Marty Markowitz

Babs Is Coming To Brooklyn!

Posted 05.09.2012

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Attention, people who need people: Barbra Streisand is coming home! Babs will take the stage at Barclays Center at Atlantic Yards in October, marking ...

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WATCH: The World's Largest Rooftop Farm Is Coming To Brooklyn

Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: New York Impact, Brooklyn Grange, Video, Ny News, Urban Farming, Paul Lightfoot, Ny Impact, Rooftop Farms, New York News, Bright Farms, Marty Markowitz, Sunset Park, New York News

Brooklyn will soon to be home to the world's largest rooftop farm. Bright Farms, a company that builds greenhouses, has announced they will build ...

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Brooklyn Teens Bridge Income, Generational Divides Through Community Restoration

HuffingtonPost.com | Krisanne Alcantara | Posted 01.17.2012

Read More: Teen Activisim, Project Re-Generation, Barnabas Shakur, Project Re-Generation Bed Stuy, Bed-Stuy, Video, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn Bed-Stuy, Bedstuy, Teen Volunteering, Barnabas Shakur Project Re-Generation, Marty Markowitz, Impact News

One Bed-Stuy man is responsible for putting over 500 Brooklyn teens out on the streets, but not in the way you might be thinking. Barnabas Shakur, ...

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Brooklyn's First Gay Wedding Expo Coming This Weekend

Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: New York Weekend, Brooklyn, Borough Hall, Gay Marriage New York, NY Around Town, Gay Marriage, Marty Markowitz, New York News

This Sunday, Borough Hall is opening its doors for the city's first gay wedding expo, where gay couples looking to tie the knot can weave through over...

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Coney Island Casino?

Posted 01.10.2012

Read More: Aqueduct Raceway, Andrew Cuomo, Coney Island, Coney Island Casinos, Racino, Brooklyn, Ny News, Marty Markowitz, New York News

Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz is pushing the idea of opening casinos in Coney Island, a vision that aligns with Governor Cuomo's plans to...

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Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz's Office Denies Suggestion He Wants Tolls On The BQE

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 12.14.2011

Read More: Toll Roads, The BQE, Brooklyn Borough President, Bqe Tolls, Marty Markowitz, I-278, New York News

NEW YORK -- It's a Kings County icon. While not exactly as beloved as the Brooklyn Bridge or Prospect Park, the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway carries 160...

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Ray Kelly Comments On Racist NYPD Facebook Group

The Huffington Post | Christopher Mathias | Posted 12.07.2011

Read More: Paul Browne, Nypd, Ray Kelly, Bill De Blasio, West Indian Day Parade, Ny News, Nypd Scandals, New York News, Letitia James, Marty Markowitz, Scott Stringer, New York News

Police Commissioner Ray Kelly broke his silence Tuesday regarding 70 pages-worth of racially charged comments by NYPD officers from the Facebook group...

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Lessons From Brooklyn for the LADOT

Joel Epstein | Posted 10.25.2011

New York under Bloomberg and his DOT is remaking itself into a city known for its parks, open space and complete streets philosophy that recognizes the role the roads play for drivers, buses, pedestrians and bikers.

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Junketeering Brooklyn Boss Should Stick to Street Fairs

Dan Collins | Posted 09.25.2011

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Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz has been fined $20,000 for taking his wife with him on overseas junkets. He should stay home. Brooklyn needs him for store openings, weddings, sidewalk pavings and street fairs.

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Markowitz Fined $20K Letting Countries Give His Wife Things

Posted 09.25.2011

Read More: Jamie Snow, Conflicts of Interest Board, New York News, Ny News, Brooklyn Borough President, Marty Markowitz, New York News

Brooklyn borough president Marty Markowitz has been fined $20,000 by the New York City Conflicts of Interest Board, CBS News reports, for improperly e...

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WATCH: A Gay Couple Gets Married In Brooklyn

Carroll Gardens, NY Patch | Georgia Kral Email the Author | Posted 09.23.2011

Read More: Brooklyn-Borough-Hall, Gay Marriage New York, Ny News, Brooklyn Wedding, Marty Markowitz, Marriage Equality, New York News, New York News

Barbara Tremblay, 40, and Stacey Minondo, 50, have been together for nearly eight years, but Sunday was the first day their relationship was recognize...

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Is Wal-Mart Buying Its Way Into The City's Heart?

Posted 09.10.2011

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Wal-Mart stepped up their New York public relations blitz last week, donating $4-million to a city program that will help more than 1,000 Brooklyn tee...

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On the Culture Front: Celebrate Brooklyn Opening Night Gala and New Haven Weekend Getaway

Chris Kompanek | Posted 08.17.2011

Read More: Cocktails, Goose Island, Celebrate Brooklyn, Local Food, New Haven, Weekend Getaways, Miya's, Bun Lai, Organic, Andrew Bird, Marty Markowitz, New York Around Town, New Haven Restaurants, New York News

Celebrate Brooklyn kicked off their season of free outdoor shows last week with an opening gala featuring Andrew Bird. His set was dominated by the excellent songs of his last album, Armchair Apocrypha.

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WATCH: Trailer For Atlantic Yards Doc 'Battle For Brooklyn'

Posted 08.15.2011

Read More: Brooklyn Nets, Barclays Center, Battle for Brooklyn, New York Real Estate, Daniel Goldstein, NY Around Town, Beyonce, Atlantic Yards, Jay-Z, NY Real Estate, Marty Markowitz, New York News

Seven years of footage gathered from the beginning of Brooklyn's Atlantic Yards saga in 2003 follows Prospect Heights activist Daniel Goldstein, the l...

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WATCH: 15th Annual Brooklyn Pride Parade

Clinton Hill, NY Patch | Marina Stanley | Email the Author | 12:00pm | Posted 08.13.2011

Read More: Lgbt, Brooklyn-Pride, Park Slope, Ny News, Brooklyn Pride Month, New York Gay Pride, New York News, Gay Pride, Marty Markowitz, New York News

Brooklynites come out in droves to support LGBT community...

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Brooklyn Gay Pride Week Starts Today

Clinton Hill, NY Patch | Ross Barkan | Email the Author | 10:00am | Posted 08.06.2011

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Brooklyn's 15th annual LGBT celebration kicks off today with a weeklong series of events, including an art exhibition, fundraising dance and a multicu...

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Hundreds In Brooklyn Mourn Death Of 22-Year Old Council Aide

Carroll Gardens, NY Patch | Georgia Kral and Kristen v. Brown | Email the Authors | May 1, 2011 | Posted 07.02.2011

Read More: Christine Quinn, Brooklyn Heights, Mt. Sinai Synaogue, Hope Reichbach, New York News, Ny News, Marty Markowitz, New York News

From the hundreds of bodies that packed into Mount Sinai Synagogue in Brooklyn Heights, it was apparent Hope Reichbach -- who passed away on Thursday ...

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NYC Should Take a Second Chance on the Census

Afton Branche | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chuck Schumer, Census, 2010 Census, Undocumented Immigrants, Nyc, Mayor Bloomberg, Nyc Census, Immigrants, Marty Markowitz, New York News

New York's official 2010 Census results came in yesterday far below expectations, stumping politicians and city planners alike.

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A Meritless Lawsuit Against the Bike Lanes

Joel Epstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Prospect Park West, Anthony Weiner, Chicago, Brooklyn, Janette Sadik-Khan, Gibson Dunn Crutcher, NYC DOT, Los Angeles, Chuck Schumer, New York City, Iris Weinshall, Marty Markowitz, New York News

New Yorkers siding with the bike lane opponents would do well to step back and look at how shortsighted they are being.

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Brooklyn BP Markowitz's Atlantic Yards Falsehood (Video)

Norman Oder | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Immigration Reform, New Jersey Nets, Forest City Ratner, Barclays Center, Urban Planning, Eb-5, Bruce Ratner, Forest City Enterprises, Green Cards, Atlantic Yards, Immigration, New York News, Marty Markowitz, Brooklyn, New York News

Brooklyn's not close to "1000 percent behind Atlantic Yards." Did Markowitz really think no one would notice such a claim?

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Bloomberg and Schumer Face Off in the Great Brooklyn Bike War

Alan Singer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bicycling, Park Slope, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, Charles Schumer, Michael Bloomberg, Transportation, Marty Markowitz, New York News

I am an avid cyclist, both for recreation and transportation. But I do not support the new bike lane along Prospect Park West in Brooklyn. It does not make sense, and it is not safe.

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Did Marty Markowitz Commit Purjury?

Posted 05.25.2011

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Marty Markowitz either lied under oath, or is very forgetful, according to the New York Post. The Brooklyn Borough President and his aide gave cont...

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The Bike Lane Battle of the Bulge

Joel Epstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chuck Schumer, Tea Party, Mayor Bloomberg, Battle of the Bulge, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, Brooklyn, Janette Sadik-Khan, Leonard Bernstein, Tammany Hall, New York, Prospect Park West, Times Square, Marty Markowitz, Bike Lanes, Cbs2, Nycdot, New York News

Change, like this diet I am on, is hard. But if you want to make over the city for the better, you need to break up the pavement sometimes and envision the possibilities.

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There's No Such Thing As Free Legal Advice

Posted 05.25.2011

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Marty Markowitz usually makes headlines for his zany antics like riding a tricycle through a high school gym or composing a song about bike lanes. B...

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What Is Marty Markowitz' Beef With Bike Lanes? (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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This might not be what Freddie Mercury had in mind. Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz rolled into his State of the Borough speech on a tricy...

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