Menchaca loses leadership spot Our cover story and editorial last issue was about the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal, and how Carlos Menchaca stood in the way of the Economic Development Corporation’s “fully cooked” (as he described it) scheme for it. Menchaca used the power of his office to slow the process down in order for the Sunset Park community to […]
Day: February 10, 2015
Opinion: Politics off to the races already, by Mark Shames
This was to be a very quiet new political season, but the new political year is off to the races with a bang. Revelations about the activities of Assembly Speaker Silver first uncovered by the Moreland Commission and pursued by the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York led to a criminal indictment and his subsequent withdrawal from […]
Readers respond to Estate Four plans
Last month Estate Four released new artist renderings of their plans for the Red Hook waterfront. The NY Times published them alongside an article headlined “Stylish Plans for Sleepy, Industrial Red Hook.” This of course made major news in our little part of town, and so we asked readers to comment. What follows are responses submitted via email and Facebook. […]