Listen to Episode 3: For The Love Of… Download from iTunes here In This Episode: I’m Your Daddy: Dean Haspiel shares the very touching story of how he helped out a friend in need. By donating his sperm. Finding Esteban: John Knefel fell hard for a girl, and took a trip to Argentina to see her. It didn’t […]
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Downtown Brooklyn’s Shake Shake inarguably changed the face & fortunes of the once-sagging Fulton Mall, convincing many Heights residents to cross Court Street for the first time in years (decades?). Since its December 2011 opening, the burger joint has led to a renaissance, bringing the likes of Starbucks, Brooklyn Industries, H&M, Century 21, Gap, Seattle’s […]
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The New York Post reports on Dr. Justin Bazan, a Park Slope eye doctor, who breaks out the beer and booze for patients on occasion. That’s legal, right? It’s like Mad Men era doctors smoking with their patients, right?
Heck, dilate our pupils and hang up a disco ball and we’ve got a party!
February 10, 2013Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz testified before the Assembly Health Committee at Brooklyn Borough Hall today. Here’s the transcript of his testimony:
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State Senator Daniel Squadron has put up his dukes over Friday morning’s confirmation that Long Island College Hospital will be shuttered by the SUNY Board of Trustees and sold for real estate development. In a statement, he insists: “Our fight isn’t over. As I said yesterday, SUNY’s plan essentially turns a $63 million state grant […]
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There are some women who are simply unlucky in love, and there are other women who always fall for…
February 8, 2013At Thursday’s public hearing with the SUNY board in Midtown Manhattan, sparks were flying over the closing of Long Island College Hospital in Cobble Hill, with contentious exchanges between Councilman Brad Lander, SUNY Chairman Carl McCall and state Sen. Eric Adams. Among accusations: whether SUNY’s acquisition of Long Island College Hospital was a transaction driven […]
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Manhattan borough president Scott M. Stringer has proposed a beachfront park with kayaking, marshlands and a pedestrian bridge—on the other side of the Brooklyn Bridge—in a plan that appears to mimic many of Brooklyn Bridge Park’s amenities. Stringer’s East River Blueway Plan, announced Thursday in his State of the Borough speech, calls for a public […]
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On Wednesday at the Packer Collegiate Institute, students and faculty listened raptly as two members of the Central Park Five shared their stories of being arrested, convicted, and jailed for the infamous 1989 Central Park jogger assault—a crime they didn’t commit. Raymond Santana and Yusef Salaam spoke to members of the Packer community for two […]
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A week from tomorrow, on Thursday, February 14, Valentine’s Day, the Transit Museum will hold its annual Missed Connections…
February 6, 2013