Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com ... By Thomas Tracy ... The Brooklyn Paper ... Assembly candidate Doug Biviano blasted away at incumbent Joan Millman in a debate last week, hammering her for taking her pension even as she works as a lawmaker, lambasting her for backing transit cuts, and for flip-flopping on housing inside Brooklyn Bridge Park — but the harshest word he had for Millman was that she’s “nice.” ... By our count, Biviano taunted his
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com ... By Thomas Tracy ... The Brooklyn Paper ... Assemblywoman Joan Millman has backed off a pledge to stop taking her public school teacher’s pension — and instead slammed her challenger for linking her to so-called “double-dipping” lawmakers who draw their state legislative pensions even as they work at the state house ... The 13-year lawmaker had said in an Aug. 20 debate that she would defer her pension if she
See this story at BrooklynPaper.com ... By Kristen V. Brown ... for The Brooklyn Paper ... Better rev up that appetite — it’s been a tasty few weeks in the county of Kings. Here’s the best of the borough’s openings, closings, and of course, restaurant rumors: ... • Yes, more beer gardens for Williamsburg: Finally, North Brooklyn’s newest biergarten, Loreley Williamsburg, has opened, bringing traditional German grub and imported German brews to the borough — thankfully without
See this story at BrooklynPaper.com ... By Gersh Kuntzman ... The Brooklyn Paper ... Cell punch ... A perp took advantage of a distracted pedestrian, swiping his phone as he texted while walking on May 29 — but the teenager fought back and regained the mobile device ... The victim told cops that he was near the corner of Summit and Henry streets at around 6:45 pm when a thug approached and started a conversation about cellphone apps ... But suddenly, the perp punched the teen below the right
See this story at BrooklynPaper.com ... By Thomas Tracy ... The Brooklyn Paper ... Wedding bells were drowned out by the wail of police sirens at Marco Polo Ristorante on Court Street early on Saturday night as an engagement celebration ended in a frenzied free-for-all — and the father of the bride was nabbed! ... Police were called to the famed Carroll Gardens eatery at the corner of Union Street at 12:30 am after several guests attending the party began fighting with each other ... As the
See this story at BrooklynPaper.com ... By Andy Campbell ... The Brooklyn Paper ... It can happen here — even on one of the quietest blocks in Carroll Gardens ... A violent sexual predator who attacked a woman on Second Place is still at large, and now his victim is speaking out to do more than just bring the thug to justice: she’s also trying to spread the word that danger lurks on even the most neighborly streets ... According to the 30-year-old woman, who wished not to be named, a 3 am
See this story at BrooklynPaper.com ... By Sen. Daniel Squadron ... for The Brooklyn Paper ... There are a lot of reasons why New Yorkers are so frustrated with our government. The gubernatorial scandals and last year’s senate stalemate are certainly high among them. A tight job market and unsure economy add to the unhappiness ... And, on top it all, there is a perfect storm battering state budget negotiations in the form of the worst fiscal crisis in two generations ... And this all comes
See this story at BrooklynPaper.com ... By Doug Biviano ... for The Brooklyn Paper ... Despite warnings over the last decade of the dangers of a dysfunctional and corrupt Albany, New Yorkers re-elected almost every incumbent running for office. Now we must live with not only a broken government, but, worse, the busted state economy caused by it. In this coming year, our children will sit in more overcrowded classrooms. Seventy-five senior centers will be cut, firehouses closed, and doctors cut
See this story at BrooklynPaper.com ... By Gary Buiso ... The Brooklyn Paper ... It’s sink-or-swim time for fans of the Douglass-Degraw pool, who are hoping that their newly created Facebook group will generate a tidal wave of letters to convince the big fish in city government to rescue their beloved watering hole ... The Parks Department said last week that Gowanus’s beloved “Double D” pool would be among four such facilities citywide that will be closed for the summer in order to save
See this story at BrooklynPaper.com ... By Gersh Kuntzman ... The Brooklyn Paper ... Seven more men — including one who assaulted a police officer — were busted on June 5 at a shady Boerum Hill corner for trying to get a little action from a woman who turned out to be an undercover cop ... Police from the 76th Precinct have now nabbed 20 men in “Operation Losing Proposition,” their monthly sting at the slimy corner of Butler and Nevins streets — and in all cases, the horndogs allegedly