Celebrating Community
At the TWU Local 100 headquarters in Downtown Brooklyn, State Senator Velmanette Montgomery announced her impending retirement from politics on January 11 after a 35-year career in Albany, where she represented neighborhoods such as Red Hook, Gowanus, and Boerum Hill. A former daycare director, Montgomery entered a mostly white, mostly male legislative body – which would remain under continuous Republican […]
A new intermediate school is on the horizon for Red Hook. The Harbor High School on Governors Island is a pipeline into SUNY Maritime and linked to maritime careers. They have long desired a middle school to bring students to them. A proposed site near the Monarch Building is across from Coffey Park, and would be the only middle school […]
Ashley was 9 years old on a bus to visit her father in an upstate correctional facility. She was making the 9 hour ride all by herself. When she finally arrived – eager to see her daddy – the facility informed her that the visitation schedule had changed. Ashley was sent back to the bus station, unable to spend precious […]