Politics

State Sen. Kevin Parker. Photo courtesy of Sen. Parker’s office

Sen. Kevin Parker tweets ‘Kill Yourself’ at GOP staffer

December 18 | By Raanan Geberer

State Sen. Kevin Parker (D-Park Slope-Kensington-East Flatbush) told a...

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Report: Ocasio-Cortez targets Jeffries for 2020 primary challenge

December 18 | By Paula Katinas

Call it the Democrats’ own “Family Feud.” U.S. Rep.-elect Alexandria...

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Walter Mosley. Eagle file photo

Brooklyn lawmaker pushes parole system overhaul

December 18 | By David Klepper

ALBANY — A proposal in the New York state Legislature would overhaul the...

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U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries discusses a number of issues during a roundtable with reporters in his Brooklyn district office. Eagle photo by Paula Katinas

Jeffries talks housing, transportation, prison reform

December 17 | By Paula Katinas

This holiday season, many Brooklynites have affordable housing and on time public...

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Assemblymember Nicole Malliotakis and her former opponent, Adam Baumel, said they agree on many issues facing the city and state. Eagle photo by Paula Katinas

Malliotakis, Baumel break bread weeks after facing each other in Assembly election

December 17 | By Paula Katinas

Bucking the Trump-era political divisiveness of the country, a Republican Assembly...

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo. AP Photo/Mary Altaffer

Cuomo lays out his agenda for 2019

December 17 | Associated Press

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has outlined his agenda for 2019, laying...

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Max Rose, who won in November, could face former Congressmember Michael Grimm when he runs for re-election in two years. Photo courtesy of Max Rose’s campaign

Rose fundraising letter warns of Grimm 2020 challenge

December 13 | By Paula Katinas

Democratic Congressmember-elect Max Rose hasn’t even been sworn into office...

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State Sen. Diane Savino, a former member of the Independent Democratic Conference, avoided being shut out of committee assignments. She has been tapped to chair the Subcommittee on Internet and Technology. Photo courtesy of Savino’s office

With Democrats in power, Brooklyn state senators to lead committees

December 12 | By Paula Katinas

When incoming state Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins was deciding on...

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In this Dec. 10, 2018 photo, a brownstone apartment building, center, owned by Kushner Companies is shown in Brooklyn Heights. AP Photo/Mark Lennihan

AP: Ivanka, Kushner could profit from tax break they pushed

December 12 | By Stephen Braun, Jeff Horwitz and Bernard Condon

WASHINGTON— At an Oval Office gathering earlier this year, President Donald Trump...

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Brooklyn Today

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THE LEDE: Happy Friday! Amazon ditches its plans to open a headquarters in Long Island City and L-Train repairs could still cause a traffic nightmare. Plus, a councilmember introduces a bill to ban plastic and social media is being used as evidence in court. Finally, the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce’s new leader looks back on his first 100 days in office and eight of the city’s best dive bars are in Brooklyn.

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