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The coronavirus hasn’t delayed New York’s June 23 Democratic primary. In fact, it has added to the ballot a presidential contest – rescheduled from April 28, then cancelled (which prompted a lawsuit from candidate Andrew Yang), then restored, then challenged again in court, then affirmed – where 10 candidates who’ve suspended their campaigns will compete for delegates to August’s Democratic […]
Regal Management, a corporate landlord in Brooklyn, has a portfolio of more than 20 buildings located primarily in Bushwick and Bedford-Stuyvesant. Its tenants have the same complaints as most renters in Brooklyn: namely, high rents and subpar maintenance. In March, after COVID-19 hit New York City, Regal sent a form letter to residents. “We are aware that you might be […]
COVID-19 has had to delay or cancel all kinds of events, but Red Hook Fest will happen again this summer one with one major change. Red Hook Fest, presented by Hook Arts Media, is Red Hook’s largest festival and will take place for the 27th consecutive year. The change this year is that it will be live-streamed for people to […]
While PS 676 students are undergoing virtual learning from home, some kids are getting the chance to participate in the 30-day Arts Alive! Challenge. Red Hook’s PS 676 received a generous donation of art supplies from the Cayuga Arts Collective in Trumansburg, NY, and 22 students who enjoy art will get to take part in a challenge sponsored by the […]
The two new options on the table are Boylan, a 36-year-old Columbia Business School graduate whom Andrew Cuomo appointed Deputy Secretary for Economic Development and Special Adviser to the Governor in 2018, and Herzog, a 25-year-old who joined Andrew Yang’s 2020 presidential campaign after serving as co-president of Harvard Law School’s student government. Herzog hopes to advocate for Yang’s platform […]
Since March, 60.6 percent of U.S. households have responded to the 2020 Census, which will determine each state’s share of congressional representation and (to a large extent) federal funding for the next 10 years. With a 55.6 percent self-response rate, New York State trails New Jersey (62.6 percent) and Connecticut (64 percent). The self-response rate refers to the percentage of […]
New mandatory disclosure reports filed in May at the New York State Board of Elections gave local voters a glimpse into the campaigns of several candidates who hope to represent Red Hook in Albany in 2021. The documents reveal political donations and expenditures made between January 12 and May 18. Schoolteacher Jabari Brisport, who trailed former State Senate staffer Jason […]
After 36 years with Senator Velmanette Montgomery, Red Hook will have a new voice in the New York State Legislature’s upper chamber in 2021. With little doubt that the Democratic primary on June 23 will also determine the victor in November’s general election, the open seat in Senate District 25 – rarely challenged by a significant opponent under Montgomery, who […]
During the first half of my twenties, I cared about art, not politics. I skimmed the news about wars and oil spills and participated in elections as a matter of civic duty, but deep down I intuited that nothing good or exciting would ever happen in Washington – or probably anywhere in the real world, which I found alienating and […]