As always, thank you for reading my blog, and have a great Memorial Day Weekend.
5/26/10
On Vacation
As always, thank you for reading my blog, and have a great Memorial Day Weekend.
DEP Finally Putting a Lid on It
DOE has warned CB 10, however, that there could still be [I love this] “episodes of intense odor” until all of the new covers are installed and the system is fully operational.
Last year, the city finally announced it would begin installing the covers to replace temporary wooden domes that failed to contain the smell of the lightly-treated sewage splashing around inside the tanks.
At least one local resident, a veteran of many "episodes of intense odor", was skeptical about the good news. I guess he'll believe it when he doesn't smell it.
CB 10 Chair Joanne Seminara said it was "kind of amazing" that the tanks hadn't been covered in the first place, since that was what the board had been "clamoring about for years.”
Could it have been that no one was listening?
The article from the Brooklyn Paper.
Vito Sitting This One Out
Fossella told Republicans that his personal and family life -- or would that be lives -- comes first.
The McMahon campaign said it wished Fossella well and promised that McMahon would continue to focus on job creation, economic recovery and improved mass transit.
The predominantly Democratic 13th Congressional District, covering Staten Island and Southwest Brooklyn from Bay Ridge to Gravesend, had been in Republican hands since the early 1980s, first with Guy Molinari, then daughter Susan, then Fossella, until McMahon took the seat from a disgraced Fossella, reeling from a DUI arrest and the discovery of his second family, in 2008.
Brooklyn Conservative Party Chair Jerry Kassar called “Fossella "a Page Six candidate".
Michael Allegretti is seen by 60th AD District Leader Robert Howe of the Bay Ridge Republican Club as the only candidate in the race who can beat McMahon in the 13th CD.
Running against Allegretti is ex-Marine and former FBI special agent Rick Grimm, endorsed by Rudy Giuliani and Guy Molinari, Fossella's former political rabbi.
Bay Ridge Republican op Bob Capano is running Grimm's Brooklyn campaign.
The article from the Brooklyn Daily Eagle.
5/25/10
Shack: Unionize Judges
The state's 1,300 judges currently make $136,700 a year and haven't gotten a raise in 11 years. They want to be paid the same as federal judges: $174,000 a year.
Suing Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, Gov. Paterson and others hasn't worked.
Shack's faction is in talks with the United Federation of Teachers about putting judges under either the UFT local or its Albany County-based parent, New York State United Teachers.
The object? Political clout, Schack told The Post.
Schack, a former teacher and UFT member, and fellow judge Wayne Saitta have been organizing their colleagues in recent weeks.
State justices teaming up with a labor union is unprecedented, and may have ethical implications: the UFT is often before the New York Supreme Court bench. About two months ago, a Manhattan judge ruled in the UFT's favor to stop Mayor Bloomberg from closing 19 public schools.
The decision to seek union help at the bargaining table is seen as a sign of mounting desperation and a foray into politics -- or at least a different brand of politics.
The article from the Post.
Shish, What a Grouch!
Habib Joudeh, a member of the board of directors of the Arab-American Association who now sits on CB 10, said his members have complained about second-hand smoke from the Ramala Coffee Shop.
Joudah would apparently like to see an end to the hookah bars, and, in response to the complaints, CB 10 has voted unanimously to do something about them.
Shisha is a fragrant blend of fruit, molasses, honey -- and maybe tobacco. Flavored tobacco products are banned by the city — except in pipes and hookahs.
The city's Smoke-Free Air Act does cover hookah bars -- if there’s tobacco in the mix -- but because tobacco testing is expensive, the Dept. of Health rarely uses it. If the department were to test and find violations, it could suspend or revoke the bar's permit.
I guess this all explains why the curtains at the hookah bar on my block were drawn this evening.
The article from the Brooklyn Paper.
Demonstration at Houston Street BP
Yup, that's right, at 6 PM on the Friday before Memorial Day, as New Yorkers scramble to get out of the city for the holiday weekend, a retail intervention will be in full swing at the BP station on busy Houston Street.
All are invited.
Dress up as your favorite sea creature and bring your righteous anger and your friends.
If you're bringing a sign, consider the slogan "British Polluter".
To minimize interactions with the NYPD, please stay on the public sidewalk edging the gas station.
The purpose of the demonstration is "to end the rape and plunder of our planet" [Amen].
The organizers, by holding BP accountable, seek to end offshore drilling, to build a 21st century energy system based on renewable sources, to stop letting oil companies skirt environmental laws, to lift liability caps, and to stop the flow of federal bailout dollars to polluters.
If you're on Facebook, you can sign up there.
Some background facts about the BP oil spill:
- 180 dead sea turtles have washed ashore in Louisiana, representing a small fraction of the animal populations being wiped out by the BP oil slick;
- The fishing industry in the Gulf has been decimated, and with the arrival of the hurricane season, there is a significant risk that the coast will be further damaged by major storms;
- There has been no comprehensive assessment, in the month that has passed since the BP Deepwater Horizon blew out, of the damage or the scope of the cleanup;
- BP, in an effort to minimize the scale of the disaster, has withheld information, blocked government action, and prevented access by scientists;
- BP made $5.5 billion in profits in the first 3 months of this year alone.
5/24/10
Romeo and Juliet Packs the House at Genesis
"Thank you for all the help you’ve given us for Romeo and Juliet – our inaugural production in Brooklyn – and the culmination of our 10th year in operation.
We closed to packed houses and an abundance of accolades.
Placing us in your listing section, writing an article or review, printing a picture in your issue, or displaying one on your website, might be business as usual, but to us it was a great and wonderful gift. It gave us visibility and legitimacy.
It was a beacon to our audience, which now looks forward to classical theatre right in its own backyard. It became an energizing force to a cast hoping to make an impact in a new location. And it was a source of great pride to receive such acknowledgement.
Thanks to your support, we are now preparing for our 11th season, which will include Hamlet on the classical stage, Alice in Wonderland for the children’s workshop, The American Songbook for the musical theatre division -- and our Romeo and Juliet may become an independent feature film.
We could not have done it without you."
Public a No-Show at Charter Review Hearings
The Commission has held 8 public hearings since March, but only 1,000 people -- .012% of the City’s population -- have shown up. Such a lack of public engagement could result in major changes to the charter -- without our input.
The Public Advocate’s office is urging all New Yorkers to participate in the charter review process.
The Charter Commission’s next public hearing is tomorrow at 6 p.m. at Brooklyn Borough Hall. The subject will be term limits. Please try to be there.
If you can’t make it, the hearing will be webcast live at: http://www.nyc.gov/charter.
The Future of Central Brooklyn
The discussion focused on the impact of the Atlantic Yards project on Brooklyn's Atlantic Avenue Corridor, with a restored Our Lady of Loreto Church just three miles east, re-purposed as a Central Brooklyn arts and cultural center surrounded by affordable housing.
Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, who delivered the keynote address, complimented the Committee to Save Our Lady of Loreto Church on its role in preserving the historic building.
Also present at the seminar were representatives of the Pitkin Avenue BID and the Brooklyn Economic Development Corporation.
For more information about the Committee and the ongoing discussions between the Committee and the Diocese of Brooklyn to finalize a plan for the church, call Charles Piazza at 917-513-2777.
5/23/10
Linkage
Senator Street rowhouse listed for over $1 million [Brownstoner].
The Cyclones' Bay Ridge Night at Keyspan [Bay Ridge.com.]
Bay Ridge Prep alum is honored by NYU [Bay Ridge Prep website.]
Nearly a thousand people from South Brooklyn attend Marty Golden's town hall meeting at Xaverian High School to complain about the MTA service cuts [Brooklyn Daily Eagle.]
The history of Owl's Head (Bliss) Park [Brooklyn Daily Eagle.]
Coney Island sandcastle [BK Southie.]
Brooklyn's Monk Parrots frolic in the spring weather [Beehive Hairdresser.]
The MTA service cuts will hurt small business owners in Brooklyn [Daily News.]
In a first for the New York market, three Brooklyn houses, including Bay Ridge's Gingerbread House, are listed at over $10 million [New York Observer.]
NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly hitch-hikes to Bermuda in Mr. PlaNYC's private jet.
Development to the Rescue
The mayor's 4-year infrastructure capital plan, particularly his economic development projects and waterfront parks, are getting just as much, or more, funding now than before the recession.
The capital plan allocates more than $160 million in new funding for 2 planned parks: the Williamsburg-Greenpoint waterfront gets $110 million, and Brooklyn Bridge Park gets $55 million.
This year isn't the first time Bloomberg has shrunk the city budget while level-funding his development projects: he cut last year's capital budget by about 15% while pushing his big, costly development projects forward. Cuts to economic development funds were smaller than cuts to the budget overall, and the mayor's top 2 projects, the $130 million Coney Island and the $380 million Willets Point, weren't cut at all.
Much of the capital funding for Coney Island and Willets Point has been spent buying up private property in the hands of developers like Thor's Joe Sitt in Coney Island, which it's hard to see trickling down to the average New Yorker.
Big capital expenditures have been a hallmark of the Bloomberg administration, which has spent $30 billion on infrastructure upgrades over the past 4 years, including a new water treatment plant and $9 billion in new school construction.
But this year's capital budget, at a high of $10 billion, comes as the city's finances are as bad as they've been in years, and capital spending is generally borrowed money, so the mayor's pet development projects are pushing the city deeper into debt -- meaning higher debt service for years to come.
The not-for-profit Citizens Budget Commission has criticized Bloomberg's emphasis on major economic development projects, in light of the fact that, citywide, spending on maintenance and repairs has gone down.
The CBC also points out that we don't know if the mayor's economic development projects are worth all the capital dollars they're getting, because we can't get access to information that would tell us whether or not the mayor's economic projections are sound.
The Bloomberg administration argues that now is not the time to back off on big development projects, which its says will foster economic and physical growth.
The MTA agrees with the mayor, and, even as it cuts subway and bus service, is pushing ahead with the Second Avenue Subway and other expansion projects.
The article from the Observer.
5/22/10
Cuomo Announces Run for Governor
To emphasize his point, Cuomo stood with his iconic father Mario Cuomo to make the announcement on the steps of Manhattan's Tweed Courthouse, named for Tammany Hall's Boss Tweed.
"It's time the people of the Empire State strike back," said Cuomo, who promised to cap the state's high property taxes, consolidate local governments, and support job growth.
Cuomo the younger cast himself as a populist crusader who would lead a "citizen's coalition" to restore integrity to state government, saying "New York wasn't always like this."
But Andrew Cuomo, a member of a storied political family with deep ties to Albany, is hardly a political outsider.
While voters are deeply dissatisfied both with outgoing Democratic Gov. David Paterson and the state Legislature, Cuomo is highly regarded as attorney general for prosecuting public corruption, exposing the excesses of the student loan industry, and taking on Wall Street.
Polls show Cuomo crushing GOP opponents Rick Lazio, Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy and Buffalo businessman Carl Paladino.
Now that David Paterson has decided, after the flap over his intervening in a domestic violence incident involving a close aide, to step aside, Cuomo faces no primary opposition.
The White House sees Cuomo as a much stronger candidate than Paterson, in a year when every state office and both U.S. Senate seats are up for grabs -- and several Democratic House seats could be at risk.
The article from Yahoo News.
Met Green Opens Memorial Day Weekend
Offerings will include handmade home goods, organic bath and body products, innovative jewelry and accessories, and more.
Met Green, on Metropolitan Avenue, just a few blocks from the L train, offers short-term "retail residencies" featuring 13' ceilings, tall display windows, natural light, a lovely rear deck and garden, and street parking.
Vendors can expect lots of foot traffic and a welcoming vibe.
Shops will change weekly, offering a range of products curated by Deb, of Brooklyn Craft Central.
For more information and a vendor list, visit the website: MetropolitanGreen.com
Vendors please direct your inquiries to Deb at hello@metropolitangreen.com
Follow Met Green on twitter or join on facebook
The Emperor's New...Monsters!
will run from June 5 through June 13 at the Brooklyn Lyceum, 227 4th Avenue in Park Slope.
Monster Literature, a hilarious action-packed live theater series celebrating the classics of children's literature, was written and conceived by Daniel John Kelley, and is produced by the Mainspring Collective.
The series follows the continuing adventures of 12-year-old Benjy Bleeglehorn and her dashing sidekick Bravo Kirkwood as they battle the evil wizard Zorlan Morlan, whose monster armies are invading the great works of children's literature.
In The Emperor's New...Monsters, Zorlan Morlan has stolen Hans Christian Anderson;s fairy tale “The Emperor's New Clothes”, and Benjy and Bravo have to get it back. But Zorlan has trapped Bravo by appealing to his only weakness: his desire to be awesome. Bravo has now become the Emperor, and his new monster "friends" have promised him a new coat that only other awesome people like himself can see. Benjy has to convince Bravo that there is no coat, that the monsters aren't his friends, and that's okay to be who you are, no matter what anyone says.
This high-energy performance will run about 30 minutes, and will incorporate original music, dance, masks and puppets to provide an entertaining, educational experience for children ages 5 and up.
Showtimes:
Sat. June 5th – 12:30 PM and 2 PM
Sun June 6th - 12:30 PM and 2 PM
Sat June 12th - 12:30 PM and 2 PM
Sun June 13th - 12:30 PM and 2 PM
Tickets are available online at www.brooklynlyceum.com or at the door.
Phone: 718.857.4816.
Official website.
See more details and RSVP on PSKids.
5/21/10
Art Room Grand Opening
The school's website is now live at: www.theartroomnyc.com.
Visit the site for more information about the school's philosophy, class schedules, tuition, private lessons, birthday parties, and more.
You can also follow the Art Room on Twitter and Facebook.
Feel free to call Leigh and Justin at 212-729-0642 with any questions.
Bay Rizz at Zero Film Festival
The Zero Film Festival is the first festival exclusively for self-financed filmmakers and the authentically independent films they create.
ZFF is a New York/Los Angeles-based independent not-for-profit organization committed to supporting under-represented filmmakers and screening the world's best self-financed films.
BTW, local kids will soon be able to play laser tag in Bay Ridge, thanks to "Mayor" Bay Rizz, who notes that, with some recreational activities having been cut, kids have been at a loss for fun.
On June 19th, Rizz is preparing to launch the ultimate Laser Tag battle. Watch the video on Youtube.
Check out Rizz's new website at bayrizz.com.
Bay Rizz the Man for You gets rave reviews from the Brooklyn Daily Eagle.
5/20/10
Lopez Tightens His Grip
The committee jammers include former Assemblymember Frank Seddio (D-Bergen Beach); State Sen. Martin Dilan (D-Bushwick); Ingrid Martin, chief of staff to state Sen. Eric Adams (D–Fort Greene); Henry Bolis, a longtime party loyalist and current president of Canarsie's Thomas Jefferson Democratic Club; and Lopez frenemy Assemblymember Joe Lentol (D-Williamsburg).
Lopez's committee-packing move has been approved by the U.S. Department of Justice, which has reviewed all voting changes in Kings County since 1968 -- due to the county’s history of electorial discrimination.
The approval doesn't rule out litigation, however.
Democratic district leaders are unpaid officials who recruit people to collect signatures for candidate petitions, put up candidates for judgeships, and hire poll workers on Election Day.
Why would anyone fight over these jobs? Because the district leaders elect the county chair — and in Kings County, Lopez intends to be the chair -- forever.
In Bay Ridge, Kevin Peter Carroll's fight to oust longtime leader Ralph Perfetto as a Lopez hack is only one of many battles being played out in Brooklyn this year as the Democratic Party sorts itself into the pro- and anti-Vito columns.
At the heart of what is been called the "battle for the soul of Brooklyn's Democratic Party" is a downtown liberal club called the New Kings Democrats.
Read more on the NKD from the Daily News.
The article from the Brooklyn Paper.
Bushwick Gets an Art School
The 2-year-old school is expanding into Brooklyn to accommodate more faculty and diverse class offerings, providing Brooklyn students with the same offerings as the school's other location in Oyster Bay, Long Island.
The new facility will provide workstations for 12 students, a studio for an artist-in-residence, and a private studio.
There will be a grand opening party/open house during Bushwick Open Studios on Friday, June 4, from 7-10 PM.
Instructor/Artist Chris Pugliese will give a free portrait demonstration.
Blueprint for Accountability at Skirball Center
The event is directed by Academy Award winner Fisher Stevens (The Cove).
"Blueprint", a multi-media tutorial of recent American history, aims to engage the public in constructing a more just and democratic future by assembling some of the most important and influential voices of our time to look at the unprecedented events, policies and circumventions of the Bush administration.
"Blueprint" urges policy makers, elected officials and world citizens to craft a decisive moral response capable of restoring America's dignity and standing as a member of the international community.
Panelists:
VALERIE PLAME WILSON (Former CIA Agent)
LT GENERAL RICARDO SANCHEZ (Former Iraq Commander)
ROBERT F. KENNEDY, JR. (Author & Environmental Activist)
RON SUSKIND (Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist)
JEREMY SCAHILL (Best-selling Author and Investigative Journalist)
ROSE STYRON (Poet and Human Rights Activist)
VINCE WARREN (Executive Director, Center for Constitutional Rights)
DR. ALLEN KELLER (Director, Bellevue/NYU Program for Survivors of Torture)
and participation from
JAMES SPADER (Emmy Award Winner, Boston Legal)
LIEV SCHREIBER (Tony Award Winner, Glengarry Glen Ross)
JULIANNA MARGULIES (Golden Globe Winner, The Good Wife)
MARISKA HARGITAY (Golden Globe Winner, Law and Order: SVU)
MATT DILLON (Oscar Nominee, Crash)
SISTER DIANNA ORTIZ (Activist)
Tickets at NYU Ticket Central:
NYU Skirball Center
566 LaGuardia Place (at Washington Sq. South)
New York, NY 10012
Open Tuesday-Saturday 12 Noon to 6:00 PM and two hours before show time
On the web: www.skirballcenter.nyu.edu or call 212.352.3101 or 866.811.4111.
Watch a clip from last year's "Blueprint For Accountability" launch at The Times Center.
Open House at Christ Church After School
You can also visit the After School on Fridays from 3:30 - 6:00 PM, or by appointment.
Each week will be theme-based, and will include 3 trips, allowing campers to take advantage of New York’s cultural diversity. Art, environmental projects, cooking, lacrosse, capoeira, and a beautiful playground are available onsite.
Scheduling is flexible, including: full day - 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM; extended day - 8:00 AM – 6:30 PM; pre-school 8:00 AM – Noon, Monday through Wednesday; and early drop-off at 7:30 AM.
New this summer is the after school's Theater Arts Program, where children can learn about and participate in all aspects of theater, including musical composition, instrumental performance, voice, dance, sets, and costume design. The program is taught by theatrical professionals, and will culminate in a production of Alice in Wonderland.
Students can do Theater Arts separately or elect it as part of the regular Summer Program.
For further information, call the After School at 718-745-3698 or visit the website: ccafterschool@yahoo.com
The Comeback Kid
Fossella would run against Democratic incumbent Michael McMahon this November.
Fossella was nominated by Chairman John Friscia.
Fossella had been rumored to be considering either a comeback or ways to facilitate a run in the 13th District in the next election.
According to the Staten Island Advance, the executive committee voted 23 to 4 after GOP hopefuls Michael Allegretti and Michael Grimm had left the meeting last night.
The county committee will vote next week on ratification.
Rep. Guy Molinari, a Grimm advisor, said Fossella was on board with the nomination. Molinari promised a "nasty campaign", saying that " "people are fed up with this kind of crap."
Allegretti's campaign manager said his candidate is still in the game.
Michael McMahon did his best to distance himself from the Republicans' "antics".
More from the Daily News.
More from Atlas Shrugs in Brooklyn
More from the Brooklyn Daily Eagle.
Upcoming Piranha Brothers Gigs
Celebrate the birthdays of Tommy Antoniello, Robert and Gary Magnusen and Pete Tracy with finger food and cake. Alums from PS170, Bishop Ford and elsewhere are expected.
There will be a no-holds-barred dance floor cage match and the highly-coveted "Tambourine Player of the Year" award.
Other upcoming gigs:
Fleet Week Celebration
The Staten Island Home Port
with The Groove
For more information visit the schedule of events:
http://web.me.com/sifleetweek/StatenIslandFleetWeek/Schedule_of_Events.html
Sunday June, 6th
The Fifth Avenue Festival
On the Frankie Marra Stage in front of
Senator Marty Golden's office
74th Street and 5th Avenue
Lineup:
Noon - The Groove
1:40 PM - The High Tides
2:50 PM - The Piranha Brothers
4 PM - Frankie Marra and His Band
Face Book - Piranha Brothers Brooklyn
iTunes at Piranha Bros.
5/18/10
5/17/10
Memorial Day Parade 2010
Kings County District Attorney Charles Hynes will serve as Grand Marshall.
Step-off will be at 11 AM on 3rd Avenue and 87th Street. From there, the parade will travel along Marine Avenue up to 4th Avenue and over to John Paul Jones Park.
There will be a ceremony in the park immediately following the parade.
More from the Brooklyn Daily Eagle.
Feds Approve New Drilling After Gulf Oil Spill
Since the BP oil-rig blowout on April 20, the U.S. Department of Interior's Minerals Management Service has approved at least 27 new offshore drilling plans, 26 of them under the same environmental-review exemption used to approve the BP Deepwater Horizon project. In fact, 2 of the exempted approvals went to BP, based on the same false assertions they made about oil-rig safety and the improbability of environmental damage in the Deepwater Horizon application.
The MMS has not only exempted BP's offshore drilling plan from environmental review, it exempts hundreds of dangerous offshore oil-drilling projects in the Gulf of Mexico every year, using a loophole in the National Environmental Policy Act intended to apply to non-damaging activities like building an outhouse or creating a hiking trail.
Last Thursday, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced that he had banned approval of new offshore oil-drilling permits, but the next day, the Department of the Interior acknowledged that it has not stopped environmental exemptions or halted new drilling plans.
Salazar is letting those flawed drilling approvals proceed, only stopping the issuance of a last technical check-off that doesn't involve any environmental review.
More from the Washington Post.
More from ABC News.
More from the Center for Biological Diversity Executive Director Kierán Suckling on Democracy Now!
More from Defenders of Wildlife.
New York City's Newtown Creek may contain as much as 30 million gallons of spilled oil.
More on Newtown Creek from Room 8.
Rev. Billy At Chase Annual Meeting
MAP OF LOCATION
If you'd like to join the group in protesting mountaintop removal mining at its financial source, contact Danny Valdes – (786) 247-9584.
If you can't be there, you can watch on hidden-camera video.
More on Rev. Billy's disinvestment campaign against Chase.
Park Slope Pigeon Darted
The dart likely came from a blowgun.
Darting a pigeon is an act of great cruelty, because the darted pigeon dies a slow and painful death.
It is violation of New York State Animal Cruelty Law and the Environmental Conservation Law to dart a pigeon. Each offense is punishable by a prison term of up to 1 year and/or a $1,000 fine.
If you see a darted pigeon, report it to the New York City Police Department or to ASPCA Humane Law Enforcement department at (212) 876-7700, ext. 4450.
To get help for a darted pigeon, contact:
Wild Bird Fund: (646) 306-2862 www.wildbirdfund.com
Wildlife in Tribeca: (212) 766-7340 www.wildlifeintribeca.org
If you need help catching a darted pigeon, contact:
New York City Pigeon Rescue Central: (212)873-6030 http://nycprc.org/
Linkage
Carroll and Perfetto in district leader debate [New York Post.] Listen to the podcast here
[Brooklyn Paper.]
Recchia praises McMahon at a fundraiser in Dyker Heights.
Brooklyn Book Festival [OTBKB.]
CUNY study: Lavender Lake could support 3,000 "affordable" housing units [New York Post.]
Lost City finds out you can't take photos at Bloomberg LLC.
Luxury condos for the homeless [City Limits.]
Judge stops Paterson from furloughing state workers.
Share your Viagra with Ingrid[Gothamist.]
The 7 most-overused journalistic cliches [Gawker.]
5/16/10
Luna Park Revisited
The original Luna Park, known as the "Electric Eden", was a phantasmagoria of towers, domes, spires and minarets covered with thousands of electric lights. CIHP's exhibit details the history of Luna Park, from the day it opened in 1903 to the day it burned down 40 years later.
See rare archival photos, family snapshots, souvenir postcards and ephemera from Luna Park. A new CIHP photo exhibit charts the site's 140-year transformation from sand dunes to Sea Beach Railroad land grant, to Feltman's Restaurant, to Astroland, and finally to the resurrected Luna Park across the street from its namesake.
Ride manufacturer Zamperla, proprietor of the new Luna Park, continues the tradition of Coney Island as a laboratory and testing ground for new amusements: the amusement factories and workshops of William Mangels, Marcus Illions, the Pinto Brothers, L.A. Thompson, and numerous other foundries, blacksmiths, electricians, and machinists were located on West 8th Street.
Zamperla will not manufacture rides in Coney Island, but its presence means that Coney will have the best and newest attractions, and will be a showroom for new technology.
The CIHP exhibition center is under the Cyclone Roller Coaster, 824 Surf Avenue, just east of West 10th Street. The Center is open weekends from Memorial Day Weekend through Labor Day. Hours are 1 to 6 PM on Saturdays and Sundays.
Open on Memorial Day and Labor Day.
Admission is free.
Will Fossella Run?
With the kickoff for ballot petitions coming up -- in an unsettled national political climate -- Fossella is reportedly thinking about taking his seat back from freshman Democrat Michael McMahon.
According to Politico's sources, a candidate screening last week before the Staten Island Republican Executive Committee was postponed to give Fossella time to decide if he's going to run.
McMahon's Staten Island district is the only one in New York City the Republicans have a chance at, but McMahon is well-funded — he’s raised $1.5 million to date and Mayor Bloomberg is hosting a fundraiser for him next month.
Republicans have scored hits on McMahon for his ties to Charlie Rangel, and the health care debate has
taken its toll, given the fact that McMahon voted with the Republicans.
In the wake of the health care vote, Steve Harrison, who lost to McMahon in a 2008 primary, said he may consider running again.
If Fossella runs, it will complicate things for former FBI agent Michael Grimm, Rudy Giuliani's and Guy Molinari's pick, now facing off with fuel oil heir Michael Allegretti.
In Staten Island, the Republicans can't win marginal districts without the Conservative Party, which still hasn’t endorsed anyone, although state party Chairman Mike Long said he wants to follow Brooklyn in supporting Grimm.
Long said in 2008 that he didn't think Fossella should return to politics.
But Republicans still see Fossella as very competitive. He is well-known and popular in the district, where he is reportedly trying to patch things up with his wife, Mary Pat.
Nominating petitions start circulating next month, giving Fossella a narrow window to get himself on the ballot.
The article from Politico.
The linkback from New York Magazine.
In the wake of the health care vote, Steve Harrison, who lost to McMahon in a 2008 primary, said he may consider running again.
If Fossella runs, it will complicate things for former FBI agent Michael Grimm, Rudy Giuliani's and Guy Molinari's pick, now facing off with fuel oil heir Michael Allegretti.
In Staten Island, the Republicans can't win marginal districts without the Conservative Party, which still hasn’t endorsed anyone, although state party Chairman Mike Long said he wants to follow Brooklyn in supporting Grimm.
Long said in 2008 that he didn't think Fossella should return to politics.
But Republicans still see Fossella as very competitive. He is well-known and popular in the district, where he is reportedly trying to patch things up with his wife, Mary Pat.
Nominating petitions start circulating next month, giving Fossella a narrow window to get himself on the ballot.
The article from Politico.
The linkback from New York Magazine.
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