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w Facebook.com/ Twitter.com VolumeVolume 59, 59, No. No. 29 28 MONDAY,TUESDAY •MAY MAY 21 20, • 2013 w BrooklynEagle.com BrooklynEagle @BklynEagle 50¢ BROOKLYN BROOKLYNTODAY Deadly Meningitis OutbreakLopez Faces Hits Tough, B’klyn Uphill MAY 20 LGBT Pols Lead Effort TODAY By Mary Frost Good morning. Today is Race for City Council Seat Brooklyn Daily Eagle the 140th day of the year. By Raanan Geberer rently on Aleave). coalition He ofhas LGBT a profes city- On this day Min 1902,AY .the 21 Brooklyn Daily Eagle sional-lookingrepresentatives website are featuringramping up a BrooklynGood Dailymorning. Eagle Todayre- is And Michael Gormley high-powereda campaign list of about endorsements, a deadly portedthe 141st on daypublic of hearingsthe year. On Associated Press some ofmeningitis which include outbreak the Unitedfound aboutthis daythe “Brooklynin 1901, both tunnel branch- Vito Lopez, the Brooklyn assem- Federationamong of men Teachers, who have Local sex with1199 other men, with a special focus contract.”es of the This “Municipal was a con- Assem- blyman accused of asking young fe- SEIU, the Working Families Par- tract to connect the city’s on Brooklyn. bly” (the city legislative body male staffers to massage him, touch ty, and threeThe NewDemocratic York City mayoral Depart- newof thatsubway time) approvedsystem toa sub- his cancerous tumors and join him hopefuls – Christine Quinn, Bill de Brooklyn. The two bidders ment of Health said that cases way tunnel under Flatbush in hotel rooms, resigned on Mon- Blasio andof this John often-deadly Liu. infection of wereAvenue, Interborough part of today’s Rapid Q and day from the Legislature amid sex- Campaign Finance Board re- Transit (IRT), the owner of the brain lining are popping up B route. The vote was almost ual harassment allegations. cords revealin Brooklyn that hemore had than raised, in any as Manhattan’s subway system, unanimous, since both par- Lopez said many times that of Monday,other borough.$86,764. SymptomsContributors in- andties Brooklyn had instructed Rapid Transit their of- he was resigning not because of rangedclude from feverretirees and and chills, postal mental and (BRT),ficials whichto vote operated for the tun- the charges, but to run for the City cafeteriastatus workers changes, to attorneys nausea and Brooklyn’snel. One alderman,trolley and however,ele- Council in the 34th District in Wil- executivesvomiting, of such sensitivity powerful to light,local vatedsaid lines.that theThe Long IRT (whichIsland Rail liamsburg and Bushwick, his histor- organizationssevere headache as El Puente, and stiff Heart neck.- isRoad now shouldthe IRT paydivision part ofof the ic power base. But a cursory glance Share HumanOne third Services of the afflictedand St. Nichhave- thecost, subway presumably system) won becausethe at the race shows that Lopez has an olas Alliance.died, a higherOne noticedrate than contritypical- biddingmany war,of theand thepassengers IRT ex- on U.S. District Court Judge Shira Scheindlin is interviewed in her federal court uphill battle, to put it mildly. butionsmeningitis, from several which currentkills roughly City tensionthe tunnel to Atlantic route wouldAvenue trans- chambers in Manhattan. Scheindlin is the federal judge presiding over civil Lopez’ main opponent is An- Councilone members, out of five. such as Daniel (partfer toof andtoday’s from 4the and railroad, 5 rights challenges to the stop-and-frisk practices of the New York Police Depart- tonio Reynoso, chief of staff for The hardest-hit neighbor- hoods in Brooklyn are Bedford- lines) opened inPlease 1908. turn The to page 3 ment. See story, page 16. AP Photo Councilwoman Diana Reyna (cur- Please turn to page 3 BRT built its tunnel to Stuyvesant, Brownsville, Bush- Brooklyn a few years later. TURKISH CULTURE CELEBRATED IN BROOKLYN: Turkish drums and music rang out over Downtown Brooklyn Thursday wick, Clinton Hill, Crown LawsuitPlease turnChallenges to page 3 evening as Borough Hall hosted Turkish dignitaries at the annual Turkish Cultural Celebration. Shown here are dancers Heights, Downtown, DUMBO, Anti-Theft Tacticsfrom the AnkaraWillowtown Folk Dance Group. See page 3Fair: for additional Heights’ photo and story. EasygoingEagle photo Get-togetherby Mary Frost Please turn to page 3 From Associated Press By Mary Frost community projects, such as tree A lawsuit in Brooklyn is chal- Brooklyn Daily Eagle planting and upkeep, but it’s also lenging the New York Police De- The 2013 Willowtown Spring a celebration of the continuing ex- partment’sWeiner practice Campaign of leaving wal- Chatter Grows Online Fair brought neighbors together on istence of the historic enclave at lets, cash and bags in plain sight to Saturday for a mellow day of music, the southwestern edge of Brooklyn tempt thieves.Things Are Still Hush-Hush food, sack races, tug-of-war and an Heights. LawyersBy Raanan who Geberer filed the lawsuitwould not be joining the cam- architectural walking tour. A self-guided tour pointed out MondayBrooklyn in Brooklyn Daily Eagle federal courtpaign. Margolis, it was report- A boat with eight oars docked in architectural gems — a number say Speculationthey’ll seek aboutclass-action Antho- status.ed, was just there to help the middle of Willow Street drew saved, by the efforts of the Willow- Theyny Weiner say they formally want toentering represent Weinerin- as a friend. attention to a “boating adventure” town Association and the Brooklyn nocentthe mayoral individuals race increased swept onup in a Weiner himself told The raffle prize, and the old-fashioned Heights Association, from Robert tacticthe web meant during to the entice past thieves.week, TheDaily News, in an impromptu jazz of Mona’s Hot Four had people Moses’ wrecking ball in the 1950s. policeespecially department as camera places crews the on itemsinterview on Wednesday, that dancing in the street. Iris Cafe and Many of the houses in Willow- inThursday high-theft caught areas, the hoping former to heat -would decide soon about Waterfront Wine and Spirits pro- town date from the 1840s, includ- Eagle Brooklyn-Queens congress- the race. To a group of pho- tract the attention of thieves inter- vided food and drinks, and volun- ing four sharing a continuous por- by Rob Abruzzese photo estedman making in cash what or cell appeared phones. to Policetographers who were follow- teers from Mickel’s Garden, led by tico of tall wooden columns at havebe a usedcampaign the tactic video on onsubway the plating- him, he said, mysteriously, Anthony Weiner, Ex-Brook- Melissa Neel, sold plants to fund a the southern end of Willow Place, stoop outside his childhood “Live by the sword, die by the forms, park benches and in cars. lyn-Queens Congressman new greenhouse and other garden and four clapboard frame and home in Brooklyn. sword.” PoliticoThe lawsuit and Capitalseeks toNew stop the Crain’s New York Busi- not official, and he had no improvements. brick houses in “Cottage Row” at police tactic and have it declared in Getting ready for the three-leggednews aboutrace at thethe 2013 campaign Willowtown Spring Fair. The annual event raises money York both remarked on the ness also reported that Morton Please turn to page 3 conflictpresence withof existinghigh-powered law. Avigdor, the former head of kicking off next week. Eagle Photo by Mary Frost for the Willowtown Association’s Asked if the campaign was campaign consultant Jim Mar- Jewish outreach for Weiner, DO YOU TRUST THE GOVERNMENT? Assemblywoman Helene Weinstein (D-Homecrest/Kings golis during the shooting. had been in talks with Weiner set to kick off next week, However, according to both about his expected mayoral Avigdor said he did not be- Highway), seen here, is one of several officials who sought to assure members of the blogs, Margolis and his politi- campaign. Avigdor said on lieve so. Marine-Madison-Homecrest Civic Association that not all officials are corrupt, and that cal consulting firm, GMMB, Friday, however, that it was Please turn to page 3 reforms could substantiallyBrooklyn cut down on abuses of theCity system. SeeCouncil story, page 7. Workshop Reflects Growing Races Blow Hot and Cold By Jarrett Murphy hurst and Brighton Beach, where Popularity of Owning a Business City Limits term limits will force Domenic economic times, members Reporting from Citylimits.org Recchia to vacate his seat. Presented by Bay Ridge ‘Workforce Ministry’ said. Whether 2013’s City Coun- So far, Todd Dobrin, Brian By Paula Katinas preparation firm from her “Our mission is to use our cil races will offer Brooklynites a Gotlieb, John Lisyanskiy, Mi- Brooklyn Daily Eagle home and is hoping to expand. time and talent to serve the meaningful decision depends on chael Treybich and Mark Trey- Dozens of would-be entre- Patrice and Donna were underemployed, unemployed where they live, with some dis- ger have hats in the ring. Some preneurs sat in a Bay Ridge just two of the local residents and those in career transitions tricts set to offer a menu of choic- have raised a lot more money church hall Wednesday night taking part in a seminar on to find employment, start a es and some very few. than others, and some of them to get advice on how to take “How to start a business and business or create their own the first steps toward becom- stay in business” presented by jobs,” member Mary Gelormi- According to filings with the may not make the ballot, but ing the next Bill Gates or the Workforce Ministry of no told the Brooklyn Daily New York State Board of Elec- for now, they’re in. Steve Jobs. Among those Saint Anselm Catholic Eagle. “We accomplish this tions and the city’s Campaign Fi- Contrast that with the 39th seeking a helping hand in get- Catholic Church on 83rd mission by connecting com- nance Board, five Brooklyn coun- district, where incumbent Brad ting started were a woman Street and Fourth Avenue on munity groups with our cil districts boast five or more Lander is the only candidate reg- named Patrice, who is looking May 15.