Hamilton Army Base, and John Paul Jones Park.  This is where the post parade memorial service has been held for more than three decades.” Continue reading our “Nation’s Oldest Memorial Day Parade Here on May 30” article, which is linked in the bio.
“New York Harbor was once filled with billions o “New York Harbor was once filled with billions of oysters, providing a feast for the native Lenape people — and then the Dutch, the English and New Yorkers of all stripes. Some biologists estimate that the harbor once contained half of the world’s oysters, according to New York Public Library. Writers from colonial times routinely describe oysters ‘the size of dinner plates’ in Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal. The delicious bivalves were sold from street stands, taverns and restaurants. An oyster-fry cook at Downtown Brooklyn’s Gage & Tollner restaurant, which opened in 1879, was said to have shucked sixty-six million oysters in his forty-nine-year career, according to the New Yorker.” Continue reading our “Can the Billion Oyster Project make New York City the oyster capital of the world once again? A tenth of the way to a billion oysters” article, which is linked in the bio.
“The Dodge YMCA celebrated 17 years of operation “The Dodge YMCA celebrated 17 years of operation in Downtown Brooklyn on May 19, honoring supporters, board members and staff who persevered through the COVID-19 pandemic, which hit the Y hard over the past two years. The gala brought in funds to help send Brooklyn kids to summer camp, Dodge Y Executive Director Jamel Davis said. ‘One of the most important missions of the Y as an organization is that we promise to never turn people away because of their inability to pay. So anybody who walks through our door, regardless of their income status, the Y is there for them,’ Davis said.” Continue reading our “After challenging pandemic, Dodge Y celebrates 17th year with live gala: Party honors staff, board and supporters, raises funds for summer camp” article, which is linked in the bio.
“At a street renaming ceremony on May 20, 2022, “At a street renaming ceremony on May 20, 2022, the Fort Hamilton Army Base renamed the major transportation avenue running through the historic military reservation which is the Nation’s fourth oldest Army Base, in memory of 1st Lieutenant John Warren, Jr. On January 14, 1969, at age 22, while serving as a platoon leader in Vietnam an enemy grenade was tossed near him and three of his men. As the grenade was about to explode, he dived over it shielding those around him from the blast. His action, at the cost of his own life, saved three of his men from serious or fatal injury. By direction of the President, on September 8, 1970, the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry above and beyond the call of duty was awarded to 1st Lieutenant John E. Warren, Jr.” Continue reading our “Ft. Hamilton renamed General Lee Avenue in memory of Medal of Honor awardee 1st Lieutenant John Warren, Jr.” article, which is linked in the bio.
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