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Squadron Hosts Community Meeting at LICH Sunday

By on November 16, 2010 in Government, Politics

State Senator Daniel Squadron will be host for a community meeting to which all residents of Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens, Boerum Hill, and the Columbia Waterfront are invited this Sunday, November 21, from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m., at the Avram Conference Center, rooms F & G, Long Island College Hospital, 339 Hicks Street. According to Senator Squadron:

In April, more than 350 community members joined me for the Second Annual 25th Senate District Community Convention, where I received valuable input on issues as diverse as school overcrowding, nightlife concerns and pedestrian safety. In this community discussion, I will update folks about progress we have made on topics raised at the convention, as well as take new questions and comments about issues in Albany and in the neighborhood.

Addendum: If you plan to attend, please RSVP to Jordan Levine at 212-298-5565 or jlevine@nysenate.gov.

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Community Roundtable Meeting with State Assemblywoman Joan L. Millman

By on May 20, 2010 in Blog Posts, News, Politics

The Cobble Hill Association would like you to join them for a Community Roundtable Meeting with State Assemblywoman Joan L. Millman tonight, May 20th at 7:30 pm  @ Christ Church 326 Clinton Street (at the corner of Clinton and Kane Streets)

Hosted by the Cobble Hill Association, the community roundtable series is to provide an opportunity for you to meet directly with your elected officials. Millman comes from a distinguished career as an educator and has been our local Assemblywoman since 1997, authoring legislation to reform the Rockefeller Drug Laws, the Women’s Health and Wellness Bill and the Safe Weapon Storage Act. She’s also a continued advocate for Brooklyn Bridge Park, cleaning up the Gowanus Canal, and the fight to re-open Engine Company 204.

Assemblywoman Millman is Chair of the Assembly Committee on Election Law. She is a member of the Assembly Standing Committees on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions; Education; Labor; Transportation; and the Assembly Majority Steering Committee.

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Community Roundtable with Senator Squadron

By on November 20, 2009 in Boerum Hill, Carroll Gardens, Events, Government, Politics

squadron-hs-040The Cobble Hill Association will kick off its Community Roundtable series on Monday, November 23, with Senator Daniel Squadron. The roundtable will be an informal meeting where you can feel free to discuss any issues or concerns with Senator Squadron. The event will take place at 7:30 pm on Monday at Christ Church (corner of Clinton and Kane Streets), and is free and open to the public.

UPDATE: The roundtable has been postponed until further notice. Please visit the CHA website for updates.

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Markowitz endorses Bloomberg for Mayor

By on October 1, 2009 in News, Politics
Photo by Diana Rosenthal/CHB.

Photo by Diana Rosenthal/CHB.

After favorable words for New York City Comptroller (and fellow Democrat) Bill Thompson outside of Borough Hall this morning, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz endorsed Thompson’s rival Michael Bloomberg for Mayor. “It would take extraordinary circumstances for me to go in another direction,” Markowitz said, “so I must be true to what I believe in my heart and say what I think would be best for Brooklynites and for all New Yorkers.” Stating that he couldn’t ignore Bloomberg’s record of “competence and accomplishments,” Markowitz went on to say that he doesn’t believe in term limits, and “when you have a great thing you stick with it.” While Markowitz recognized that he and Bloomberg do not agree on everything, both believe that “Brooklyn is where New York City begins.”

“Marty knows that this election isn’t about partisanship, it’s about leadership,” Bloomberg said in response to Marty’s crossing political party lines to make this endorsement. He went on to discuss the projects that he and Markowitz have worked on together – creating jobs, building affordable housing, revitalizing the waterfronts from Red Hook to Coney Island, promoting Brooklyn’s art and culture, bringing down crime – not as Democrats or Republicans, but as New Yorkers. “We did it as two people who love Brooklyn with all its diversity and history and energy, and we believe that Brooklyn’s best days are yet to come.”

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Council Candidate Skaller has 3 Friends… on MySpace

By on August 12, 2009 in Politics, Uncategorized


Ok, so no one really uses MySpace anymore so the fact that D39 City Council candidate Josh Skaller has three friends (including everyone’s friend Tom) on the social networking site is really not that horrible.

But then again what would you expect from a guy who has his wife fight his man-battles via email ?

Brother, take a hint from the real Dick… Nixon on how to address stupid, made up family issues hurled at you from other dopey politicians during a campaign:

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Race for the 39th Gets Ugly

By on August 12, 2009 in Government, Politics

When politics gets ugly, it sure makes the decision process much easier.  The Brooklyn Paper reports today of a tussel between District 39 Democratic City Council candidates Josh Skaller and Brad Lander.

Not for nothin’ but with such a large field aren’t Skaller and Lander making it easier for voters just to move onto the other candidates?

Brooklyn Paper:  Skaller opened the hostilities, denouncing Lander for his ties to the Working Families Party and its offshoot, a for-profit company called Data and Field Services. In a small part of an emerging, citywide scandal, first reported by City Hall, a political newspaper, Lander, like other WFP-endorsed candidates, allegedly received significantly more field assistance from the party via its sister organization than what he and the other pols disclosed in their filings with the Campaign Finance Board…
Tuesday’s war of words between Skaller and Lander comes shortly after another controversy pitted the two adversaries squarely against one another — without the involvement of the three other men in the Democratic primary race: John Heyer, Bob Zuckerman and Gary Reilly.

In that dust-up, Skaller’s wife, pregnant at the time, accused Lander and his supporters of running a negative campaign that criticized her husband for sending their special needs son to private school, instead opting for a public school education.

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