The Briefly for June 27, 2018 – Election Results, Pools Open Today, NIMBY in Brooklyn Heights, and More
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Contested Primary winners: House District 5: Gregory Meeks (D) House District 9: Yvette Clarke (D) House District 11: Max Rose (D) and Dan Donovan (R) - Michael Grimm lost! House District 12: Carolyn Maloney (D) beat the Tinder catfishing candidate Suraj Patel House District 14: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D) over incumbent Joseph Crowley
Meet Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the congressional giant-slayer. The big story to come from this primary election will be the low turnout. Confusion, purged voter rolls, and closed polling sites cast a shadow over yesterday's elections, further disenfranchising people from voting.
Our parks are aging, underfunded and plagued by infrastructure problems according to a 53-page report from The Center for an Urban Future.
The Boerum Hill historic district was expended by the Landmarks Preservation Commission by 300 buildings. A historic district is a designation that is mostly honorific.
Eater has a map of dog-friendly bars so you and your best friend can hang out.
Filming Around Town: Once Upon A Time in Staten Island, starring Naomi Watts,is on Bay Ridge Ave in Brooklyn, The Kitchen, starring Melissa McCarthy, is on 104th and Madiso, Netflix and Marvel's Jessica Jones is at 74th and 5th, Showtime's Ray Donovan is at Court Square Station in Queens, The Deuce, starring James Franco, is on Willow Ave and E 135th St in the Bronx.
Today is the last day of hearing over abolishing the tipped minimum wage. Different restaurant lobby groups are on different sides of the debate. Currently the tipped minimum wage is $8.70 and that will rise to $10 by year's end, which is lower than the $15 full minimum wage for non-tipped workers.
It's unbelievable that there's another story about Marty Golden skirting the law when it comes to his car, but here we are. Golden's Cadillac was parked in a bus stop and after giving a traffic agent his card and a fist bump, he walked away without a ticket, but it was caught on film by a passerby.
Three city council members are calling for the bodega where 15-year-old Lesandro Guzman was stabbed to death to be closed. Ritchie Torres, Vanessa Gibson, and Rafael Salamanca cite the owner's actions that lead to Lesandro being dragged out of the store as the reason to pull the deli's license. Over 42k New Yorkers had signed an online petition making the same request.
Trump's family separation policy is being challenged by Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and Attorney General Barbara D. Underwood in New York along with 17 other Attorneys General.
TOMS is opening its first Brooklyn store in Williamsburg. No word on if they will be buying a second store for those in need.
NYPD declined to file charges against a motorist who killed 4-year-old Luz Gonzalez in Bushwick and left the scene. Brooklyn's District Attorney Eric Gonzalez does not have a strong history when it comes to hit and run killings. Brooklyn Heights is feeling NIMBY fever. a pedestrian bridge to connect the Brooklyn Heights Promenade and Brooklyn Bridge Park would ruin the “peace and relaxation” and "kill the neighborhood."
Marco! The city's pools open for summer today. Polo!
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