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Double-talking EDITORIAL: Yassky blew away his integrity. P. 12 Marty III scares Yassky attacked off competition
By Gersh Kuntzman undecided because Yassky is By Mike McLaughlin The Brooklyn Paper. The Brooklyn Paper now widely expected to aban- The Brooklyn Paper And with those words, Coun- Voters are angry about the don his quest to succeed no-lon- It ain’t over until Marty says cilman Bill DeBlasio (D–Park City Council’s 29–22 vote last ger-term-limited City Comptrol- it’s over. Slope) and Councilman Charles week to set aside term limits ler Bill Thompson and run for The controversial term limits Barron (D–East New York) an- and allow Mayor Bloomberg re-election instead. extension cleared the decks for a nounced that they would cam- to run for a third term — and “By doing an end run around third term for Borough President paign for other positions. the people’s strong stance on The suddenly uncompetitive lots of them are taking it out on Markowitz as several leading David Yassky. [term limits], Yassky clearly race for borough president demonstrated that he be- opponents quickly bowed is a textbook example of The Brooklyn Heights lieves his own inter- out despite increasing the motivations behind councilman has be- ests trump the voice scrutiny of the Beep’s having term limits in come the main of the voters,” Dia- ethics and overall re- the first place, good whipping boy for mondstone said. cord. government advo- Brownstone Brook- Hours after the One day after cates said. lyn outrage about historic vote last the City Coun- “The argument the Council’s Oct. Thursday, Yassky cil’s Oct. 23 vote that extending 23 vote to set aside argued before the to extend term lim- term limits will in two prior public term- Independent Neigh- its from eight to 12 fact increase voter
limit votes — mostly be- borhood Democrats, Sara Wentworth years, Markowitz an- choice in 2009 is cause this self-proclaimed a reform-minded Car- nounced that he would take a red herring,” said reformer has been shown to roll Gardens political full advantage. Dick Dadey, executive be just another self-serving, dou- club, that he did just the “It was always his dream to director of Citizens Union. “It ble-talking pol, critics said. opposite. serve Brooklyn as borough pres- will result in expected challeng- “Yassky’s real intention was He explained that after long ident, and [he] would be hon- ers deciding not to run, and will always to serve another four years soul-searching, he decided that ored to serve Brooklynites for clear the way for Markowitz” to in office,” said Ken Diamond- he could support a 12-year term another term if the voters al- be easily re-elected. stone, who had planned to run limit if it went before the public low him that opportunity,” his Indeed, DeBlasio, who now
for Yassky’s seat, but is now See YASSKY on page 11 Brooklyn Paper Photo Composite / spokesman Mark Zustovich told See MARTY on page 11 'SFTIUBMLPG/FUTJO+FSTFZ &-&$5*0/ Beep staffer wonders if team will ever get to Brooklyn FULL COVERAGE, PAGE 11 By Mike McLaughlin The Brooklyn Paper One of Borough President Markow- itz’s top staffers revealed on Monday that &9*454 130104&% the deal to bring the New Jersey Nets to Brooklyn is as much of a sure thing as Shaquille O’Neal is from the foul line. “I don’t know if we’re going to get the Nets,” the Beep’s Director of Planning and Development Jon Benguiat blurted out on Monday during an unrelated discussion about other Markowitz initiatives. It was unclear if Benguiat’s comment reflect Markowitz’s current thinking about Bruce Ratner may end up moving his New Jersey Nets from the Meadowlands to the Prudential Center in New- Shravan Vidyarthi Shravan the unraveling Atlantic Yards project. But ark (left), which is already home to the New Jersey Devils hockey team, instead of moving to the long-stalled and after an earlier version of this story was unbuilt arena at the corner of Flatbush and Atlantic avenues (rendering right). posted online at BrooklynPaper.com, Bor- ough Hall e-mailed a statement affirming tersection of Flatbush and Atlantic ave- ants for the office space. about Benguiat’s slip. Last week, a com- Markowitz’s belief that the project, which nues is just one stalled part of his delayed Hours before Benguiat made his com- pany spokesman said that the project is
The Brooklyn Paper / he has championed since it was unveiled 16-skyscraper residential-and-office At- ment, The Daily News reported that Rat- “critical to the ongoing economic vital- in 2003, would be built. lantic Yards project. ner had actually talked to investors about ity of Brooklyn and the city.” That conviction runs counter to Gar- Lawsuits have contributed to some de- selling all or part of his Nets. Of course, Originally the Nets’ arena, which is den State officials, who have become in- lays, but the larger problem has been the it’s not the first time Ratner has put the slated to be called the Barclays Center, 2B@QDS@BSHBR creasingly confident that the Nets will tightening of the credit markets, an in- Nets on the block. Two years ago, he was slotted to open in 2006 and be fi- The Montague Street Business Improvement District gave away pumpkins to retailers stay in New Jersey. Those officials cite ability to get more public subsidies from tried to sell 25 percent of the team. nanced privately. Now, 2011 is the tar- on Tuesday — and renowned carver Hugh McMahon showed off his singular squash the fact that Nets owner Bruce Ratner’s officials in Albany and at City Hall, and Spokespeople for Forest City Ratner- get and the arena is being funded en- skills to craft one winning and one losing design. proposed $950-million arena at the in- a failure to line up large corporate ten- did not respond to requests for comments tirely with public money. Merry-go-DUMBO for Ohio group 100 Buckeye seniors come to re-live childhood on Jane’s Carousel By Sarah Portlock Jane’s Carousel — the lovingly re- shared childhood memories, summer waterworks came out. ing long enough to take pictures with The Brooklyn Paper stored, 1920s-era merry-go-round that, jobs and prom dates — to the refur- Mickey Rindin, 78, whose father co- the visitors and accept a proclamation Gene Juillierat saw the horse and 25 years ago, was part of Youngstown’s bished version. owned the park, said he remembered from the Youngstown mayor, Jay Wil- started crying. Idora theme park. “This [carousel] is extraordinary, the hours he used to spend polishing liams, who sent his wishes with the “I remember this horse,” the 78-year- Joan Yanchick organized the reunion and it is every bit as good as I imag- the pine floor when he was 15. emissaries. Kristen Joy Watts old from Youngstown, Ohio, said, wip- after she saw a news segment about the ined it,” said Yanchick, noting that four And for June Zordich, 67, the trip The trip came as Walentas is col- ing his face with a handkerchief. “I carousel, which Jane Walentas — wife of generations of her family have ridden brought back memories of her junior lecting signatures to get the carousel used to say, ‘Giddy-up, go.’” DUMBO megadeveloper David Walen- the carousel. “But it was not this beau- prom, riding on the horses in her dress. included in the proposed Brooklyn Juillierat’s reaction was actually tas — purchased at auction in 1984, and tiful before.” “We had our all-city prom at the ball- Bridge Park waterfront development.
quite typical last Friday morning in then spent 22 years renovating. The 100-person group ranged in room in the park, so we went on the car- Walentas has said she will donate the The Brooklyn Paper / DUMBO as nearly 100 seniors from Yanchick immediately knew she had age from early 20s to 90s, and when ousel in our gowns,” Zordich said. carousel and a permanent, protective Gene Juillierat broke down in tears when he saw one of the that eastern Ohio city converged on to bring those residents — those who Walentas turned on the carousel, the For her part, Walentas stopped cry- structure to house it. horses he used to ride. “I remember this horse,” he said. 2 DTZ, NBZ, PSZ / iÊ ÀÞÊ*>«iÀÊUÊÜÜÜ° ÀÞ*>«iÀ°VÊUÊÇ£n®ÊnÎ{Îxä November 1, 2008 5IF#SPPLMZO1BQFSFOIBODFTQSJOUEJTUSJCVUJPO
The Brooklyn Paper steady growth of its award-winning Web of the Year and Columnist of the Year, by In addition to home delivery and news- typical circular distribution, Weintrob said. The Brooklyn Paper will resume home site, BrooklynPaper.com, which has more Suburban Newspapers of America, the larg- box placements in select areas, The Paper’s “Once again, The Brooklyn Paper takes Brooklyn’s Real Newspaper delivery in several Brownstone Brooklyn than 600,000 page views per month. est trade association of community news- print edition will continue to be available the lead, and remains the leading news or- BrooklynPaper.com s (718) 834 9350 s Brooklyn, NY s ©2008 BROOKLYN HEIGHTS–DOWNTOWN–NORTH BROOKLYN AWP/16 pages s Vol. 31, No. 37 s Saturday, Sept. 20, 2008 s FREE neighborhoods later this month and will It is timed to coincide with the lauch- papers in city and suburban markets. in more than 250 “bulk drop” locations. ganization in our borough,” he added. deploy newsboxes in strategic on-the-street ing of The Paper’s 30th anniversary cele- And last month, BrooklynPaper.com The Paper’s home-delivery system is unique The Brooklyn Paper was the first gen- .&"/453&&54 Bikes, cars battle over Brooklyn roads locations, Publisher Ed Weintrob announced bration. was named best Web site by the Indepen- — no more than two papers are delivered to eral-interest free-distribution newspaper By Ben Muessig bike compromise by laying 48 miles The Brooklyn Paper of cycling lanes in Brooklyn alone, Brooklyn is in the midst of a bike- extending car-free hours in Prospect riding explosion — but like many Park, distributing 12,000 helmets and explosions, this one is coming with 200,000 bike maps, and installing over too much collateral damage. 1,000 bicycle racks this year to cater A 75-percent increase in bicycle to New York’s 131,000 daily riders. Last year, Brooklyn’s real newspaper was dent Free Papers of America, which also each building, and the number of advertis- in Brooklyn when it began publication in Additionall y, the city plans to dou- on Thursday. commuting over the last eight years has led to cyclists, drivers and pe- ble the number of bike lane miles by destrians increasingly finding them- 2009. selves in a bitter struggle for con- Yet, for all those bike-friendly ef- trol of the streets — and last week’s forts, cycling advocates say that the bat- The Palin family (from left) Track, Willow, Piper, Gov. Sarah, collision deaths of 8-year-old cyclist tle for the streets is worse than ever. husband Todd and pregnant teen Bristol. This photo was Alexander Toulouse in Boerum Hill “We still find ourselves wrestling taken before Trig, now 4-months-old, was born. This two-pronged expansion of The Pa- named Newspaper of the Year, and its ed- awarded our print edition first place for ing inserts is capped at three — to avoid the 1978, and was a pioneer in online publish- with the notion that streets are all for and 50-year-old Jonathan Millstein in Park Slope once again brought that cars, are the time,” said Transporta- battle into stark relief. tion Alternatives spokesman Wiley “There is a real clash over who has Norvell. a right to what,” said Teresa Toro, The conflicts don’t just show up at 4BSBICPSP chair of the transportation commit- community board hearings. Increas- per’s print product will complement the itor, Gersh Kuntzman, was named Editor front-page design. type of front-door clutter that accompanies ing in Brooklyn. tee of Community Board 1, the Wil- ingly, busy streets in Downtown and it idtill h b *NQFSGFDU
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By Mike McLaughlin Ê *\Ê7 >ÌÊ>LÕÌÊÌ iÊ>VÌÕ>Ê >Ê}>ÌiÜ>ÞÊÃiÀÛViÊÌÊ>VµÕ>ÌÊ ÌÊ>VÌÊ`vviÀiÌÞÊÌ >ÊÊ iiVÌi`ÊvvV>ÃÊÀ>ÞÊÕÌÃ`iÊ The Brooklyn Paper µÕ>ÌÞÊvÊV>Ài¶ «i«iÊÜÌ ÊÌ iÊ Ã«Ì>ÊÜ Ê «>ÃÌÊ >ÌÌi«ÌÃÊ ÌÊ ÃÌ>LâiÊ ÞÕÀÊLÕ`}¶ *VEQIW4VMRXW1EXXMRK*VEQIH1MVVSVW Long Island College Hospi- DS: To the extent that you’re ÜÕ`ÊViÊL>VÊÊÌ iÊvÕÌÕÀi¶ Long Island College Hos DS: I wouldn’t say that. They 7YTIVF'VEJXWQERWLMT%RH)\TIVX%HZMGI tal has fired 100 employees, operating costs are less [and] DS: I’m not aware of any study «Ì>°Ê 7 >ÌÊ >ÃÊ Ê `iÊ are truly trying to be advocates will lay off at least 200 more, purchasing more efficiently, it’s that actually shows that. All ser- ÜÀ}ÊLivÀi¶ for the community. I respect that, =392%1)-8;)*6%1)-8 wants to close three key wings, going to provide more resources vices are a gateway for other DS: When property has been but they don’t have a pot of gold has sold several buildings and for health care. services. At LICH, 80 percent sold in the past, proceeds from to tap into. plans to sell more. Manage- Ê *\Ê >ÛiÊ Ì iÀiÊ LiiÊ >ÞÊ of the patients come in through those sales have been used to off- Ê *\Ê7ÊÌ iÀiÊLiÊÀiÊ>Þ &RAME )T-R&VSSOP]R ment says the “restructuring” i}>ÌÛiÊ ÕÌViÃÊ vÀÊ Li the emergency department, so set the deficits. It made every- vvö XL¦XL7XVIIX 8LMVH%ZIRYI will put the hospital on stable }Ê>vv>Ìi`ÊÜÌ Ê ÌÕÕ¶ that’s the gateway more than any body happy at the time, because DS: Yes. The layoffs that just financial ground. But the cut- DS: Whenever you become other service. nothing had to change. But at occurred will not be the final backs have angered employ- part of something larger you give Ê *\Ê"iÊÌ }ÊÜiÊi>Ài`Ê the end of the day, the problems layoffs [he estimated 200 to 300 *IEXYVIHMR2I[=SVO1EKE^MRI©W¦&IWX&IXW§ ees, patients and politicians away a certain degree of auton- Ü iÊÜiÊi`Ê>ÌÊ ½ÃÊ>Õ that were causing those deficits more pink slips]. There is no in- Ben Muessig Ben JSV4VMRXW *VEQMRK who sense that LICH’s parent omy. `ÌÃÊÜ>ÃÊÌ >ÌÊÌ iÊ>Õ`ÌÊvÀÊ were never addressed. tention of requesting the termi- [[[JVEQIMXMRFVSSOP]RGSQ company, Continuum Health Ê *\ÊÌÊÃÕ`ÃÊiÊÌ iÊ Ã« ÓääÈÊ`iÃVÀLi`ÊÌ iÊ Ã«Ì>Ê Ê *\Ê ÃÊ iÞÊ vÀÊ L> nation of any additional services Partners, won’t stop scal- Ì>Ê >ÃÊ}ÛiÊÕ«ÊÃiÊVÌÀÊ ÊÛiÀ ÞÊÃÌ>LiÊÌiÀÃ]ÊÜ iÀi>ÃÊ ny or Washington the only than what has been requested. In ing down until it closes the ÛiÀÊ ÌÃÊ ÃiÀÛViÃÊ LÞÊ >Û}Ê Ì iÊ>Õ`ÌÊvÀÊÓääÇÊ«>Ìi`Ê Ì }ÊÌ >ÌÊÜÕ`Ê i«¶ÊÜÊ the case of dentistry, we’re look- 150-year-old medical center ÌÊVÃiÊÌ iÊ>ÌiÀÌÞ]Ê«i` >Ê`À>ÃÌVÊ«VÌÕÀi°ÊÜÊVÕ`Ê ÕV ÊiÞÊ>ÀiÊÞÕÊÌ>}Ê ing to have those services con- entirely. Amidst these ques- >ÌÀVÃÊ>`Ê`iÌÃÌÀÞÊ`i«>ÀÌ The Brooklyn Paper / Ì }ÃÊv>Ê>«>ÀÌÊÃʵÕVÞ¶ >LÕ̶ tinued under a different spon- tions, Dominick Stanzione, iÌð Dominick Stanzione is in DS: You’d have to ask the ac- DS: The operating losses for sorship. LICH’s CEO and Chief Re- DS: No, the board of Long charge of “restructuring” countants why they came to their OB are probably around $15 mil- Ê *\Ê7 >ÌÊÜÊ }ÊÃ>`Ê structuring Officer since July, Island College Hospital made the Cobble Hill hospital. conclusions. If you look at 2005, lion a year. I don’t know if gov- i}iÊëÌ>ÊÊiÊ>v invited The Brooklyn Paper in those decisions. Continuum does there were still substantial losses ernment has the wherewithal to ÌiÀÊÌ iÊ`ÕÃÌÊÃiÌÌiö for an exclusive interview. not “own” LICH. The decision about in the range of $10 mil- help even if they want to. We DS: It’s going to be a com- other hospitals there are other lion. In 2006 and 2007, we lost can’t assume that a Brinks truck munity hospital that’s focused Ê / iÊ ÀÞÊ*>«iÀ\ÊÊ£n]Ê that the best way for Long Island services that make money that Long Island College Hospital College Hospital to continue to about $30 million. In 2008, it is going to come down Hicks on growing the services that the are able to subsidize those losses. accelerated, principally because Street. iÀ}i`ÊÜÌ Ê ÌÕÕ]ÊÜ V Ê be a strong health care provider community needs, principally In this case, because of the fi- the volume has gone done. >ÃÊ ÀÕÃÊ -Ì°Ê Õi½Ã,ÃiÛiÌÊ in the community is to close cer- Ê *\Ê -Ê Ì½ÃÊ ÕÃÌÊ «ÌV>Ê in medicine and surgery, and an nancial situation here, the board Ê *\Ê 9ÕÊ Ã>`Ê ÞÕÊ ii`i`Ê Ã Ü>à «Ê Ü iÊ Ì iÊ active emergency department. >`Ê iÌ ÊÃÀ>iÊ Ã«Ì>ðÊÜÊ tain services was made by the decided that the hospital could >ÃÊ ÌÕÕ½ÃÊ Ài>Ìà «Ê board of Long Island College not subsidize the OB services. ÜÌ Ê }ÊÃ>`Ê i}iÊà Hospital. Ê *\Ê7 ÞÊÜ>ÃÊÌ iÀiÊÌ iÊ «Ì>ÊLiiÊ«ÃÌÛi¶ Ê *\Ê 7Ì Ê v>iÃÊ Û `À«vvÊ Ê >ÌiÀÌÞÊ Ü iÊ Dominick Stanzione: It’s very }Ê ÌÊ ÀÞÊ i} ÌÃ]Ê Ì iÀiÊ ÜiÀiÊ ÃÊ >ÞÊ ÀiÊ difficult for a hospital to sus- Cobble Hill and Brooklyn VViÛ>LiÊVÕÃÌiÀö Educating children for life. tain itself as a standalone fa- Ê}iiÀ>]ÊÜ ÞÊÃÊÌ ÃÊÌÊ>Ê DS: Many people go into 4PVOETPMVUJPO cility, so most have looked for }`iÊ««ÀÌÕÌÞÊvÀÊ Ê Manhattan. Also, a large group The Ramaz School teaches children opportunities to join in partner- ÌÊ }ÀÜÊ >`Ê iÝ«>`Ê Ì iÊ of obstetricians were recruited Mystery of Greenpoint ring how to live a fulfi lling and meaningful ship with others. When you pur- >ÌiÀÌÞÊ>`Ê«i`>ÌÀVÃÊ`i to another facility in Brooklyn life, instills in them a joy for learning, chase as part of a larger group, «>ÀÌiÌö and that group left. It was a com- and nurtures their intellectual and your price per unit goes down. DS: First, the maternity ser- turns out to be very messy Muessig Ben spiritual growth. 125 East 85th Street, NYC bination of many things. [email protected] When you bill together, you usu- vices have been declining here Ê *\Ê7Õ`Ê>ÞÊ`i«>ÀÌ By Ben Muessig tection spokeswoman Mercedes (212)774-5610 ally bring more leverage and ex- at LICH for well over a year iÌÊÌ >ÌÊÃiiÃÊ>Ê`iViÊ The Brooklyn Paper Padilla. “It’s an internal com- pertise so you can have better prior to any announcement. In ÛiÀÊÌ iÊVÕÀÃiÊvÊiÊÞi>ÀÊ The mystery of the peculiar tone munication device that’s being reimbursement rates and collec- the past, LICH had done up to LiÊ«ÕÌÊÊÌ iÊV ««}Ê of Greenpoint has been solved! updated now. It’s a 53-acre site,
tions. When you negotiate with 3,000 deliveries a year, but at The Brooklyn Paper / A Modern Orthodox LVÊ >ÌÊ ¶Ê ½ÌÊ Ì }ÃÊ The ethereal ring-a-ling wasn’t so we use the intercom to com- large for-profit insurance com- the time of its announcement it vÕVÌÕ>Ìi¶ squeaky subway doors, ampli- municate across it.” The mysterious “Green- Jewish Day School panies, you are in much better was on a runway to about 2,200 point ring” has been solved! Nursery through Grade 12 DS: Things do, but generally fied train signals, a noisy door- The bizarre tones consists of position than if you are a much this year. Maternity services in you don’t go on a decline like bell, a raucous cellphone ring or four high pitched ring-a-lings, It’s coming from the New- smaller nonprofit company. general tend to lose money. In that. When a hospital is losing a rogue East River buoy as some which last for about 15 seconds town Creek sewage treat- money to the extent that this hos- residents suspected — it actually — just enough time for the sound ment plant. pital has been for a number of comes from the neighborhood’s to confuse neighbors, but not long years, many many services are most-famous landmark: its sew- enough for them to track down fort turned to the message board going to be losing money, but you age plant. its origin. Brooklynian, where he found a don’t close them all. You come up The strange chime, which rings “You can here it echoing be- handful of neighbors equally baf- with a plan to fix those services sporadically during the day in the tween the buildings,” said Wil- fled by the ringing, but no defi- that are losing money. However, northern part of the neighborhood, liam Beaufort, who lives at the nite answers about its cause. OB was losing so much money comes from the public address corner of Greenpoint Avenue and “I have heard it, too,” wrote and the volume had been declin- system of the Newtown Creek McGuinness Boulevard — just whatsthatcat. “Very odd, I have ing that there wasn’t enough time Wastewater Treatment Plant at one block from the sewage plant. often wanted to try to venture out or resources to fix that service the corner of Greenpoint Ave- “It sort of sounds like doorbell to discover it’s source, but I’m not a without really jeopardizing the nue and Provost Street. underwater.” precocious pre-teen from a [young entire institution. “It’s the PA system,” said De- After wondering about the adult] novel in the ’80s.” Ê *\ÊýÌÊÌ iÊ>ÌiÀÌÞÊÜ}Ê partment of Environmental Pro- tone for a year and a half, Beau- — with Makeda Dash $JUZESBXTUIFMJOFWTGFET
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The Brooklyn Paper / That was certainly a highlight during several fiery exchanges &NKCAKTL§RHM1HCFD in the candidates’ Oct. 24 de- >Ê iÊÌÌiLÊ>ÌʣǮÊÇÇ£Îx£Ê bate at the DUMBO offices of No, there’s no Brooklyn spinoff of “Law & Order” (not ÜÜÜ°LÀÞLÀ`}iÀi>ÌÞ°Vm The Brooklyn Paper, where Ca- Ó££Ê ÕÀÌÊ-ÌÀiiÌÊUÊÇ£n°ÈÓx°ÎÇääÊÊÝÊ££Ó The Brooklyn Paper / yet, at least), but Bay Ridge stargazers got a treat on pano, a Republican, repeatedly The Brooklyn Paper / Wednesday as towering star Jeff Goldblum (still be- tried to cast the incumbent as Alec Brook-Krasny (left) and Bob Capano at The Brooklyn Paper’s DUMBO office. loved for his cameo as a Californian who has forgotten a do-nothing politician, while his mantra in “Annie Hall”) was shooting an episode the first-term incumbent coolly of “Law & Order: Criminal Intent” on 98th Street and “Every single local elected a “practical man.” to bump into the Mayor in the emphasized his work outside of official who represents Victory “To me, [the lawsuit] was bathroom before sharing my Marine Avenue. Goldblum will make his debut on the public view. show early next year, so Bay Ridge got the sneak peek. Memorial hospital … worked rather a PR move than anything views,” said Capano. “I think Capano went on the attack in a bipartisan way to fight the else,” said Brook-Krasny. I would try to talk to the may- One thing is certain, the episode probably involved the first — and stayed on it through- investigation of illegal curb cuts. — Zeke Faux good fight, a fight that needed z Evoking a recent uptick in or’s staff in a more professional out much of the debate. fighting,” said Capano, a former burglaries in Bay Ridge, Capano way months and years ago when aide to shamed Rep. Vito Fos- also struck at Brook-Krasny this was first occurring.” sella (R–Bay Ridge) and Bor- for twice voting against the “Good luck getting them on ough President Markowitz, a “Chronic Criminal Act,” which the phone,” Brook-Krasny re- Democrat. would reclassify as felons indi- plied. 3JEHFDSJNFXBWFCSFBLT “The only local elected offi- viduals who are found guilty Capano also tried to edge out cial who didn’t join that effort of four misdemeanors, sentenc- his rival by calling into ques- By Ben Muessig enth avenues. convinced. … was my opponent,” said Ca- ing them to up to four-years in tion more than $7,000 of cam- The Brooklyn Paper “Talk to the people walking “Crime went down for one pano in his quest for the 46th prison. paign contributions that Coney Assembly District seat, which Brook-Krasny could not ex- Island developer Joe Sitt gave The surge is working! on the streets,” said Golden, a week — so what?” said 73rd former cop. “They notice the Street resident Janice Shiavo stretches across the Fort Ham- plain why he opposed the bill. Brook-Krasny, but the incum- After a crime wave swept ilton section of Bay Ridge, and “I have to look into it,” he bent struck back in jest. through the typically serene police presence and they feel “There have been break-ins all safer. They feel like their old over and kids are still congre- includes Dyker Heights, Coney said. “I voted on it, but I voted “Are you afraid that you streets of Bay Ridge, an in- Island, Brighton Beach and other also on some other 2,000 bills. would be bought by $7,000, creased police presence has cut community is back.” gating on the corners. I don’t Many residents remain un- feel any safer.” neighborhoods. I could make things up, but I Bob?” joked Brook-Krasny. burglaries by more than 100 per- But Brook-Krasny — a So- don’t want to. I’m going to get cent, to five last week from 12 viet émigré, community activ- back to you on that.” the week before. ist and former small business The candidates also clashed Deputy Inspector Eric Ro- owner — said he was active in over their visions for a redevel- driguez, commanding officer backroom negotiations to save oped Coney Island — or at least of Bay Ridge’s 68th Precinct the ailing 92nd Street hospital, how they would go about dis- ASSEMBLYMAN ALEC BROOK-KRASNY championed the surge. and integral in establishing an cussing their ideas with Mayor “It’s working very well,” Ro- urgent care facility at the medi- Bloomberg. driguez said. “We made an arrest cal center, which is now SUNY Brook-Krasny suggested to last night for someone breaking Joe Marino Joe Downstate Bay Ridge. Mayor Bloomberg in an Albany into a restaurant on Third Ave- “The situation at Victory was restroom that year-round amuse- nue. We’ve also made a couple of such that I didn’t think anyone ments could make Coney Island arrests on some of the other bur- would be able to save the hos- self-sustainable. glaries that have happened.” pital,” he said. “But I was still Capano didn’t disagree with WORKING FOR US IN This week’s downtick has con- trying to get an emergency care Brook-Krasny’s model for Co- vinced state Sen. Marty Golden The Brooklyn Paper / and I am sorry I didn’t get an ney Island redevelopment, but (R–Bay Ridge) that the tide has .TSNEBNMSQNK HMSNGNROHS@K emergency care.” he said he would have chosen turned on the spate of rear-win- Brook-Krasny said he was ab- a better venue to discuss it with dow break-ins between 65th and The driver of a car that crashed into an 88th Street office sent from protests and avoided the mayor. OUR COMMUNITY 86th streets and Fourth and Sev- near Third Avenue is rushed to the hospital on Oct. 25. the failed lawsuit because he is “I don’t know if I would wait AND IN THE ASSEMBLY 7JDJPVTIPNFJOWBTJPO XJUIHVOT Once inside the apartment, nered and robbed a woman as she 68TH PRECINCT one of the men pulled out a black walked down New Utrecht Ave- Bay Ridge handgun and pointed it at the vic- nue on Oct. 25. A woman was robbed at gun- tim, demanding money. While POLICE BLOTTER The victim, 24, was at 84th Next Tuesday, vote to re-elect Assemblyman Alec-Brook-Krasny. point inside her Fifth Avenue the second thug ransacked the Street at around 9 pm when the home on Oct. 20. bedroom, the first suspect bound Find more online every Wednesday at suspect tried to grab her purse. The 19-year-old victim told the victim’s hands and covered The two struggled until the thug her mouth with duct tape. #SPPLMZO1BQFSDPNCMPUUFS VOTE FOR YOUR COMMUNITY FIRST cops that she was inside her apart- finally pushed the woman to the The two men then grabbed $600 ground and snatched the pocket- ment, which is between 78th and incidents last week. from the 90-year-old resident. from a dresser drawer and fled. book, fleeing with $60 and var- 79th streets, just before noon First, at around noon on Oct. 16, Then, at around 4:30 pm on when two men knocked on her 2 × 2,000 someone broke into a 76th Street Oct. 18, someone broke into a ious debit and credit cards. door with a story about a leak in At least two neighborhood home, between 12th and 13th av- 74th Street home between Fourth Bus-ted her roof. homes were burgled in similar enue, and stole more than $2,000 and Fifth avenues. The 24-year- Police arrested four men for at- Vote Next Tuesday November 4th old resident told cops that $2,000 tempting to rob a man as he stood was missing from her bedroom, on Bay Parkway Oct. 20. too. The 22-year-old victim told to Re-elect Loose Dentures? Cars jacked cops he was waiting for the bus At least two parked cars were between 63rd and 64th streets stolen from Bay Ridge streets last just before 11 pm when the four GO AHEAD.... week: thugs pulled up next to the curb Eat what you want! • On Oct. 18, someone stole in a gray car. a car from a spot on Bay Ridge The suspects called out to the Alec Brook-Krasny Visit Dr. Tony Farha in the morning, Avenue near the corner of 67th victim, and when, he wouldn’t re- Street. The 46-year-old car owner ply, got out of the car and walked have the “Mini-Implant System” placed in said he had parked it at 10 pm, but toward him, telling him to hand our Assemblyman less than two hours, then go out and enjoy your eight hours later, it was gone. over the gold chain around his • That same night, a thief stole favorite lunch. No more messy adhesive or pastes. neck. a car parked on Fourth Avenue When the suspects started to near 89th Street. In this case, the As recently demonstrated by Dr. Tony get violent, the victim turned and 22-year-old victim said he parked ran, and the suspects gave up. on ABC & Fox News the vehicle at around 11 pm, but four hours later, it was gone. Open windows — Emily Lavin At least two homes in the neighborhood were broken into 62ND PRECINCT last week when homeowners left Bensonhurst windows unlocked: UÊ/ ÃÊ>`Û>Vi`ÊÃÞÃÌiÊÃÊ ««ÀÛi`° • The 66-year-old owner of a A UÊÌÊÃÊ>Êone-step, non-surgical procedure. 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proval from a Community Board Kristen Joy Watts 6 committee for its proposal to VESPA BROOKLYN rezone two canal-side blocks cur- 215 Park Avenue, Fort Greene rently restricted to manufacturing Open 7 Days use so it can build 447 units of (718)254-0808 mixed-income housing, commu- www.vespabk.com nity and commercial space and The Brooklyn Paper / Authorized Sales & Service a swath of open space. Finally, a supermarket is coming to Downtown. Brooklyn Fare will soon open in the The Land Use and Landmark A bird’s eye view of the planned Toll Brothers apartment State Renaissance Court building on Schermerhorn Street. Committee voted 12 to 1 in fa- complex along the Gowanus Canal. vor of Toll’s project, with two abstentions. then the borough president, De- That issue reared its head again Those in favor said that the res- partment of City Planning and at the Oct. 23 land-use commit- 5XPOFXHSPDFSJFTBSF idential development, which has City Council — all steps in the tee meeting in PS 32 on Hoyt set aside 30 percent of its units eight-month rezoning process. Street in Carroll Gardens. as below-market rate, will spur If the city eventually grants “It’s a huge project for our the cleanup of the fetid canal. Toll the green light, it could ig- neighborhood,” said Katia Kelly, “The canal will get cleaned nite the transformation of the a resident and local blogger. TFUUPPQFO%PXOUPXO up faster if there’s some [res- rundown, industrial head of the But the Department of City idents] in the neighborhood,” canal into a residential bridge Planning said Toll’s project is By Sarah Portlock thing unique — an opportunity near Brooklyn Fare — the two said Jeff Strabone. with 12-story towers jutting up compatible with its vision for The Brooklyn Paper for a more gourmet grocery new grocers couldn’t be more Toll is in contract to buy between Carroll Gardens and the neighborhood. food concept,” Ronsivalle said. convenient. land bounded by Carroll, Sec- Park Slope. “The application submitted Bucking a citywide trend, “Brooklyn Fare is definitely “[It’s] good for the commu- ond, and Bond streets and the Opponents say the luxe build- by Toll Brothers is broadly con- Downtown is about to get two something that we believe is nity,” said Rosario, 20. canal, part of a larger area that er’s project is too large for a piece- sistent with the [rezoning] pa- new grocery stores. missing in Downtown Brook- Adding to the good culi- the Bloomberg Administration meal rezoning and should be de- rameters,” the department said The new supermarkets will lyn.” nary news is this tasty bite: has tabbed to become the next layed until the city reviews the in a letter to CB6. open at opposite ends of the Cheeky advertisements A renovated Gristedes super- housing frontier. larger neighborhood plan for pock- And the builders most known neighborhood — Brooklyn market is expected to reopen The committee vote now goes ets of housing, commercial and for its suburban McMansions Fare at the intersection of Hoyt clearly designed to get the later this year at 79 Henry to the full community board, industrial use in the canal zone. doesn’t want to wait for the slow- and Schermerhorn streets, and attention of the increasingly St., near Clark Street, after turning wheels of municipal gov- Concord Market at Jay and Til- upscale neighborhood’s new a fire destroyed the store last ernment to finalize its Gowanus lary streets — but are being residents went up in the store’s spring. And Trader Joe’s re- framework. hailed with the same basic re- windows last week, announc- cently opened its first Brook- OPEN HOUSE! “We’ve been working on this action. ing an expansive cheese bar lyn store on the very edge of U project for four years,” said Da- “This is what we’ve been that will “stink,” and boast- Sunday, 11/2 2-4pm Downtown, at the corner of vid Von Spreckelsen, vice pres- waiting for!” said Arlene Jen- ing, “Our kitchen is bigger DESK than yours.” Court Street and Atlantic Av- ÎÊ,>«iÞiÊ-ÌÀiiÌÊUÊ >ÀÀÊ>À`ià DESK ident of Toll Brothers. “And nings, who lives on State Street enue. frankly, we don’t know what several blocks from Brooklyn Meanwhile, the Concord Such developments are def- will come out of the [city’s] Fare. “This is the first oppor- Village residential complex initely counter to the trend in framework.” tunity there has been to get will finally get a replacement the city, which has lost a third CHAIRS The Department of City Plan- groceries on the walk home for the Associated Supermar- CHAIRS from the subway.” ket that shuttered in July. of its supermarkets in just six ning has said it will finish its years, an industry report re- Gowanus rezoning by the end of Fare will open early next “We understood clearly vealed earlier this year. next year. By then, Toll Brothers year and offer prepared foods, what kind of market we TM But Downtown’s grocery expects to have its rezoning and a coffee bar, lunch and break- needed there, and a demand fast options for nearby office for a higher quality,” said Con- growth is as much about num- will have begun construction. bas x workers, a deli, as well as typ- cord Village Board President bers than about food: By 2012, Community Board 6 will ical groceries and other house- Claudia Corwin. the neighborhood is expected Managerial vote on Toll Brothers’ proposi- tion at its Nov. 12 meeting at hold items, explained spokes- For Erica Rosario — who to add 20,000 residents, ac- 2 BR Condo – ‘King-Size’ Bedrooms, loft-like kitchen, living & dining room Mid-Back 6:30 pm. The site is to be de- woman Roberta Ronsivalle. is a student at City Tech on cording to the Downtown opens to a park-facing, private terrace with city views. Garden courtyard for Chairs termined. 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We’re opening to meeting riers with immigrants, and se- place of their own with or with- Lambda Independent Dem- with him, but obviously the ball niors’ concerns. “It’s 70 square out Bruce Ratner’s help! ocrats, a gay political group, is in his court.” miles, it’s large enough to sus- 44 Court Street Brooklyn’s gay community had a falling out with the At- Ideally, a permanent location tain its own center.” Design-A-Party lantic Yards developer and his will be in an easily accessible Markowitz, who has long sup- is moving forward with a plan You and your child can Downtown Brooklyn to create a place of their own in chief cheerleader over suspicion Brooklyn neighborhood, like ported gay rights, agreed. 718-625-5771 or near Downtown, even with- that gays would need to support Downtown, where dozens of “Brooklyn has one of the choose from a variety out promised space from devel- the mega-project in exchange subways and bus routes con- largest lesbian, gay, bisexual of activities, themes, for getting the community cen- verge, Smith said. and transgender populations in Mon - Thurs 8:30 am-6:30 pm / Fri 8:30 am-2:00 pm / Sun 11:00 am-4:30 pm oper Ratner. projects, & decorations for Last year, Ratner and Bor- ter. “The first year, we are going the United States, so it’s with a ough President Markowitz had Now, organizers of the pride to look at either renting low cost great deal of pride that we sup- a fun-filled day that will center are moving full-steam space or begging some churches port our very own center,” said be remembered forever! ahead without Ratner. Since or other institutions to let us Markowitz. “I’ve always said September, organizers have use it as cheaply as possible,” that Brooklyn is a proud home created an 18-member board, Smith said. to everyone from everywhere 310 Atlantic Avenue (Boerum Hill) and begun fundraising. The center will offer social — with emphasis on the word 119 Union St. (Carroll Gardens) The next step is to find per- events, discussions about com- proud — and this center will 718-797-5600 manent space, said board chair munity and legal issues, and pos- - . . 7 >. 6 ! be a welcoming space for our www.creativeartsstudio.com 021-'$51. 123-4 Tom Smith, a former president sibly career counseling, Smith growing LGBT community.” 3.'2(1 /235 1. of the Stonewall Democrats po- said. The board also hopes to ! Ratner did not return a call 0 2 litical organization. establish a legal center. % &'!)+ & *#8 *#8 "# for comment.
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Police had located at The two gunmen who killed another was struck by an errant bullet while wait- least 12 shell casings on Fulton Street. man and wounded four bystanders — in- ing for a bus on Fulton Street. They were Councilwoman Letitia James (D–Fort cluding an off-duty cop — in a Fulton taken to Bellevue and Kings County hos- Greene) was part of the crowd of 150 that Street beauty parlor in a classic rubout pitals. gathered near the crime scene. on Monday afternoon remain at large, The store’s owner was one of the vic- She said she had learned the shooting cops said on Thursday. tims. She was shot in the leg. was not a random act of violence. The broad daylight hit brought to mind Another victim was a 41-year-old off- “It was a revenge killing,” said James, the neighborhood’s all-too-recent dark days, duty police officer getting her hair cut in who has been calling for greater police cov- when crime and killings were common. the salon, which is between South Port- erage in the neighborhood, which has seen “It was like the Wild West,” said Sivena land Avenue and South Oxford Street at an uptick in non-violent crime this year. Smith, a cashier in the Cake Man Raven 1:50 pm. The officer, who works out of the The salon’s clients include the rapper Com- bakery on Fulton Street, where the murdered 76th Precinct stationhouse on Union Street mon, who had his hair cut a few hours before man had just bought a piece of cake. “I’m in Carroll Gardens, was shot in the foot. the shooting, the New York Times reported, just glad my appointment [in the beauty par- All of the wounded were in stable con- quoting a record company spokeswoman. lor] wasn’t until Thursday.” dition, police said. On Tuesday morning there were still signs Witnesses and police sources said that The midday murder turned the heart of of the gunfight a day earlier. Discarded po- two men jumped from a dark SUV, possi- Fort Greene into a media circus, but 15 years lice tape was strewn along the streets and a bly a Chevy Tahoe, and began shooting at a ago, when crimes rates were much higher cop car was parked directly in front the De
19-year-old pedestrian who had just stepped in this precinct, such an event would barely lux Gallery. The salon’s front door was ajar, Callan Tom out of the renowned bakery at around 1:30 have registered as a blip on the city’s radar. but the store was not open for business. pm. Compared to 1993, for example, there Employees of Greene Community Phar- The victim fled down the street and sought has been 72 percent less crime this year. macy next door to the barbershop were talk- cover in the De lux Gallery, a salon, but the And, overall, murder is down more than ing about the violence. shooters chased him inside and killed him 85 percent since that year. “Who could imagine that happening around with a single bullet to the head. Police said The gunmen are at large, despite a ma- here?” said a clerk from Bedford Stuyvesant The Brooklyn Paper / he was dead on arrival at the hospital. jor police presence on Monday that occu- who did not want to give her name, “but it Officers fanned out to investigate a shooting on Monday at the De lux salon on Fulton Street in the heart Fort Greene. Four other people were hurt in the after- pied two blocks of Fulton Street and shut proves you’re never totally safe.” One man was killed and four people were injured in the spree — and the gunmen remain at large. Religious Services .BOCPZDVGGFEEVSJOHIPNFJOWBTJPO To advertise, V>Ê >ÕÀ>Ê>ÌÊ Ç£n®ÊnÎ{ÎxäÊiÝÌÊ£ä 78TH PRECINCT room while they tore up the apart- 84TH PRECINCT ging a DUMBO resident at the 88TH PRECINCT ment, which is located between corner of Jay and York streets PARK SLOPE JEWISH CENTER Park Slope Fifth and Sixth avenues. Brooklyn Heights–DUMBO on Oct. 26. 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By Liza Eckert By his own hard work, he showed his homeland. ture of William Floyd, a Long Island for The Brooklyn Paper others how rundown buildings could Other plaster sculptures honored native who signed the Declaration Santo Matarazzo, who lived on be transformed into classic town- famous or historical figures such as of Independence. Matarazzo made the same Carroll Gardens block houses. Martin Luther King Jr., Bill Clin- the piece on his own. since arriving from Italy in the “This was like a slum,” Matarazzo ton, Muhammad Ali, and, most re- “He created it as a message,” said 1950s — and then set about fix- once told the New York Times. “Ev- cently, Barack Obama, the presiden- Carey. “The message was that we ing the neighborhood brownstone erybody was running away from here. tial candidate for whom Matarazzo have become too caught up in so And I say: ‘Why are they leaving? intended to vote. many things that we really don’t get by brownstone — died on Oct. 23 of These are beautiful buildings.’ ” “He was a true artist and a Re- cancer. The sculptor, artist, handy- to know and enjoy what is right in When old age made his renova- naissance man,” added Maria-Ray front of us.” man, landlord and beloved neigh- tion work difficult, the so-called “Mr. Guido of the Guido Funeral Home, bor was 79. Another such “message” was the Brownstone” turned to sculpture. At and also a friend. bust he made of King, which he of- When Matarazzo arrived from It- his death, his artwork filled the home The Matarazzos had a second fered to install in the plaza in front aly, he brought little else but a work he shared with his wife, Lucia. home in Mastic Beach, on Long Is- of Borough Hall. Perhaps now, the ethic and an artistic eye, which he Matarazzo did much of the work land. Neighbor Stacey Carey said promptly put to good use in his first offer will be accepted. on this house himself; installing in- that Santo brought that neighbor- Matarazzo is survived by his Vidyarthi Shravan job as a commercial artist building tricate tiles and his signature plas- hood to life as well. wife, Lucia; and two daughters, exhibitions at places like Ellis Is- ter moldings. “When May rolled around, my Enza Bloisi and Tina Matarazzo. land, said his daughter, Enza Bloisi. Nearly every available space is daughter and I would check for signs Funeral services were on Sun- He bought his building, on Union occupied by his art. The walls remain of activity at his house, waiting ex- day, Oct. 26 at Green-Wood Cem-
Street between Henry and Clinton full of his paintings, which include family Matarazzo citedly for his and Lucia’s arrival,” etery. In lieu of flowers, the family streets, for $6,500. a self-portrait, a picture of Jesus, Santo Matarazzo moved to Union Street from Italy in 1952 — and she said. “They’re wonderful peo- is requesting donations to Mother The Brooklyn Paper / “He was a catalyst in the revi- and a Sicilian seascape dated 1952 promptly became a beloved neighborhood figure who restored ple.” Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity Lucia Matarazzo shows off one talization of the neighborhood,” his — a reference, Lucia Matarazzo brownstones and churned out sculptures of famous Americans (in- Matarazzo’s contribution to the (344 E. 146th St., The Bronx, NY of her husband Santo’s pieces, daughter said. said, of the year her husband left cluding his last piece, a bust of Barack Obama). town lives on in the form of a sculp- 10451). a mosaic of his family.
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)FEHF)PEHNBO %*/*/( Daily Show comic and author is the king of fake facts 5JLJZPVSGBODZ By Gersh Kuntzman The Brooklyn Paper Spencer Rothschild has a dream to make the cor- ner of Fifth Avenue and President Street in Park Slope h, dear reader, I wish that I were you be- )PEHNBO¤TSFBM into a “Latin American beach resort.” cause were I you, I would now be read- Step one has been accomplished now that Rothschild ing an interview with a minor television has transformed an old storage space into Cabana Bar, 0 GBLF#SPPLMZO a 10-table, five-barstool, rum-heavy joint that looks air- celebrity instead of doing what I was actually doing before I became you, which was writ- Here are some Brooklyn- lifted from Baja. ing the article about the minor television ce- centric excepts from Park Bleached white walls, a lebrity that you are now reading. Slope author and not-so-mi- glass ceiling and a thatched But let’s not get ahead of ourselves1. The nor TV celebrity John Hodg- grass palapa over the bar minor television celebrity is none other man’s new compendium of create the mood — one than John Hodgman, the humble2 Park human knowledge, “More that is greatly enhanced Sloper who has achieved his renowned Information Than You Re- by a Margarita, Cuba Li- Julie Rosenberg through two hilarious, and completely quire” (Dutton Books): bre or a Bonfire Bowl (pic- fake, trivia books (“The Areas of My tured with bartender Car- Expertise” and the new “More Infor- Brooklyn Inventions los Baptista) and some mation than You Require”), regular oyster empanadas ($8.95) and ancho chili fried cal-
appearances as the resident expert on THE SWEAT HOG The Brooklyn Paper / “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” and We now use this term as shorthand for amari ($6.95). a bit of trifle as the physical embodi- any Brooklyn public-high-school student “The most satisfying thing has been to have people say, ment of Windows-based computers in who exclusively fraternizes with kids out- ‘Wow, it really looks like a cabana,’” said Rothschild, who a series of Apple commercials that have side his own racial, class or ethnic group- made his reputation with Calle Oche in Manhattan but is been viewed by more than 26 billion peo- ing. (Of course, this does not happen. But known in Brooklyn for Barrio on Seventh Avenue. ple worldwide3. wouldn’t it be hilarious if it did? And Next up, Playa, which will take over the space once Not that Hodgman resents those Apple what if you had to teach a group of such occupied by the short-lived Lookout Hill at the corner ads, of course. They are almost entirely re- kids? And they were constantly climb- of President and Fifth. sponsible for his current renown, which in- ing in your window and staring at your Cabana Bar [648 President St., between Fourth and cludes a nationwide book tour to support his wife and baby? They are going to make Fifth avenues in Park Slope. No phone.] new fake book, money to support the lavish a movie about this, mark my words.) But — Gersh Kuntzman lifestyle to which he has become accustomed back in the old days of Brooklyn Ethnic and spontaneous conversations with people ev- Hill neighborhood, a “sweat hog” actu- erywhere he goes. All this for a former literary ally referred to a hearty pork dumpling agent and one-time cheesemonger4. boiled in beef sweat. .64*$ “Of course I knew that the Apple ads would change my life,” Hodgman told GO Brooklyn5. STICKBALL “Being on TV has a spellcasting power over Most agree it was first played on the people. It has done dramatic things for book sepia-colored streets of the Nostalgia sales, but also for my subway-riding experi- Park neighborhood. Using only rudimen- tary equipment, stickball’s rules were )FBSUIJT ence. People come up to me and say, ‘Hello,’ even though I do fluid and varied widely from block to For a handful of hungry local rockers, the key to not know them. block. The only agreed constant was indie superstardom might be a classic, high-school- It’s very flattering, #00,4 that each team must field at least two auditorium-style battle of the bands. but it’s not some- newsies; one bully who ends up hav- Starting on Nov. 6, more than 30 unsigned groups will thing I expected as “More Information than You ing a heart of gold; one hapless fat kid; duke it out over six nights at the Greenpoint Avenue club a 37-year-old free- Require” is available at Book- one sweat hog; and one feeble, dreamy, Red Star in the first “Brook- Court [163 Court St., between sickly child who would not actually par- lance magazine Dean and Pacific streets in Cob- Julie Rosenberg lyn Rocks!” festival. writer and father ble Hill, (718) 875-3677] and Com- ticipate in the game but instead would “These bands are all of two.” munity Bookstore [143 Seventh write Broadway plays about it later. the cream of the crop of up- Ave., between Carroll Street and and-coming acts,” said pro- Oh, but he is Garfield Place in Park Slope, (718) THE ICE-CREAM CONE too humble! John moter Lee Sobel, who orga- 783-3075]. Brooklyn invented beer. But when the Hodgman may be nized the series, which will
The Brooklyn Paper / Germans stole all of Brooklyn’s beer the only man in the feature the electroclash act and hid it in Wisconsin, Brooklyn was history of magazine writing to do a story on actually is is simply the nation’s finest ag- present a plausible story Jen Urban and the Box (pic- left with a problem: What to do with “Battlestar Galactica” and then later appear gregator of absolutely false trivia7. The un- about how the ice-cream cone tured), the classic stylings all the beer cones? Beer had been en- in an episode of “Battlestar Galactica.”6 suspecting must be reminded that flipping to was invented in Brooklyn by Norman Mailer of Bryce Ryness, and the joyed in both waffle and wafer cones Again, you can thank his minor TV celeb- any random page is dangerous, as the “facts” with an original recipe that included milk, eggs raucous Sweet as Ether, among other bands. in Brooklyn for centuries. Now, with rity for that guest spot. in the “book” are not “facts” as we commonly and punching. Additionally, in a section about Each band will have 40 minutes to strut its stuff the surplus of cones, a scrappy, pictur- “I called up my agent and asked him to define them (by which I mean that they are the American presidency, Hodgman explains, during the showcase, and as many as nine acts will get me on the show and, much to my sur- actually true). Of course, there’s a good rea- equally plausibly, that Teddy Roosevelt ini- esque, cobblestoned Brooklynite named take the stage each night. Norman Mailer came up with a bright prise, they said yes,” Hodgman said about son for this. tially only allowed moose to enter his “Bull Performances will be all over the rock/pop/grunge/ idea. Why not freeze egg creams and his cameo in an episode that will air in Jan- “This book is unique in the desk reference Moose” party because “Roosevelt admired country/electronica map, so judges will score the bands serve them in the cones as a Coney Is- uary (all he is allowed to say is that he plays game insofar as the amazing true facts within their solid, stubborn nature, their hatred of based on the only quantifiable part of live music — land treat and then punch people? After a doctor). “I had a wonderful time, but being it are almost entirely false,” Hodgman writes trusts and their ability to LEGALLY HAVE the applause. a while, this simple recipe was refined: on that set confirmed for me that I truly am on page 250 (the pages in the new book be- SEX WITH FEMALE MOOSE.”8 “It’s basically a popularity contest,” Sobel said. Milk and eggs were added, punching a creepy ‘Battlestar Galactica’ stalker.” gin at 237, where the earlier work left off). So what have we learned, dear reader9? Brooklyn Rocks! starts at 7 pm on Nov. 6–8 and Nov. was reduced, and the “ice-cream cone” He flatters himself! What John Hodgman “REALITY, while generally PROBABLE, Again, we turn to Hodgman for advice. How 13–15 at Red Star (37 Greenpoint Ave. at West Street in was born. is not always INTERESTING.” should other talented people who lack his as- Greenpoint). $10. For information, call (718) 349-0149. Find the footnotes on page 9 So that is how, for example, Hodgman can See MORE on page 9 — Ben Muessig
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her and comfort her. Audience participation is al- ways a hit or miss, as some mem- MARCO POLO RISTORANTE bers of the paying crowd don’t enjoy it when they become part Celebrate Th anksgiving with us on November 27, 2008 of the action. Be warned. Lord Oxford and Patty are ac- ([TXLVLWH7KUHH&RXUVH3UL[)L[H'LQQHU tually buffoons, a type of jester- 3FWPMVUJPOCMVFT like clowning in which bright Choice of Appetizer face paint, ugly-on-purpose cos- Insalata Organica Mozzerella Caprese Lord Oxford’s war play is one big misfire tuming and extreme personali- Organic Greens, Vinaigrette Dressing Mozzerella, roasted peppers, & tomato ties are part of the act. Antipasto Caldo By Sarah Portlock the slaves and empowered na- By that standard, they do ex- Penne al Pomodoro e Basilico tive Americans, marginalizing emplary work. But that distinc- Array of appetizers including mozzerella The Brooklyn Paper in carozza, baked clams, baby shrimp & Penne with fresh tomoato & basil the colonists to menial jobs and tion is not immediately clear to portobello mushrooms n most cases, if an actor or vaudeville. the audience, and so their over- Ravioli di Zucca Lasagnetti Verde play frustrates you, he or it is Playwright Robert Honeywell the-top acting is instead curi- Homemade stiff ed ravioli fi lled with doing its job. The last thing has described the play as “De- ous. It isn’t clear why, exactly, Homemade spinach pasta with ricotta, pumpkin & parmigiano cheese * mushrooms, tomato & fresh basil you want, after all, is to sit there, mocracy in America” meets “Al- the characters are so overly dra- bored and unaffected. ice in Wonderland” meets “Caba- matic as they pull out all the Zuppa Alla Poveraccia Zuppa di Zucca Were that the only stops. A variety of home-style mixed Cream of Pumpkin with basil, parsley, criterion, “Lord Oxford To everyone’s credit, the vegetables & beans & parmigiano reggiano Brings You the Second 5)&"5&3 six actors and actresses never Chilled shrimp cocktail ...Additional $5.95
American Revolution, “Lord Oxford” runs through Nov. break character, as if they ad- Live!,” on stage now 22 at the Brick Theater (575 Metropol- opted their personas long be- Choice of Entreé itan Ave., between Union Avenue and at the Brick Theater in fore the audience was seated Tacchino Tradizionale Suprema di Pollo al Grand Marnier Williamsburg, would Lorimer Street in Williamsburg). Tick- and will retain them well after ets are $18. Visit www.bricktheater. Traditional roasted turkey with sweet potato, Breast of chicken sautéed in a grand marnier be a big hit. com or call (718) 907-6189 for info. the show’s end. cranberry sauce, chestnut stuffi ng & giblet gravy mushroom sauce But this political- Writing historical comedy satire-meets-musical with political satire that includes Salmone Tornato Trota Gratinata Al Parmigiano Reggiano comedy show isn’t frustrating ret” — but if you aren’t a history original music is very hard to Salmon rolled with spinach in mustard sauce Trout gratineed with parmesan reggiano cheese for the right reasons; it’s frus- buff, you’ll probably get lost in do well, but when a production Bistecca Alla Griglia Arista di Maialino al Rosmarino trating because it’s not very the rapid-fire exposition and in tries to include too much of ev- Grilled sirloin steak ...Additional $5.00 Pork tenderloin with rosemary good. the characters’ personal stories erything into too short of a pro- All Entrees are served with chef’s choice of vegetable & potatoes The play — a variety-show- (which they sing, by the way). duction, that original plan col- within-a-show — is set in the The plot is surreal to say the lapses inward. Choice of Dessert (Coffee & Tea with Dessert) present day, that is if the last least, but it only gets more con- In “Lord Oxford,” there’s too 232 years never actually hap- fusing to figure out what, ex- much going on: plot arcs, char- Gelato di Ricotta Tortino di Zucca Candida pened and the British had won actly, is happening. acter development, back story, Sponge cake rolled with ricotta Pumpkin Pie the Revolutionary War, freed The audience (the real audi- history lessons or what exactly Strudel served with ice cream Classic Italian Cheesecake is happening in the present day with freed slaves, marginalized colonists, and something called $ .95 $ .95 Ken Stein / Runs With Scissors Photography 35 Per Person 18 Per Child (Under 12) *Üt\ Alyssa Simon as Nataliya in “Lord Oxford Brings You the R.E.A., or Royal Eastern the Second American Revolution, Live!” at the Brick Theater. American colonies. Call for Reservations & Information The audience can follow along £)PMMZXPPE¤ only for so long, and then things 718-852-5015 ence) is actually in the theater his sidekick, Patty O’Pattycake just get exasperating. - Free Valet Parking for the “taping” of a live tele- (Audrey Crabtree), socialized On a positive note, however, 345 Court St. (at Union Street) TUZMFT vision show within the play. with viewers. At one especially the three-piece orchestra sits on The show’s host, Lord Oxford uncomfortable point in the show, the stage, and it is quite fun to www.MarcoPoloRistorante.com Finally, Greenpoint is (Honeywell) spoke directly to the she stretched across the laps in watch the live concert of an ac- a destination for more audience, and at several points, our row and insisted that we pat cordion, bass and piano. than just hot kielbasa. The latest entry on the Meserole Avenue runway is Old Holly- wood, a new old bou- tique that specializes in vintage apparel and ac- cessories. The brainchild of Tif- Superb oncologists. fany Porter and Alex Shulhafer, Old Holly- wood is replete with dresses, jewelry, shoes and every other imag- inable accessory (like
a Ach Ach Liebling Vidyarthi Shravan handlebar moustache Superior facilities. necklace, handcrafted butcher knife pendants and cat-tooth earrings by Species by the Thou- sands). The Brooklyn Paper / Prices range from $5 tage,” Porter admitted. “In the for rings and cameo pins to $500 ’50s, you didn’t wear a dress for fine gold jewelry and rare that was above your knees.” vintage artifacts. The shop joins Dalaga and Of course, the term “rare,” Alter, both on Franklin Street, “vintage” and “artifacts” is as the other fashionable spots changing. These days nostal- in the burgeoning neighbor- gic garb from the not-too-dis- hood. tant 1980s is a hot commod- Old Hollywood [110 Mese- ity, as the availability of ’50s role Ave., between Manhattan couture dwindles. That’s why Avenue and Leonard Street in Porter plans to redesign clas- Greenpoint, (718) 389-0837]. sic swing and wiggle dresses Hours: Wed-Fri, 3-10 pm; Sat- under the house brand that will Sun 1-10 pm. Credit Cards: blend ’50s design with today’s Visa, MasterCard, Discover and cuts and sizes. American Express. “Some people don’t like vin- — Ernest Loesser
way, not a PC in real life), he still leads the same kind of life of quiet desperation that the rest .03& of us do10 — with one major ex- Continued from page 7 ception. tounding good looks make it to “I do tend to wear tuxedos his level of minor celebrity? more often. And I enjoy that,” The answer: Get on TV. he said. “I did a story for GQ “My life as a performer was magazine and they let me keep unexpected and unsought,” he the tuxedo. It is a Calvin Klein said. “I went on ‘The Daily and I look wonderful in it.” Show’ to promote ‘The Ar- I reminded Hodgman that, in eas of My Expertise,’ and they good conscience, I could not re- asked me to do some more seg- port to my readers that he looked ments. It was ridiculously im- wonderful in it, as I have never plausible. And then it led to the seen him in the tux. Apple ads.” “Yes, but you can quote me on The good news is that despite that,” he said. “It is true. There Dr. Hani Ashamalla, being stopped on the subway are pictures on Flickr.” and berated about his comput- Sounds like more minor ce- Vice Chairman ing choices (Hodgman is, by the lebrity is forthcoming. of Radiation Oncology
FOOTNOTES 1) If we did that, we would find ourselves at the end of this TRU- Dr. David Dosik, LY UNIQUE PROFILE, and I am having too much fun writing Co-Chief of it to allow you to jump to the end, which, I assure you, won’t be as good as this opening. Hematology Oncology 2) Insomuch as one can be truly humble given one’s status as a Dr. Katherine Economos, “person” who has APPEARED ON TELEVISION — and sometimes even on channels that do not come with basic cable. Director of Gynecologic 3) This success is truly outstanding, and speaks to Hodgman’s Oncology unique gifts as an actor, considering that he does not resemble a personal computer in any way, save for a tiny — I assure you, it’s tiny! — bulge around his midsection that resembles the cur- vature on the screen of an old-style monitor. 4) I am NOT making that up. Just ask him about Humboldt Fog. Announcing the opening of our new Ask him! He sucks that stuff down like it’s krill and he’s a ba- leen whale! 5) This would be a good place to disclose that I have known John Hodgman socially for about a decade. In fact, on one Infusion Center in Park Slope. unforgettable night in 2003, Hodgman was sitting in the back room at McManus Pub on Seventh Avenue in Manhattan, commanding a group of lackeys and other hangers-on, while New York Methodist’s oncologists have always been second to none. Now the same I was having a beer with a friend at the bar. A member of Hodgman’s group noticed me and invited me to join them. I can be said of our treatment facilities too. demurred (out of deference to my friend, I assure you!). Only later did I learn that had I joined the group that night, I would Introducing the opening of Park Slope Infusion Center at 343 Fourth Avenue. later have become the “Radio Shack TRS-80” in the “I’m a P.C./I’m a Mac” Apple ads. The Center is spacious, modern, easy to access and provides same day 6) We are, of course, talking about the new and, it must be said!, inferior “Battlestar Galactica,” not the Lorne Greene version treatment for people needing chemotherapy and other forms of infusion that ran on ABC in 1978–9. 7) The assertion that Hodgman’s books contain only false mate- therapy. To make an appointment, call 718-499-2169 rial is, itself, false. His name is spelled correctly in every edition, there are references to real places such as New York and Chi- To find a doctor, call 718-499-CARE or visit nym.org. cago (wherever that is), and actual coverage of the historic (and likely recurring) problem of hoboes. 8) There is no question among historians that moose detest trusts, monopolies and holding companies. See Allen, Dr. David, “Laissez-faire on the prairie: Moose, buffalo and the Teapot Dome scandal,” page 714. THE FINEST PHYSICIANS... 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Ê `}}iÀi\ OK, so he’s hey say phone sex is anonymous. “* iÊ-iÝ\Ê,i>Ê>`Ê>}i`,” lusion. Free. not the poet laureate any But in DUMBO this week, a one- Nov. 6, 6-9pm at Pochron Studios Plus, phone sex is the great equalizer: SCHOOLS OF CHOICE: Depart- more, but Robert Pinsky will night-only photo exhibition pulls (20 Jay St., 11th floor, at Plymouth people of all ages, backgrounds, socio- ment of Education session on 5 Street in DUMBO). Phil Toledano’s magnet schools. 9-10:30 am, 2-4 join another former Rhymer- back the covers on the delights of di- book, “Phonesex” (Twin Palms economic status and place in Ameri- pm, or 6:30-8:30 pm. [415 89th in-Chief Louise Gluck at aling-up. Press), will be on sale in December can politics are doing it. St., at Fourth Avenue in Bay James Dinnerstein’s studio Featuring the photographs of artists at www.twinpalms.com. For other “The thing about the phone is the Ridge, (718) 759-4977]. Free. info, visit www.mrtoledano.com or CHAMBER OPERA, “ARJUNA’S for a reading on Nov. 1. Phil Toledano and Rebecca Memoli, www.rebeccamemoli.com. complete anonymity and that’s inter- “Phone Sex: Real and Imagined” ex- esting, disgusting, horrifying,” he said. DILEMNA”: Opera, adapted from the Hindu epic “Bhaga- by Norman Mooney. 6 pm. Chi plores both sides of the handheld ex- “And there’s no boundaries to what vad Gita,” features North Contemporary Fine Art Gal- perience, tapping in to callers’ fanta- versations — like one fellow wanted sort of madness people are into.” Indian percussion, Western lery [293 Grand St. near Roe- sies as well as the operators’ work on to f– a blowdryer — I was still con- But even wild imaginations need a choral and international music. bling Street in Williamsburg, Hindustani singer Amit Chat- (718) 218-8939]. the other end of the line. cerned with keeping them on the line few rules, said Memoli. Like any hon- terjee stars. $20–$40. 7:30 pm. “I’m taking their fantasies and mak- and giving them what they wanted.” orable profession, the phone sex indus- Brooklyn Academy of Music’s MUSIC: Acoustic roots music with Jud Caswell. $10, $6 kids. 8 ing them my own,” said 23-year-old This unusual career history led her try has some much-needed limitations. Harvey Theater [651 Fulton St. at Rockwell Place in Fort pm. Brooklyn Society for Ethi- Memoli, whose contributions to the to meet with Toledano, who contacted Drug references and conversations with Greene, (718) 636-4100]. cal Culture [53 Prospect Park West at Second Street in Park show include a portrayal of a leather- her to appear in his new book, “Phone- people under 18 are off-limits. DANCE, “THE SEVEN BOARDS Slope, (718) 768-2972]. clad lady fondling a green dildo while sex,” that features photos of actual phone But almost everything else goes — OF SKILL”: Based on the Chinese game of tangram, Óä/ /1,9Ê 1- \ The sitting in a caller’s car. sex operators (the best shots are the as long as the operator can figure out, Omni Ensemble plays compos- A case of art imitating life? Perhaps, most shocking: morbidly obese women, quickly, what her client is into. Chinese acrobats and Peking opera performers transform ers Elliott Carter and Olivier considering that Memoli used to be a chain smokers with more wrinkles than “Sometimes I lucked out,” she said. shapes into metaphors of Messiaen. $15, $10 students phone sex operator herself. Keith Richards, girls next door who “If I used a word that was too big, I human experience. $20–$60. and seniors. 8 pm. Brooklyn “It’s one of the most difficult jobs should definitely not be doing this kind would get hung up on. If I used the 7:30 pm. Brooklyn Academy Conservatory of Music [58 Sev- of Music [30 Lafayette Ave. at enth Ave., at Lincoln Place in I’ve ever got because I was working of work). wrong word, like ‘underpants’ instead Toledano Phillip St. Felix Street in Fort Greene, Park Slope, (718) 859-8649]. on commission,” she said. “[But even] Toledano, 39, said he was attracted of ‘panties,’ they hung up immediately. ÛiÀÞÊ>½ÃÊv>Ì>ÃÞ¶\ Phone sex operator “Quince” as she appears in (718) 636-4100]. DANCE, “PREY”: a site-based during some of the most ridiculous con- to the quaint, old-fashioned technol- So I learned, ‘OK, no ‘underpants!’” Phillip Toledano’s upcoming book and gallery show next week. TRAIN TALK: Lawrence Stelter, dance inhabiting the BAX author of “By the El,” gives a building. $20. 8 pm. Brooklyn talk about the elevated transit Arts Exchange [421 Fifth Ave. system. 7:30 pm. Supreme at Eighth Street in Park Slope, Radio Wonderland, Fearsome Sparrow, Court Building [360 Adams St., (718) 832-0018]. Juan Ernesto Diaz, 5 pm, $15 with $10 between Joralemon and John- CLASSICAL MUSIC: Selections #300,-:/ suggested minimum; Û°ÊÓ\ Screening son streets, enter on Court from “Platero Y Yo: Mario of “Bike the Vote,” 7 pm, FREE; Û°Ê{\ Street side of the building, in >ÃÌiÕÛÊ/i`iÃV°» $35, Obama Fabulous Galapagos Art Space Brooklyn Heights, (646) 873- $15 students. 8 pm. Bargemu- Election Party, 6 pm, $10; Û°ÊÈ\ Michael 9711]. Free. sic [Fulton Ferry Landing, Old Arnella and His Dreamland Orchestra, 8 For more Brooklyn Nightlife CLASSICAL MUSIC: Works by Fulton Street at the East River, pm, $12; Û°ÊÇ\ SAFER (Stu dents Active options, see our listings at Bach, Ligeti and Ben-Haim. (718) 624-2083]. for Ending Rape) Fundraiser, 7 pm, $10 $35, $15 students. 8 pm. Nightlife suggested minimum. BrooklynPaper.com/Nightlife PLAY, “STEEL MAGNOLIAS”: Bargemusic [Fulton Ferry $10, $8 kids. 8 pm. Our Lady of Compiled by Chiara V. Cowan Landing, Old Fulton Street at Angels [347 74th St. between FORT GREENE Iran-Contras, 8 pm, $5; Û°ÊÓ\ Tearing the East River, (718) 624-2083]. Third and Fourth avenues in Birthday Party, 10 pm. BAY RIDGE the Veil of Maya, comedy with Eugene Bay Ridge, (718) 238-7734]. -PY-PVOHF Mirman and friends, 8 pm, $7; Û°ÊÎ\ THURS, NOV. 6 4IFOBOJHBOT0O )BOL¤T4BMPPO 15 Putnam Ave. at Grand Avenue, (718) The Moth Story Slam, 7:30 pm, $6; Û°Ê 46 Third Ave. at Atlantic Avenue, 930-1316, www.reggaesundays.com. {\ Election Night 2008, 6 pm, FREE; SAT, NOV. 8 5IJSE PLAY, “LORD OXFORD”: 8 pm. (718) 625-8003, www.exitfive.com/ -Õ`>ÞÃ\ Revival Reggae Sundays featur- Û°Êx\ Union Hall Secret Science Club, See Sat., Nov. 1. 8901 Third Ave. at 89th Street, No hankssaloon. ing DJs Silence, Jase, and Natural Mystik, 7:30 pm, FREE, Mishka, 9:30 pm, $10 in PLAY, “LIKE YOU LIKE IT”: 8 pm. OUTDOORS phone, www.shenanigansonthird.com. `>ÞÃ\ Live band country karaoke, 9 pm, FREE for ladies and reduced with advance, $12 day of the show; Û°ÊÈ\ /ÕiÃ`>ÞÃ\ Karaoke Night with DJ Logo, Twice as Bright, Steve Burns & The See Sat., Nov. 1. BIRDING INTRO: Noon to 1:30 10 pm, FREE; 7i`iÃ`>ÞÃ\ Live band RSVP for gentlemen before midnight, $10 pm. 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VÞÊ ÌÀi>Ì\ Comedian Eugene Mirman performs at Union 789-2493]. ern Parkway entrance to Pros- -BTU&YJU 5IF#FMM)PVTF 5IF#BDLSPPN Û°Ê£\ Panic Attack, 11 pm, $5; Û°ÊÓ\ Hall on Nov. 2. WRITER TALK: Author Jonathan pect Park. (914) 835-2153. 136 Atlantic Ave. at Clinton Street, 149 Seventh St. at Third Avenue, (718) 485 Dean St. at Sixth Avenue, (718) 622- Karaoke with Jes and Fresh, 9 pm; Û°Ê 643-6510, www.thebellhouseny.com. 7035, www.freddysbackroom.com. Lethem reads and takes ques- È\ DJ Tony Bobo, 10 pm, $5; Û°Ê Ç\ (718) 222-9198, www.lastexitbar.com. tions. 4 pm. St. Francis College PERFORMANCE Û°Ê £\ Royal American, Fugu, Greta Û°Ê Ó\ Board Game Night, 5:30 pm, Radio Drama, 8 pm, Saint Excess, 11 ->ÌÕÀ`>ÞÃ\ “Kayo’s Knockout,” DJ and DJs Reborn and Mr. Len, 9 pm, $10 [180 Remsen St., between Court PLAY, “LIKE YOU LIKE IT”: 2 pm 4QVUOJL Gertler, 8 pm, $8; Û°ÊÎ\ “Outsmarted,” FREE; Û°ÊÎ\ Stand-Up Comedy Night, pm, $5. Kayo’s booty-shakin’, jam-jumpin’, all- with RSVP, $15 day of the show. trivia night, 8 pm, FREE; Û°Ê{\ An elec- 9:30 pm, FREE; Û°ÊÈ\ Old-Time Jam, 8 and Clinton streets in Brooklyn and 8 pm. See Sat., Nov. 1. night, get-down party, 10 pm, FREE; 262 Taaffe Pl. at De Kalb Avenue, (718) Heights, (646) 369-8988]. 398-6666, www.barsputnik.com. tion night celebration with music and pm, FREE. OPERA, “THE MARRIAGE OF Û°Ê Î\ Pub Quiz, 8:30 pm, $5 per RECEPTION: Live music and a BOERUM HILL ->ÌÕÀ`>ÞÃ\ DJ Raulph, 9 pm, FREE; DUMBO cocktails, 7:30 pm, FREE; Û°Ê x\ Union FIGARO”: 3:30 pm. See Sat., entrant; Û°Ê Ç\ “Pleasureweb” with Hall Secret Science Club, 7:30 pm, FREE; photography exhibit. 5-9 pm. Nov. 1. DJs Oneman & E’s E, 10 pm, FREE. / ÕÀÃ`>ÞÃ\ DJ Evil Dee of the RED HOOK %FJUZ Beatminerz, 8 pm, FREE; Û°Ê£\ “Lyfe” (BMBQBHPT"SU Û°Ê Ç\ Neckbeard Tele caster, a dual Rabbit Hole Studio [33 Wash- DANCE: 7 pm and 9:30 pm. See 368 Atlantic Ave. at Hoyt Street, Issue 8 Release Party with Shameless 4QBDF record release for Mia Riddle and Andrew +BMPQZ ington St., at Water Street in Fri., Nov. 7. (718) 222-3692, www.deitynyc.com. Thompson, 8 pm, $8. DUMBO, (718) 852-1500]. Free. CLINTON HILL Plug, Baba Israel & Yako, Hyphen-One 16 Main St. at Water Street, (718) 222- 315 Columbia St. at Woodhull Street, CHAMBER OPERA, “ARJUNA’S / ÕÀÃ`>ÞÃ\ “Bi-Polar Thursdays” with & Daylow, Sal Good, Spase 1, 9 pm, $5 8500, www.galapagosartspace.com. PLAY, “PHONE SEX”: Exhibit DILEMNA”: 7:30 pm. See +B[[ (718) 395-3214, www.jalopy.biz. addresses both sides of phone Ali Shaheed Muhammad (of A Tribe before Midnight, $8 after Midnight; Û°Ê £\ “NWEAMO Show #2: Sex as GREENPOINT `>ÞÃ\ Country Blues Jam, 9 pm, Weds., Nov. 5. 966 Fulton St. at St. James Place, sex: the operators’ experi- Called Quest and Lucy Pearl), 10 pm, $5 Û°ÊÈ\ “The Day After the Day After” Outrageous & Humorous” featuring FREE; 7i`iÃ`>ÞÃ\ Roots n’ Ruckus, a DANCE, “THE SEVEN BOARDS before Midnight, $10 after Midnight; (718) 638-6910, www.illbrew.com. hosted by Jean Grae with Derrin Sxip Shirey, Tim Pulin, CK Barlow, Sam $MVC&VSPQB ence and the callers’. 6-9 pm. night of folk, old-time, and blues, 9:30 Pochron Studios [20 Jay St. at OF SKILL”: 7:30 pm. See Û°Ê£\ Michael J., Madonna, and Prince À`>ÞÃ\ Live jazz, 8 pm, $15 donation. Maxwell, 3beanstew, Suede Jenkins, Pluta, Kinesthetech Sense, SWARMIUS, 98 Meserole Ave. at Manhattan Avenue, pm, FREE; Û°Ê£\ Old Time Masters with Weds., Nov. 5. (718) 383-5723, www.europalive.net. A-Kays, 9 pm, $10; “Bound to Plymouth Street in DUMBO, Û°Ê Ó\ (718) 237-1332]. Free. HISTORICAL DRAMA, “CAMP ->ÌÕÀ`>ÞÃ\ VIP Dance Party, 10 pm, Lose Party” with Peter Stampfel and LOGAN”: 8 pm. See Sat., FREE before 10:30 pm, $15 after 10:30 HEALING WITH HORTICUL Friends, 8 pm, $10; Û°Ê {\ “Obama Nov. 1. pm; /ÕiÃ`>ÞÃ\ Karaoke Night, 8 pm, Victory Party,” 8 pm; Û°Ê È\ “Hooklyn TURE: Learn about therapeu- FREE; À`>ÞÃ\ Sexy Progressive/Dance Hollar” with Warren Malone, 9 pm, tic horticulture. 6-8 pm. Brook- PLAY, “LORD OXFORD”: 8 pm. party, 10 pm, FREE before 10:30 pm, $15 Whistling Rufus, 10 pm, $5; Û°Ê Ç\ lyn Botanic Garden (1000 See Sat., Nov. 1. after 10:30 pm; Û°Ê Ó\ Harvey Milk, Brooklyn Djangology Festival with The Washington Ave., at Eastern TOPS OF THE POPS: 8 pm. See Casket Architects, Bison, Bezoar, Buddy Ameranouche Trio, 9 pm, $TBD, Sinti Parkway in Crown Heights). Sat., Nov. 1. Hollycost, Wizardry, Naam, Dark Inside Rhythm, 10 pm, $5, Franglais, 11 pm, $5. Registration required. (718) PLAY, “STEEL MAGNOLIAS”: 8 the Sun, Bad Dream, Wet Nurse, La 623-7220]. Free. pm. See Sat., Nov. 1. Otracina, MAW, 4 pm, $15; Û°ÊÎ\ Kala- CHARITABLE GIVING: Learn how ""7"*Ê /\ Several musi- shnikov, 8 pm, $10; Û°ÊÇ\ The Dwarves, WILLIAMSBURG to use charitable giving as a The Uprising, Sister Anne, 7 pm, $15. cal groups, antique cars on .VTJD)BMMPG tool in estate planning. 6 pm. display, raffles and refresh- 8JMMJBNTCVSH Brooklyn Bar Association [123 ments. $30. 7:30 pm. St. Fin- PARK SLOPE Remsen St. between Henry bar’s Church [138 Bay 20th St., 66 N. Sixth St. at Wythe Avenue, and Clinton streets in Brooklyn between Rutherford Place and #BSCFT (718) 486-5400, www. Heights, (718) 624-0675]. musichallofwilliamsburg.com. Bath Avenue in Bath Beach, 376 Ninth St. at Sixth Avenue, (718) MOVIE, “DO THE RIGHT THING”: Hotel Cafe Tour with Rachael (718) 236-3312]. 965-9177, www.barbesbrooklyn.com. Û°Ê £\ Screening with discussion to fol- /ÕiÃ`>ÞÃ\ Slavic Soul Party, 9 pm, $10; Yamagata, Meiko, Thao Nguyen, Emily CLASSICAL MUSIC: Selections Wells, Samantha Crain, 7:30 pm, $22 in low. 6-9 pm. New York City Col- of works by Mozart, Schubert Û°Ê£\ Wu Fei & Erik Friedlander, 8 pm, lege of Technology [300 Jay St. $10, 10 pm; Û°ÊÓ\ Celebrate El Día de advance, $25 day of the show; Û°ÊÈ\ and Handel. $35, $15 students. Joseph Arthur & The Lonely Astronauts, near Johnson Street in Down- 8 pm. Bargemusic [Fulton los Muertos with Banda Sinaloense de los town, (718) 260-4910]. Free. Muertos, 8:30 pm, $10 suggested dona- 8 pm, $20 in advance, $20 day of the Ferry Landing, Old Fulton tion, The Hot Club of Detroit with special show; Û°ÊÇ\ Deerhunter, Times New FILM, “TWILIGHT BECOMES Street at the East River, (718) guest Stephane Wrembel, 10 pm, $10 Viking, Knyfe Hyts, 8 pm, $15 in NIGHT”: Documentary about 624-2083]. suggested donation; Û°Ê Î\ Chicha advance, $17 day of the show. neighborhood businesses that BURLESQUE: More than 20 per- ! " Libre, 7 pm, $10 suggested donation; have closed. Discussion with formers of Wasabassco Bur- Û°Êx\ The Parker String Quartet, 8 pm, 1FUF¤T$BOEZ4UPSF community leaders follows. 7 lesque entertain with music, $10, The Mandingo Ambassadors, 10 709 Lorimer St. at Richardson Street, pm. Kane Street Synagogue [236 Kane St., near Court comedy, trapeze, go-go, belly- pm, $10; Û°ÊÈ\ Rachel Davis & Dominic (718) 302-3770, www. dancing and other teasing acts. petescandystore.com. Street in Cobble Hill, (718) John, 7 pm, $10 suggested donation; $20. 10 pm. The Bell House [149 Mike & Ruthy, 9 pm, $10 suggested 875-1550]. -Õ`>ÞÃ\ Open Mic, 5 pm, Sasha Seventh St., between Second donation, Rachelle Garniez, 10 pm, $10 Dobson, 8:30 pm, FREE; 7i`iÃ`>ÞÃ\ " " Ê , \ Lec- suggested donation; Û°Ê Ç\ The Quizz-Off, 7:30 pm, FREE; Û°Ê£\ Ryan and Third avenues in Gowanus, ture about Red Hook’s Water- (718) 666-8794]. Carducci String Quartet, 8 pm, $10 sug- Doyle, 8 pm, Girl Friday, 9 pm, Jeff and front Museum. 7:30 pm. The gested donation, Kill Henry Sugar, 10 Hailey London, 10 pm, Drew Victor, 11 Montauk Club [25 Eighth Ave., OTHER pm, $10 suggested donation. pm, FREE; Û°ÊÓ\ Tam-Lin Music, 9:30 at Lincoln Place in Park Slope, OPEN STUDIO: Exhibit of in- pm, Amanda Bret, 10:30 pm, Vanderbilt, (646) 334-0241]. Free. '( ) #SPPLMZO-ZDFVN 11:30 pm, FREE; Û°Ê Î\ Monday ternational contemporary art MUSIC: Michael Arenella and his features works by 25 artists- 227 Fourth Ave. at President Street, Evening Stand-Up, 7:30 pm, Jason Dreamland Orchestra. $12. (718) 857-4816, www.gowanus.com. Anderson, 9:30 pm, Snuffaluffagus, 11 in-residence. Also, live music, 8 pm. Galapagos Art Space performances, artists talks -Õ`>ÞÃ\ Jazz on Sundays curated by pm, FREE; Û°Ê{\ Dylan Connor, 9 pm, [16 Main St. at Water Street in Chris Komer, 9 pm, 10:30 pm, $10 per and film screenings. Noon-6 Brooklyn Guitar Pull, 10 pm, FREE; Û°Ê DUMBO, (718) 222-8500]. set; 7i`iÃ`>ÞÃ\ Jazz on Wednesdays x\ Arliss Parker, 10 pm, Cameron Hull, pm. International Studio [1040 curated by Joe Phillips, 8 pm, 9:30 pm, 11 pm, FREE; nov. 6: Whiting Tennis, 9 Metropolitan Ave. at Morgan $10 per set. pm, TBD, 10 pm, The Sways, 11 pm, FRI, NOV. 7 Avenue in Williamsburg, (718) FREE; Û°ÊÇ\ Pete’s Big Poetry, 7 pm, 387-2900]. Free. HISTORICAL DRAMA, “CAMP 4PVUIQBX TBD, 9 pm, Cassavettes, 10 pm, Daniel ARTISTS SPEAK OUT: Artistic 125 Fifth Ave. at St. Johns Place, Goodman, 11 pm, FREE. LOGAN”: 7:30 pm. See Sat., Nov. 1. conversation with artists whose " * + (718) 230-0236, www.spsounds.com. works are on exhibit in “I Am A Û°Ê£\ Halloween RUB with DJs Cosmo 1VCMJD"TTFNCMZ CHAMBER OPERA: “ARJUNA’S Man.” $4, $3 students. 2 pm. Baker, Eleven, Ayres, and special guests 70 N. Sixth St. at Wythe Avenue, (718) DILEMNA”: 7:30 pm. Also, art- Museum of Contemporary Afri- Scratch Bastid & Sleater Brockman 782-5188, www.publicassemblynyc.com. ist talk with Douglas Cuomo can Diasporan Arts [80 Hanson (COSTUMES ONLY); Election Û°Ê {\ Û°Ê £\ Duffs Black Metal Nite with and artists, post-show. Free Place, corner of South Portland Night on the big screen with DJ Mikey for ticket holders. See Weds., Acheron, Crucifier, Malkuth, Bapho- in Downtown, (718) 230-0492]. Palms and friends hosted by Alex met’s Horns, 7 pm, $20; Crooked Disco Nov. 5. Grashaw, 7 pm, $5; Û°Êx\ Keren Ann Halloween Bash, 10 pm, $5; Û°Ê Ó\ DANCE, “THE SEVEN BOARDS DINNER AND DANCE: St. Pat- with Avisha Cohen on trumpet, 8 pm, “Show No Mercy Metal Nite!” with DJs OF SKILL”: 7:30 pm. See Weds., rick’s Society of Brooklyn hosts $15; Û°Ê È\ The High Dials, Black Jonbenet, Teeth, Bird Flu, Ian Jacyszym, Nov. 5. Also, talk with Aurelien its 158th anniversary event. Diamond Bay, Hilotrons, 8 pm; “I Got 5 9 pm, FREE; Û°Ê {\ Lodeck Release Bory. $8. 6 pm. Hillman Attic $85. 7 pm-midnight. Bay Ridge On It” wiht DJs Mick Boogie, Terry Party, 9 pm, FREE; “Obama Said Knock Studio [30 Lafayette Ave. at St. Manor [476 73rd Street in Bay Urban & Indiana Jones, 10 pm, FREE; You Put! Party,” Yacht Rock, 9 pm, Felix Street in Fort Greene.] Ridge, (917) 952-0776]. Û°Ê Ç\ Dance Dance Dance Record FREE; Û°Ê x\ Night Gallery, Button Release Party featuring DJs Silver, PLAY, “LORD OXFORD”: 8 pm. Down Runner, Caterwaul of Sound, See Sat., Nov. 1. SUN, NOV. 9 Swoul, Seen, Raw Q, and Stress, and None Survived, Laws of Gravity, Guns MCs TC, IZ, & DYER, 10 pm, $10. TOPS OF THE POPS: 8 pm. See Religion Money, Life Occurs, 8 pm, $5; Û°ÊÈ\ Five Cents, Holy Hail, Skew, and Sat., Nov. 1. PERFORMANCE 5IF3PZBMF DJs Oil, Cameron, Doug Smiley, and PLAY, “LIKE YOU LIKE IT”: 8 pm. PLAY, “LIKE YOU LIKE IT”: 3 pm. 506 Fifth Ave. at 12th Street, (718) more, 9 pm, $8; Hustler of Culture, 9 See Sat., Nov. 1. See Sat., Nov. 1. 840-0089, www.royalebrooklyn.com. pm; Û°Ê Ç\ Tommy Brunett, 8 pm, IDENTITY THEFT: Learn how HISTORICAL DRAMA, “CAMP Û°Ê È\ Drive-By Leslie, 11 pm, FREE; Thought So, 9 pm, $10, The Bunker, 11 identity theft happens and how LOGAN”: 3 pm. See Sat., Û°ÊÇ\ “Kiss the Sky” with DJ OBaH, 11 pm, $10; “The Bun to Your Hot Dog” to protect yourself against it. pm, FREE. Nov. 1. Tour featuring XO with Shanti, Paper 6 pm. New York City College OPERA, “THE MARRIAGE OF # ! !" Mache, and Smile Smile, 7 pm, $8, of Technology [300 Jay St. at 6OJPO)BMM Flashing Lights, 10 pm, FREE. FIGARO”: 3:30 pm. See Sat., Johnson Street in Downtown, Nov. 1. 702 Union St. at Fifth Avenue, (718) (718) 260-4910]. Free. 638-4400, www.unionhallny.com. PLAY, “STEEL MAGNOLIAS”: 5 4PVOE'JY3FDPSET SHADES OF GREEN: Eco- Û°Ê £\ The Shamblers, The T&V, The pm. See Sat., Nov. 1. 110 Bedford Ave. at North Eleventh friendly fundraiser offers Street, (718) 388-8090, www. music, dancing and silent DANCE: 7 pm and 9:30 pm. See soundfixrecords.com. auction. $125 VIP tickets; $45 Fri., Nov. 7. 7i`iÃ`>ÞÃ\ Comedy Free Williams- general admission. 6 pm- CLASSICAL MUSIC: 8 pm. See burg with John & Ed, 8 pm, FREE; midnight. Center for the Urban Sat., Nov. 8. 5"-,5064 / ÕÀÃ`>ÞÃ\ Max Silvestri, Gabe & Jenny, Environment [168 Seventh Ave. CHORAL RECITAL: Michiyo 8 pm, FREE; Û°ÊÓ\ Fix Tape Exchange, To list your events in Brooklyn between Second and Third Tnaka and the “Praise in the " , + 8 pm, FREE; Û°Ê Î\ Entertaining the } Ìvi, please give us as avenues in Gowanus, (718) Bartender with Jena Friedman, 8 pm, Wind” singers perform. 4 pm. much notice as possible. Include 768-9069]. FREE; Û°Ê{\ Roar Shack, 8 pm, FREE; St. Jacobi Ev. Lutheran Church name of venue, address with GALLERY RECEPTION: “Interior/ [5406 Fourth Ave., and 54th - cross street, phone number Û°Êx\ Totally J/K with Joe and Noah, 9:30 pm, FREE. Exterior Realities,” a series of Street in Sunset Park, (718) for the public to call, Web site carbon on aluminum paintings 439-8978]. Free. address, dates, times and admis- sion or ticket prices. 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DECISION ’08 ELECTION DAY IS TUESDAY, NOV. 4 8BDLJFTUSBDFJOUIFDJUZDPNFTUPBDMPTF By Mike McLaughlin ing taxes and redistributing in- His candidacy was blindsided The Brooklyn Paper come,” said Straniere, a former by a surprise declaration from One night of drinking and 12-term assemblyman who has his estranged son, also named driving by Rep. Vito Fossella been ostracized from the local Francis Powers, that he would now looks like it will result in party after butting heads with run against his father. the end of 26 years of Repub- Staten Island powerbrokers That family feud ended when lican control of a Bay Ridge throughout his career. the younger Powers failed to get congressional seat. He doesn’t think Obama will the Libertarian Party nomina- Along the way, there’s been stop increasing the tax rate if the tion. And then the soap opera death, party infighting and even Democratic nominee becomes ended for good when the elder president. family dysfunction as front-run- Powers died from a heart attack “He’s going to start off rais- Long strange trip: This crazy campaign all ner Councilman Mike McMa- started on May 1, when Rep. Vito Fossella ing taxes on people who earn in July. hon (D–Staten Island) and for- (above right) was arrested for drunk driving. more than $250,000. When you Plunged into chaos again, mer Assemblyman Bob Straniere Then, the GOP picked MTA board member start raising taxes on some, Staten Island and Brooklyn head into the final weekend of Frank Powers (above left) to succeed him. Republicans openly snarled at the campaign. you’re going to raise them on
Kristen Joy Watts When Powers suddenly died, former As- Kristen Joy Watts one another over the disorder in In the candidates’ last best all,” Straniere warned, who has semblyman Bob Straniere (near left) won their ranks and the reluctance chance to sway undecided vot- campaigned as part of the “Mc- the GOP primary and will now face popu- of any apparently viable candi- ers — a debate in The Brooklyn Cain–Palin–Straniere” ticket on lar Councilman Mike McMahon (far left) in Paper’s DUMBO newsroom last a shoestring budget. date to emerge. Tuesday’s election. Watch their debate at Having lost his Assembly seat week — Straniere staked out a Meanwhile, Democrat Mc- BrooklynPaper.com.
The Brooklyn Paper / in a bitter primary fight in 2004, far-right-of-center position, de- Mahon stuck to middle-of-the- The Brooklyn Paper / riding any attempt to tax people road, bread-and-butter issues, and Straniere crept out of the polit- who make more than $250,000 stayed out of the abortion thicket very rich,” he said, suggesting district ditched its Republican drunk driving. He subsequently Democrats interested in the seat At the same time, turmoil ical graveyard to win the Re- as “Obama-nomics,” celebrat- by describing himself as “pro- that there are few of such peo- voting record. admitted that he had been en to get support from the national continued to surround the Re- publican nomination, but has ing divisive GOP vice-presiden- Choice” — and leaving it at that. ple in a district that covers Bay “We’ve had a Republican route to the home of his mis- party. He went on to raise more publican ticket. The party had campaigned without much lo- tial nominee Sarah Palin as an He said that presidential nominee Ridge, Bensonhurst and Dyker congressman for 28 years. We tress and their out-of-wedlock than $1 million and win the en- trouble finding a replacement, cal support. He has raised just electrifying figure, and oppos- Barack Obama’s tax plan would Heights. haven’t benefited,” he said. daughter. dorsement of Mayor Bloomberg eventually settling on Francis $71,000. ing abortion rights even in the help the middle class. Though McMahon espouses The loosening of the GOP McMahon, who had not been before trouncing his primary op- Powers, a retired Wall Street ex- See the full wide-ranging case of rape or incest. “People are tired of a tax bipartisan rhetoric, he couldn’t grip on this seat began on May running before Fossella’s down- ponent Steve Harrison, a Bay ecutive and MTA board mem- hour-long debate at Brooklyn “Obama-nomics [means] rais- code that favors the very, very, resist saying that it was time the 1, when Fossella was arrested for fall, quickly outfoxed many other Ridge lawyer. ber in June. Paper.com. &MFDUJPOHVJEF Final debate for Heights Senate seat Compiled by Zeke Faux - Vito Lopez (D)* for The Brooklyn Paper By Sarah Portlock school teacher running in the overwhelm- a change of guard, but now I’m about get- required to be self-sufficient. Residential - Frances Cutrone (R) The Brooklyn Paper ingly Democratic district that includes ting Democrats in the majority,” Squad- development inside the park’s footprint They say you can’t tell the players without a scorecard — Carroll Gardens and parts of Williams- ron said. “The only way to change [the is supposed to generate enough revenue, and the saying applies to politics. But thankfully, there’s The xÇ/Ê -/, /Ê A Republican candidate for the (Fort Greene and Prospect burg, said his “friend” Squadron “is part GOP-controlled Senate] is to pull the but Squadron has rejected that financ- Brooklyn Paper’s full guide to the election battles in our area. Brooklyn Heights state Senate seat took Heights) his last licks at favored Democratic of the Democratic machine.” rug out from under them.” ing scheme. He favors hotels in the park True, most of the best races were decided in smoke-filled back - Hakeem Jeffries (D, WF)* “We have to send somebody up there Chromczak (pronounced KROM-zak) instead of housing, which he said would rooms (better known as the September party primaries), but the newcomer Daniel Squadron during - Charles Brickous (R) a debate on Tuesday night, charging who’s willing to go against the machine,” shot back: “Listen to Squadron saying, limit public access to the park. presidential election will no doubt draw plenty of people to the he said. “As a regular guy, I’m sick of ‘The Democratic party.’ I don’t see Dan At the debate, he again said that the polls, so it’s best to be prepared for all the other names on the Èä/Ê -/, /Ê that Squadron is part of the same those empty promises.” challenging his party.” state legislature needs to properly raise ballot. Plus, there’s also a referendum to change the state Con- (Bay Ridge) “Democratic machine” that clogs up Squadron reminded the crowd of 50 Squadron took the criticisms in stride and budget money for the park, particu- stitution! To find your polling place, call (866) VOTE-NYC - Janele Hyer-Spencer legislation in Albany — but Squadron at St. Francis College that he has not yet during the 90-minute debate, which was larly in our current economy, but Chrom- (868-3692) or visit the Board of Elections Web site at http:// (D, I, WF)* sat quietly, knowing that his general served in Albany, and that Republicans, hosted by the Brooklyn Heights Blog. czak said the state “cannot tax ourselves www.vote.nyc.ny.us. Polls are open from 9 am to 9 pm. - Joseph Cammarata (R, C) election victory was all but guaranteed not Democrats, have controlled the state The men stuck to their respective party out of this” financial crisis, and that hous- when he won the Democratic primary SUPREME COURT Senate for nearly four decades. lines on taxes, and were also at odds ing in the park is an “unfortunate” re- PRESIDENT Óä/Ê -/, /Ê (vote for eight) in September. “My primary campaign [against 30- over how to fund the Brooklyn Bridge ality to create self-sufficiency for park (parts of Park Slope and - Barack Obama (D, WF) John Chromczak, a former public year incumbent Marty Connor] was about Park waterfront development, which is funding. Prospect Heights) - Ariel Belen (D, R, C)* - John McCain (R, I, C) - Eric Adams (D, WF)* - Gloria Dabiri (D, R, C)* - Roger Calero (Socialist (R, C) Workers) - Stephen Christopher - John Leventhal (D, R, C)* - Plummer Lott (D, R, C)* - Gloria La Riva (Socialism ÓÓ Ê -/, /Ê & Liberation) (parts of Bay Ridge and - Marsha Steinhardt - Cynthia McKinney (Green) Dyker Heights) (D, R, C)* YASSKY… (D, R)* - Bob Barr (Libertarian) - Marty Golden (R)* - Ellen Spodek #JMMGPME Continued from page 1 Reached on Tuesday after (unopposed) - Richard Velasquez (D) - Ralph Nader (Populist) - Paul Wooten (D)* again. Yet when his amendment hearing a week’s worth of crit- ÓÎ, Ê -/, /Ê DeBlasio to avoid Marty, icism, Yassky rejected the no- CONGRESS (parts of Bay Ridge and - Paul Atanasio (C) to do just that was defeated, he Bensonhurst) run for public advocate voted with the mayor. tion that he opposed overturning /Ê -/, /Ê the public will on term limits (includes Red Hook, Dyker - Diane Savino (D, WF)* CIVIL COURT And that’s not kosher in so- Heights, Coney Island) By Mike McLaughlin called progressive circles. even though his ultimate vote - Richard Thomas (R, I) ","17 - Jerry Nadler (D, WF)* (vote for three) The Brooklyn Paper “David’s vote was more pain- did just that. “I believe I still have the moral - Grace Lin (R, C) Óx/Ê -/, /Ê(Brooklyn - Alice Rubin (D)* Councilman Bill DeBlasio has abandoned ful than the other 28 ‘yes’ votes Heights and DUMBO) - Loren Schiffman (D) his bid to become the next borough pres- because he represents a district high ground because in the end, I voted for what is in the best £ä/Ê -/, /Ê - Daniel Squadron (D, WF) - Ingrid Joseph (D) ident and will run for public advocate in- that leads the city when it comes (includes Fort Greene, interest of the city,” he said. “I - John Chromczak (R) - Vincent Martusciello (R, C) stead — an indication that incumbent Beep, to politicial reform,” said Alan Clinton Hill, Williamsburg) Fleishman, a Democratic district did want to change term lim- - Theodore Alatsas (R, C) Marty Markowitz, will likely cruise to a third - Ed Towns (D)* ASSEMBLY leader and Yassky constituent. its. I said that all along. I did - Philip Smallman (R, C) term. - Salvatore Grupico (R, C) {{/Ê -/, /Ê(Park Slope “David’s ‘yes’ vote was politi- not want to do it by overturning and Windsor Terrace) Hours after incumbent Public Advocate Betsy cally motivated based on his as- the will of the voters, but when ££/Ê -/, /Ê -/, /Ê£Ê Gotbaum, a Democrat, announced that she would (includes Brooklyn Heights, - Jim Brennan (D, WF)* (Brooklyn Heights, Carroll pirations to run for higher of- that failed, I voted for 12 years Gardens, Cobble Hill) not take advantage of last week’s change in Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, - Yvette Bennett (R, C) fice. The voters of Brownstone instead of eight.” Park Slope and Prospect - Devin Cohen (D) term limits, DeBlasio said he’d seek that of- Brooklyn deserved better.” Yassky claimed that personal Heights) {È/Ê -/, /Ê (unopposed) fice rather than take on the mighty Markow- Yassky’s Council colleague, motivation had nothing to do with - Yvette Clarke (D, WF)* (Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, itz. Bill DeBlasio, who opposed his vote; he said he is still run- Coney Island) BALLOT PROPOSAL “I think I can serve well as the public advo- - Hugh Carr (R) the term-limit change, blasted ning for Comptroller, just as he
- Alec Brook-Krasny (D, WF)* Currently, disabled veter- cate and defend the rights of the people of the Julie Rosenberg - Cartrell Gore (C) Yassky’s lack of integrity. was before he voted to allow him- - Bob Capano (R, I, C) ans who receive payments city through that position,” DeBlasio said on “He was not sincere,” said self to run again for his seat. £Ó/Ê -/, /Ê(includes from the U.S. Department Tuesday. {/Ê -/, /Ê DeBlasio (D–Park Slope), who But most political insiders be- Brooklyn Heights, Cobble Hill, of Veterans Affairs get Before Gotbaum’s decision to retire, De- now says he’s running for Pub- lieve that Thompson will eventu- Carroll Gardens, Red Hook, (Dyker Heights) preferential treatment on Blasio’s outspoken denunciation of Mayor Williamsburg and Greenpoint) - Peter Abbate (D, WF)* lic Advocate, though he could ally choose a safe re-election as the state civil service exam. Bloomberg’s quest to extend term limits from comptroller over running against - Nydia Velazquez (D, WF)* - Lucretia Regina-Potter A “Yes” vote would amend run for his own seat. Yassky “did eight to 12 years boxed himself into a tight spot. not act with integrity” because the billionaire mayor. (R, I, C) the state Constitution so The Brooklyn Paper file / - Allan Romaguera (R, C) Once the change in term limits passed over his “And when that happens,” said that such veterans who Councilman Bill DeBlasio, who voted his amendment “was not offered xä/Ê -/, /Ê objections, his political options appeared lim- one local elected official who £Î/Ê -/, /Ê(Bay Ridge) don’t receive payments against extending term limits, says he’ll in an honest spirit.” (Williamsburg) ited to a safe re-election to the Council — which sought anonymity because he is - Michael McMahon (D, WF) would also get preference. run for Public Advocate, not his own seat. “It was an artifice and a maneu- - Joe Lentol (D)* was a road riddled with the potholes of hypoc- ver on his part to give him cover,” still raising money for his own - Robert Straniere (R) A “No” vote would leave risy — or continuing his likely futile quest to - Teresa Puccio (R, C) the disability-payment re- added DeBlasio. “How could you run against a no-longer term- - Carmine Morano (I) would soon be eligible to run for a third term. quirement in place. knock out Markowitz, one of the city’s most call for a referendum and then vote limited councilmember, “Yassky - Timothy Cochrane (C) xÓ Ê -/, /Ê popular pols. “There is still an election on Sept. 15, 2009, for the mayor’s bill?” will get to appear like a good (includes DUMBO, Brooklyn DeBlasio graciously made way for a Marty and [I am] running for Brooklyn borough pres- STATE SENATE Heights, Cobble Hill, Carroll Assemblywoman Joan Mill- Democrat by announcing that Gardens and Park Slope) KEY three-peat. ident,” he said then. man (D–Carroll Gardens) also he won’t take on Thompson.” £n/Ê -/, /Ê(Park Slope, * incumbent “Marty Markowitz is popular throughout the The date stays the same, but he’s stepped - Joan Millman (D, WF)* attacked Yassky’s integrity. And when THAT happens, the Fort Greene and Clinton Hill) D: Democratic borough, he’s done a good job and the people onto the battlefield for public advocate where - Pedro Monge (R, C) R: Republican “What he did was not the pro- insider continued, the five peo- - Velmanette Montgomery I: Independence will want him back,” the towering councilman he’ll fight with Councilmen Eric Gioia and John gressive thing,” said Millman. ple who were already running (D, WF)* xÎ, Ê -/, /Ê C: Conservative said. Liu, both Queens Democrats, former New York “It outraged people. And his ex- for Yassky’s seat — Ken Baer, WF: Working Families - Sandra Palacios-Serrano (parts of Williamsburg and That’s a change from what DeBlasio told The Civil Liberties Union head Norman Siegel and planation was convoluted and Diamonstone, Jo Anne Simon, (R, C) Bushwick) Brooklyn Paper just three weeks ago, when he scandal-prone Assemblyman Adam Clayton torturous. If you put forth an Evan Thies and Steve Levin — seemed unfazed by the notion that Markowitz IV (D–Manhattan). amendment, you need to gather will opt out rather than face an support for it. And if it fails, you incumbent with a comptroller- should vote against the bill.” sized war chest.
MANHATTAN EAST RIVER 13 3 .BSBUIPO NBO HUDSON RIVER Greenpoint '035(3&&/& 5 The lead women will turn from Fourth Avenue onto Lafayette Av- 07 12 It’s been called the “biggest block party on Earth,” and on / enue at 9:54 am, followed by the men at 10:20. After cheering the Sunday, Brooklynites will once again cheer on the runners runners on as they pass the eight-mile mark, go for lunch at the MARTY… Williamsburg in the cold November morning air. Pick a neighborhood Smoke Joint, a barbecue place Lafayette Avenue at South Elliott Continued from page 1 the concerts he’s given and the along the 13-mile Brooklyn portion of the New York City 4 46/ 11 Place. If meat is not for you, try some vegetarian fare at Red Bam- has his sights set on Public Ad- promotions of Junior’s cheese- Marathon, watch the runners go by, then hang out nearby. vocate, and Barron, who said he cakes and Nathan’s franks, he But first, set your watches: Women runners start out from boo on the corner of Dekalb Avenue and Adelphi Street. For dessert, 10 will run for something else, said hasn’t done too much.” the Staten Island starting line at 9:10 am. The elite men head to Cake Man Raven for the best red velvet cake. It’s on Fulton Street near South Oxford Street. Round out the day with the “I AM they could not go toe-to-toe with Barron’s attack follows reve- start a half-hour later. Use the handy map below to plan Fort Greene A MAN” exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary African Diaspo- the popular incumbent even if it lations last month that in 2005, your day. — Evan Gardner 3 9 meant allowing an uncontested Downtown ran Art on South Portland Avenue near Hanson Place. Markowitz allocated public money NEW campaign for Markowitz. to his own charity, Best of Brook- JERSEY 8 “Marty Markowitz is popu- lyn, in several no-bid contracts 1 Boerum Hill lar throughout the borough … #":3*%(& Prospect Heights 4 that are each exactly $1 less than 8*--*".4#63( and the people will want him the amount that triggers an auto- In the first Brooklyn stretch, lead women will get to Fourth Ave- 2 Park Slope 7 back,” said DeBlasio, who had nue and 81st Street at around 9:26 am, followed by the lead men Carroll Gardens The race stays on Bedford Avenue pretty much all through Billy- matic city audit — a clear indi- been one of the leading voices at 9:55. As you wait for the runners, stop by the Little Cupcake burg, with elite women hitting the 11th mile around Metropolitan cation that the borough president against extending term limits. Bakeshop on Third Avenue and 91st Street and warm up with a Red Hook Avenue at 10:10 am and the men hot on their heels at 10:35. Try was trying to avoid city scrutiny. It Barron was far more critical, was also reported that some Bor- cup of their famous Nutella cappuccino. For some hearty brunch 6 the brand new Five Leaves restaurant, which was the pet project of after the runners have passed, walk up Third Avenue to the Green- late actor Heath Ledger, on Bedford Avenue at Lorimer Street, for yet said it would be tough to ough Hall staffers were getting dethrone Markowitz, who sur- house Cafe on 77th Street. brunch, or go for some vegetarian variety at Bliss, on the corner of paid for doing work for Markow- prised many people with his itz’s charity at the same time they Marathon Route Bedford and North Sixth Street. If you’re really feeling the running 5 2001 win as a dark horse state spirit, hit the track in McCarren Park after lunch to work off those were on the city clock. Mile Senator from Flatbush. That report was followed by 2 Markers Sunset Park calories, bask in the shadows of all those new glass-and-steel con- 1"3,4-01& “Marty Markowitz can be a discovery by The Brooklyn 1 Brooklyn dos and think, “Man, this neighborhood has changed.” Continuing on Fourth Avenue, women runners will cross the six- Hot Spot beaten if someone had the re- Paper that Ratner, his company mile mark — around 10th Street — at around 9:43 am with their 4 BROOKLYN sources,” Barron told The Brook- and his colleagues continue to male counterparts passing at 10:10. Take in an Italian-style brunch lyn Paper. “He’s a stamp of ap- write fat checks to the Best of 1 5 at the hip new hangout Bar Tano on the corner of Third Avenue Bay Ridge 1 (3&&/10*/5 proval for any rich developer Brooklyn charity, which sends and Ninth Street. Watch a few more stragglers then round out the UPPER 3 that comes in.” children to summer camp, and afternoon at the Cherry Tree Bar on Fourth Avenue at Bergen NEW YORK Dyker Heights The last mile of the Brooklyn leg takes runners up Manhattan Av- But rubber-stamping projects promotes tourism to Brooklyn, BAY enue, with the lead women passing Meserole Avenue around 10:16 Street and choose from more than 125 varieties of beer. Or cross 2 like Bruce Ratner’s Atlantic Yards special events like Dine In Brook- the street to the Fourth Avenue Pub, where happy hour starts at 3 am, followed by the lead men at 10:40. Join the friendly staff of Cafe hasn’t hurt Markowitz’s high ap- lyn, as well as the two summer pm. If you’re looking for a warm place to relax with a cold one, Grumpy, on Meserole at Diamond Street, as it cheers the runners proval ratings or undercut his war concert series he hosts in Asser head down the block to Pacific Standard, on the corner of St. on, and then head over to the corner of Lorimer Street and Driggs chest, which holds $930,000 — far Levy Park in Coney Island. 1 Marks Place, and set down in their cozy back library room. For STATEN ISLAND Avenue for brunch at the Park Luncheonette, a 77-year-old institu- more than DeBlasio’s $608,000 Since 2003, at least $680,000 an exotic dinner, try Ghenet on Fourth Avenue at Douglass Street tion. For some afternoon shopping, check out Old Hollywood on and Barron’s $1,200. has poured into those groups ING NYC MARATHON Verrazano-Narrows Bridge for some Ethiopian food, but make sure your friends have clean START Manhattan and Meserole and stock up on some 1950s-style vintage Yet Barron persisted. from Forest City Ratner, an ex- hands, because it’s finger food and everybody shares! glam accessories (see story on page 9). “He’s a booster. Aside from ecutive and a subsidiary. 12 AWP / iÊ ÀÞÊ*>«iÀÊUÊÜÜÜ° ÀÞ*>«iÀ°VÊUÊÇ£n®ÊnÎ{Îxä November 1, 2008
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obody came out unsullied in the ugly vote grab — and that anger is deserved. sonable people can differ on whether Billionaire by the City Council last week to overturn Yassky, who was planning to run for City Comp- Mike is the man to oversee New York’s response to / the voters’ twice-stated desire for two-term troller before buying himself a bonus term in the problems partly caused by his billionaire friends, limits in New York City. Council with his tainted term-limit vote, claimed but there is no doubt that New York City has come Reasonable people can differ on whether a two- to be so offended by the mayor’s undemocratic through deeper troubles before. Lest we forget, term limit, a three-term limit or no term limits is move that he put up an amendment to force the Bloomberg only became boss because then-Mayor the best course for our democracy — but one thing 12-year cap to go before the voters this spring. Giuliani could not run for a third term despite wide- is clear: Mayor Bloomberg and a majority of the But when Yassky’s amendment was shot down, spread feeling that the continuity of his leadership Council subverted the voters’ will in a reprehen- he tossed his integrity in a City Hall garbage can was essential after 9-11. It wasn’t true then, and it sible, undemocratic, rushed, back-room manner. and voted with the mayor. ain’t true now. There is no end to the list of villains in this de- In doing so, he and the other 28 lackeys ignored • It was unnecessary right now: If Yassky and bacle: the mayor himself, for lying earlier in the a few basic facts about their repugnant vote: others truly believe that a three-term limit is bet- year when he said he would not tinker with the pub- • It was inherently self-serving: Most of the ter than two, fine. But such councilmembers could lic’s prior term-limit referendums; Speaker Chris- members of the Council would have a hard time have easily voted against the mayor’s naked power tine Quinn, for enabling the mayor and giving her- finding another $90,000-a-year job, but they should grab and then called for a charter commission to self four more years in a leadership role before she not have given in to the temptation of voting them- review the issue calmly and soberly rather than in runs for the mayor’s job herself; and the 29 mem- selves a license to hold onto their cushy posts. Now the heat of this manufactured leadership crisis. bers of the Council who voted to erase the two- Yassky can run for his seat virtually unopposed. Councilmembers Letitia James (D–Fort Greene) term limit that was on the books when they ran Isn’t that convenient? and Bill DeBlasio (D–Park Slope) say they will for their jobs in the first place. • It was falsely argued: The mayor and Yassky sue to block the implementation of the three-term Brooklyn Heights Councilman David Yassky made the argument that the city’s economic down- limit. While they, too, would benefit if term-lim- has earned the wrath of his constituents for joining turn will be so traumatic that we need Bloomberg’s ited officeholders are tossed out — DeBlasio by getting a much easier path to the borough pres- Cristian Fleming Fleming Cristian the Gang of 29 that supported the mayor’s power steady hand to pilot this sinking ship. Again, rea- idency, and James by becoming one of the most senior members of the council overnight — they LETTERS were at least willing to play by the rules. They did the right thing on Oct. 23: They voted to uphold the will of the people on term limits. )FZ1BQFS:PVSFEJUPSJBMXBT$POFZCBMPOFZ .D.BIPOGPS$POHSFTT Often on Election Day, the voters’ choice boils To the editor, year, open amusements in the “mapped In 1961, President Kennedy challenged would make that extension effective only meant to be humorous. But I still don’t down to which of the two candidates is the least ob- Your Oct. 18 editorial (“Bloomberg’s parkland” will become the centerpiece NASA to get a man on the moon in that for those not already serving, including agree with its premise. jectionable. Fortunately, Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights Coney baloney”) regarding the city’s re- of a 27-acre year-round amusement dis- decade. Eight years and two months later, the mayor. I am a soon-to-be American citizen and Bensonhurst voters have a chance to cast their cent purchase of property in Coney Island’s trict with — on the privately owned par- Neil Armstrong walked on the moon. I voted against term limits twice. Yassky who lives in Carroll Gardens, and I am ballots for a worthy candidate for Congress on amusement district misunderstands the city’s cels — open and enclosed amusements, In 1994, an earthquake destroyed more and all of the other councilmembers had married to a state judge in Brooklyn. Tuesday, Nov. 4: Councilman Mike McMahon. strategy for preserving the open amusements hotels, water parks, restaurants, perfor- than eight miles of the Santa Monica Free- a clear obligation to uphold the will of the Want to know what I think is un-Amer- During his eight years on the Council, McMa- that are Coney’s defining feature. mance venues, skating rinks and similar way. That repair was started within three voters, even though they may disagree. ican? Judges in New York State have not hon has been an amiable aisle-crosser, a Demo- The city’s number one goal, as part of complementary attractions. months and the freeway was reconstructed Marc Korashan, Park Slope received a raise in over 10 years! Not crat who has served more-conservative Staten Is- a comprehensive plan to revitalize Coney Amanda Burden, Manhattan in another six months. ••• even an adjustment for the cost of liv- land and shown leadership on issues like solid Island, is to ensure that its iconic rides, City Planning Commissioner. Six years to create the final plan for To the editor, ing, which means that they, in fact, have waste, ferry service, and requiring the city to al- arcades, food stands and other outdoor 8,000 feet of highway is a joke. And wait- Mayor Bloomberg’s call for a third term seen their income reduced for the last 10 ways have a nurse on duty in every school. amusements are open and accessible in ing three more years to start repairs that is an odd development. Suddenly Mayor years, making it very hard, especially in Usually, we don’t take much stock in a candi- perpetuity. .5"CVNT are currently overdue seems reckless. Mike is under the mistaken impression the city, to maintain a middle-class stan- dates’ endorsements, but McMahon’s list is so broad While the city does propose to “map” To the editor, This city has many great engineering that he can somehow rescue New York dard of life. — it includes Conservative Staten Island Borough the nine-acre open amusement area as I read your article about the MTA build- schools. City from the mess that Wall Street greed This is a great country, a democratic President Jim Molinaro, Republican Mayor Mike parkland, it is not true that “virtually any- ing at 370 Jay St., (“Downtown to MTA: Herbert Marks, Brooklyn Heights has gotten us all into? country, which likes to hold itself up as Bloomberg, and Democratic Sen. Hillary Clinton thing can be built” in mapped parkland. In Sell 370 Jay St,” Oct. 25) and thought it It’s funny how we as voters, and as an example to countries. One of the safe- — that voters can be confident that McMahon will fact, designation of property as “mapped was long overdue. “regular people,” didn’t share in any of guards of a well-functioning democracy move the district beyond the petty partisan poli- parkland” permanently prohibits hotels, Now the trick is to get the MTA to do 5FSNPJM the profits from which these bankers and is the quality of its judiciary system. It is tics during 26 years that the seat has been in Re- condos, convention centers and other sim- something. They always figure that once To the editor, investors benefited when the system was appalling that the state legislature has re- publican control. ilar commercial uses. the dust settles, they can go back to their Councilman David Yassky was try- running amok, yet we will be called upon fused to give judges a raise for so long. McMahon’s main opponent, former Assemblyman State legislation that will be sought by old routine of neglect. The only time the ing to reframe the issue of term limits in now to rescue it. However “irksome” the temporary Robert Straniere, is so far outside the mainstream that the administration will allow for a long- MTA does anything is when its feet are a very self-serving manner (“Yassky is Robert Segarra, Park Slope judges’ parking lot may be for pedestri- his own Republican party ex-communicated him sev- term lease of mapped parkland for amuse- in the fire. Al Pankin, Downtown still undecided on term limits,” Oct. 18). ans, is it too much to temporarily toler- eral years ago. ment-related uses only, to promote the vi- When he said “it is incumbent upon me ate so that judges take advantage of one We disagree with Straniere’s belief that prosper- tality of Coney Island’s amusement area to weigh the benefits of a 12-year limit 6O"NFSJDBO of the few perks they have? ity will automatically rain down on all Americans if while ensuring that incompatible uses can 5IF#2&WJM against the desire to have the decision re- To the editor, The lack of a raise in 10 years limits taxes are slashed on the wealthy. And we certainly never be developed there. To the editor, main in the hands of the voters.” I am a regular reader of The Brooklyn the pool of people who become judges, cannot abide his staunch anti-abortion position — Mapping the open amusement area as Your article on the “triple cantilever” The issue is more properly framed as Paper and I have never felt compelled to including some who would be excellent which would deny women the right to make that “parkland” is the best way to ensure that section of the Brooklyn-Queens Express- whether the Council should overturn the write a letter to the editor until I saw the at it. choice even in the case of rape or incest. Coney Island’s amusements are protected way (“Triple threat! Experts: BQE repairs two public referenda that created term lim- front-page story about the cars that the And, by the way, that’s our 10-year old Strainere is far out of step with the constituents irrespective of economic pressures — some- threaten ‘park,’” Oct. 25) reported that its or leave the question alone. judges at the Adams Street courthouse Volvo in the right side of the picture on he hopes to represent. thing existing zoning has failed to do. repairs are long overdue and the canti- If Yassky truly believed that the Coun- drive (“Un-American! Judges turn park your front page. Clearly, with his overall competence, solid judg- The state legislation will be subject to levered section could collapse if it is not cil has the power to extend term limits into foreign car lot,” Oct. 18). Please don’t throw around the term ment and his support for mainstream Democratic po- public scrutiny. Under the zoning pro- fixed by 2018, and a plan won’t even be and that 12 years is better than eight, then I acknowledge that it is quite possi- “un-American” in this manner. sitions, Mike McMahon is the better candidate. posal that will be considered early next in place until 2015. he should have proposed legislation that ble that the article under this headline is Reineke Hollander, Carroll Gardens We proudly endorse him for Congress.
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