Bicyclists Can’t Safely Leave Bay Ridge
Here’s how you can help us overcome the political inertia.
Vincent Gentile
Let’s Bring Participatory Budgeting to Bay Ridge!
Why giving people power over purse-strings makes sense for our community.
The End of the Hookah Bar?
Legislation moving through the city council addresses what our councilmember calls the “elephant in the room.”
Mayor to Bay Ridge: I’ll Take Care of the Prince Hotel
De Blasio answered questions for two hours at a town hall at Fort Hamilton High School.
You Want to Defund the Arab American Association? Really?
Recently there has been a lot of New York Post-type noise about a certain sum of city money that gets allocated to my organization, the Arab American Association of New York. Granted, when this noise began, I dismissed it as drama that only the Post would care about. But since this story has now officially […]
The Fort Hamilton Streets Named For American Traitors
A look at the history of Robert Lee and Stonewall Jackson in their years stationed at Fort Hamilton, whose reputations were oddly unsullied as they fought against their country and on the side of slavery. The post-Charleston backlash against Conferderate idolatry will bring Al Sharpton to Fort Hamilton on Saturday.
Teacher Injured While Saving Schoolchildren from Falling Window
A seventh-grade science teacher in Dyker Heights was honored for his quick thinking that led his classroom full of children to safety just moments before a large window which had been improperly installed fell into the classroom.
Vincent Gentile on Why He Lost
Now that the special election is past and Dan Donovan is our congressmember, what went wrong?
Election Results: Turnout Barely Over 10% As Donovan Goes To Congress
Dan Donovan will be heading to Congress with the support of around 6% of his district.
How is a No-Show at Local Debates the Front-Runner in the Special Election?
Why Staten Island Republicans don’t have to defend their views in public.