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GENTILE… Chose “Neighbors First,” and Tions Who Will Hold a Hearing on Former State Sen INSIDE Including The Bensonhurst Paper Action hero at B’klyn Museum Published weekly by Brooklyn Paper Publications Inc, 26 Court St., Brooklyn 11242 Phone 718-834-9350 AD fax 718-834-1713 • NEWS fax 718-834-9278 © 2003 Brooklyn Paper Publications • 12 pages including 4 pages GO BROOKLYN • Vol.26, No.3 BRG • January, 20, 2003 • FREE MAYOR DOOMS DISTRICTS By Patrick Gallahue movement — one that will liberate has different levels of accountability drives this engine.” Each Learning Support Center school, whose job would be to en- Ethel Tucker, superintendent of and Deborah Kolben the next generation of New Yorkers for middle and elementary schools Bloomberg’s proposal would also would also have a regional base in gage parents in their child’s educa- District 21, which includes Benson- The Brooklyn Papers from the devastating consequences and for high schools. replace the city’s 32 community city-owned or leased property to tion and serve as a liaison between hurst, Coney Island and Brighton of continued educational failure.” Curriculum would be controlled school districts with 10 instructional house 10 local instructional supervi- parents and the school. Beach, said she was waiting on Mayor Michael Bloomberg Bloomberg proposed to “put an from the Tweed Courthouse, and leadership divisions called Learning sors, who would oversee no more The mayor also proposed that “greater knowledge of what type of pulled back the curtains Wed- end to decades of diffused and con- would be the same citywide, except Support Centers, which would be than a dozen nearby schools each. school boards be replaced with “par- curriculum and how it’s going to be nesday on a sweeping body of fused educational administration” by in 200 “successful schools” which, supervised by the Deputy Chancel- “In other words,” Bloomberg said, ent engagement boards” for each implemented,” before passing judge- reforms that seek to dissolve streamlining the “Byzantine admin- the mayor said, would be allowed to lor for Teaching and Learning, a po- “on the instructional side, accountabil- school “on which only parents of chil- ment on the plan. the current structure of Com- istrative fiefdoms that multiplied un- continue to dictate their own cur- sition currently held by Diana Lam. ity and responsibility goes directly dren attending that local school may “We, as the No. 1 district in Brook- munity School Boards as part der the Board of Ed.” riculum, hire their own teachers and Each Learning Support Center from one deputy chancellor to 10 re- serve,” leaving them, he said, “pro- lyn, have always put children first,” of a complete overhaul on the His plan proposes a single chain set their own budgets. would be guided by a superintendent, gional superintendents to 100 local in- tected from being compromised by she said. “Our schools are achieving, city’s educational system. of command that would begin with “It’s time to have a unified way selected by Schools Chancellor Joel structional supervisors, to 1,200 prin- local politicians as has happened so we are certainly for anything that Taking the stage at Harlem’s the chancellor and flow through the of teaching our children,” said Klein based on “extraordinary past cipals to 80,000 teachers to 1,100,000 every time in the past.” makes instruction the core.” Schomburg Center for Research in city’s schools, from kindergarten Bloomberg, who emphasized that a achievement,” Bloomberg said, and students, who we are here to serve!” In Brooklyn, his proposal was “There is a lot to like about the Black Culture, Bloomberg said, through 12th grade, rather than the core curriculum of reading, writing from Tweed Courthouse the superin- Bloomberg’s proposal also calls met with a mixture of partial ap- mayor’s speech this morning,” said “We are at the dawn of a new current two-tiered structure, which and math would “be the fuel that tendents would coordinate policy. for a “parent coordinator” for each proval and caution. See SCHOOLS on page 4 Clemens The Golden boy time Dems laud Marty as he’s sworn in to state Senate By Deborah Kolben The Brooklyn Papers In a display of just how important it is to Brooklyn offi- cials to have someone in Albany whose got the ear of the governor, the Senate majority leader and the mayor, new state Sen. Marty Golden’s ceremonial swearing in Sun- day was lousy with Democrats. Golden, a Democrat-turned-Republican, was officially sworn in by Chief Judge Ju- dith Kaye Marty’s senate plans last week. See page 5 But at his cere- monial district swearing-in at John Dewey High School, on Still- well Avenue and Avenue X in Gravesend Jan. 12, high-ranking Republicans, Democrats and Conservatives alike joined together to celebrate the former Bay Ridge-Dyker Heights councilman. Even U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, a Democrat who may face a serious challenge from either Long Island Rep. Peter King or for- mer Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, made an unscheduled appearance at the ceremony. “You have picked yourself the right guy,” Schumer told the nearly 800 audience members. The former police officer and two-term city councilman defeat- ed incumbent Democrat Vincent Gentile in November. With strong Sen. Charles Schumer with new state Sen. Marty Gold- See GOLDEN on page 5 en at his swearing in ceremony Sunday. BP / Greg Mango Let challenges begin By Deborah Kolben panoramic views of the Verrazano Nar- revelers and campaign workers to “Eat. The Brooklyn Papers rows Bridge and the twinkling lights of Drink. Enjoy. And get out and work.” Candidates have spent the past two Five of the six declared candi- Brooklyn behind him. “So why have a fundraiser on the ground floor? Why weeks hustling for the 1,385 signatures dates for the Bay Heights City not start at the top?” needed to put them on the ballot for the Council seat vacated by Marty Gol- State Sen. Seymour Lachman called Feb. 25 election. Those petitions have den filed their petitions with the Gentile an outstanding senator and now been filed with the Board of Elec- Board of Elections by the Jan. 14 commended him for his ability “to re- tions, however, candidates will not offi- deadline. late to the average Joes and Janes in the cially be notified until Jan. 30 whether they have secured a spot on the ballot. New York Yankee pitcher Roger Clemens shows John Cullen, 10, how to pitch during a visit to St. Ephrem’s School in Dyker Republican Robert Capano, a com- community.” Also in attendance was munity liaison with Borough Hall, See GENTILE on page 4 Heights. Cullen’s sister, Erin, won the “Take a Reebok Athlete to School” contest, facilitating the visit. The Brooklyn Papers / Mango Assemblyman Peter Abbate, who urged dropped out of the race on Friday. Filing petitions before deadline were former state Sen. Vincent Gentile, 60th Assembly District Committeewoman Yankee great visits Ridge Joanne Seminara, Community Board 10 Chairman Steve Harrison and Communi- ty School Board 20 Vice President Carlo By Deborah Kolben Scissura, all Democrats, and former Giu- The Brooklyn Papers liani commissioner Rosemarie O’Keefe, A second-grader in Dyker Heights brought something the lone Republican left in the race. extra special for show-and-tell on Monday morning — The special election will be non-par- Yankees pitching ace Roger Clemens. tisan, according to city rules, so each Erin Cullen, 7, was one of 12 winners of the “Take a Reebok candidate will choose the name of a Athlete to School Day” contest. Sporting a pair of scuffed Mary party line under which to run. Janes and her school uniform, Erin escorted the future Hall-of- Although he had already collected Famer into the school auditorium where her peers broke out upwards of 2,000 signatures, Gentile into cheers of “Let’s go Yankees.” did not officially announce his run for The only Bronx Bombers fan in a family of four Mets devo- the council seat until a fundraiser tees, Erin said it was great to meet the Yankees superstar. “He is Thursday night. so tall,” she said of the 6-foot-4 fireballer. The three-term former state senator Before meeting the rest of the school, Clemens, 40, arrived was defeated by Golden last November. at St. Ephrem’s with Erin, her brother, John, 10, and sister, Addressing elected officials, union Mary, 13, and their parents, Frances and John, in a black stretch representatives and community mem- limousine. bers, Gentile, 44, made his announce- Clemens, the only six-time Cy Young Award winner, who in ment at the sixth-floor Crescent Restau- 1986 was also the American League Most Valuable Player, taught rant on 87th Street between Fourth and John how to balance on one foot as he threw from a windup. “He Fifth avenues. taught my son how to throw a ball,” Frances beamed. “The political pundits have made us Former state Sen. Vincent Gentile (left) announces his candidacy alongside Clemens holds the hand of Erin Cullen, 7, winner of the con- While Clemens didn’t teach Erin how to pitch, she said she the frontrunner,” Gentile said, with 49th Assembly Democratic District Leader Joe Bova. The Brooklyn Papers / Callan test that brought him to St. Ephrem’s Monday. BP / Greg Mango See CLEMENS on page 5 Vito: Plan Subway Series around GOP Joan quits By Deborah Kolben As many as 50,000 GOP con- and highlights that make it the The vice president of Sched- Feeney added. The Brooklyn Papers vention-goers are expected to Big Apple. The series between uling and Club Relations for Yankees spokesman Howard In an effort to capitalize descend upon the city and Fos- the Yankees and the Mets would Major League Baseball, Katy Rubenstein called the special sella wants to insure that his fel- stand as a highlight of the con- Feeney, told The Brooklyn Pa- Subway Series, “a Major Dems job on and add to the national low Republicans get the “thrill” vention and, no doubt, be a thrill pers that while such scheduling League Baseball issue, not a attention that will focus on they are coming for.
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