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April 10, 2022
Scouts Are Selling Easter Flowers Outside of OLA
Boy Scout Troop 23 at Our Lady of Angels at 7340 – 4th Avenue is selling Easter Flowers. They will be outside the church on Easter Sunday too from 9:00 – 1:00 pm (or until they sell out).
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April 10, 2022
Broken Car Windows on Fort Hamilton Parkway
This morning, around 10:00 am, a man took a long metal pipe and broke the windows on cars from 62nd Street to 66th Street.
Thankfully, a business owner has a video of this and it may help them catch the man. The man was described as being in his forties and was wearing blue jeans and light colored jacket.
We’re sorry all of our neighbors are starting their day like this. : (
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April 10, 2022
Andrew Gounardes Didn’t Talk About the Hate Crime in Bay Ridge – NYPD Stats Told Us
On March 26th, a hate crime happened in Bay Ridge. The person was assaulted at 2:00 pm!
No one spoke about it, but the NYPD Compstats show it – see them here. Choose Brooklyn South from the top left pulldown menu, then choose 68th Precinct from the second pulldown menu.
If hate is happening in our community, then elected officials should be talking about it. Andrew Gounardes likes to produce a lot of graphics and write in publications, but he does not do the real work on communicating and working in this community.
When the pandemic started in 2020, Gounardes labeled people not going to Asian Restaurants hate. That was not hate, that was fear. Asians love those restaurants, but they knew that the virus was killing their family members overseas. Why was Gounardes so disconnected? Andrew Gounardes labeled his group Team Dimsum and posted a photo of his group eating at Park Asian at 6521 8th Avenue.
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April 9, 2022
What Andrew Gounardes Failed to Tell Brooklyn About the NYS Budget He Voted For
Assemblywoman Mathylde Frontus voted against the stadium.
Andrew Gounardes failed to tell us about the NYS Budget he voted for. Andrew does not believe it is part of his job to tell us what was in the budget.
Here is what you need to know about the $220 billion budget that was nine days late and funds a stadium for the Buffalo Bills football team owned by Terry Pegula, who is worth $5.8 Billion. (See here)
1) Free daycare for some, but not undocumented workers. You can’t call it universal daycare when it isn’t for some mothers – see here.
*Andrew Gounardes was silent over this, even though he represents women who need this. They pay taxes so Gounardes should have fought this.*
2) A change to bail reform that allows judges to consider whether an alleged crime caused serious harm to anyone. This should stop repeat offenders. (Source) The police union said this repeal is just a skillful use of words and it will not provide real public safety.
** We asked Andrew Gounardes and Mathylde Frontus to change the bail laws last year and both refused.
3) For a long time, Governor Hochul talked about allowing businesses to sell liquor “to go,” but never did anything about it. Restaurants in our area benefitted from this during the pandemic. Lobbyists for liquor stores worked hard to push against this last Summer. (See here) This is only temporary for three years. (Source) *Andrew Gounardes did not push for this or speak out against liquor store lobbyists (this is probably the first time you are hearing this.)
4) The only other win for NY was that 421a was not extended. (See here) Many developers have been enjoying huge tax breaks in NYC for years. (See here)
5) A temporary suspension on some of the tax on gas. This will reduce the price about 16 cents per gallon. (Source) It is suspended until after the November election because Democrats are trying to get re-elected.
6) In September 2021, students and teachers returned to life after the pandemic, but NYC politicians wants to teleconference for the next two years. Gounardes did not tell us this was part of the budget. *This is politicians not wanting to do their job!*
7) Three casinos for NYC. There are already two casinos in Queens. (See here) and one is planned for Manhattan. It was in the plans for next year, but Kathy Hochul wanted it sooner because the three owners will pay NYS a minimum of $500 million for a license. (Source)
8) Artist and musicians will be able to provide for aide. Get ready for people to exploit this! (Info)
9) Money for the environment. Our NYC politicians are not environmentalists so they don’t care that most of this is not for NYC (See here)
Assemblyman Phil Steck spoke out against it not doing enough to meet the goals, but Gounardes and Frontus did not:

People will be asked to vote about this in November. No one is going to vote against a measure called Clean Air and Water. (More info)
10) $800 million in relief for renters at risk of eviction. Gounardes did not rally for this like many other politicians did. He was mocked for his failure to help renters:
11) $250 million for people to pay overdue utility bills. Again, Gouanardes did not rally for this with other pols.
12) $1.2 billion to give frontline healthcare workers bonuses. Healthcare workers who worked during two specific periods during the pandemic will be able to receive up to $1500 for each period they worked (for a total of $3000). (Source)
13) The minimum wage of home health care workers is increase by $3 an hour. (Source) *This sounds good but it isn’t good. Home care workers can’t afford rent, grocery, gas on $13.20 per hour. $15.20 per hour pushes them off food stamps.
14) Health care for undocumented immigrants over 65. (No info on this)
15) Money for Schools to have a mental health staff and implicit bias training for the staff. The NYS Teachers Union liked this:
Days before the budget was voted on Gounardes tweeted about it.
Brian Benjamin also took credit for restoring money to SUNY & CUNY.
Gounardes wanted free tuition for students – that didn’t happen. The state decided that for the next three years there will be no tuition increases.
Other politicians asked for part time students to receive TP (Tuition Assistance Program) – which was agreed upon.
This was Kathy Hochul’s first budget as governor. People didn’t come first. New Yorkers were denied healthcare and homes because Andrew Gounardes and other politicians like him, thought a stadium was more important.
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April 9, 2022
John Starks Will Be In Brooklyn Today -Bay Ridge
John Starks from the NY Knicks will be at E & J Boutique at 6906 Fort Hamilton Parkway in Brooklyn signing autographs.
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April 9, 2022
Beautiful Tribute to Donal Nolan
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April 9, 2022
While Other State Representatives Are Fighting Against the $600 Million Stadium, Andrew Gounardes is in Brooklyn Taking More Photos
This morning on social media, NYS politicians are complaining about the long hours they worked in Albany fighting against the budget.
The NYS Finance Committee worked until 3:15 am. Andrew Gounardes is a member of the Finance Committee, but he wasn’t in Albany at the meeting to work at the budget. (See here)
Other politicians tweeted about working until 5:00 AM this morning.
Many Assembly members worked until 7:50 am. (Updated)
Senator Meyer was at the capitol at 8:30 pm last night still working. Why wasn’t Andrew Gounardes?
Tonight in Albany: pic.twitter.com/cc0S0niMY4
— Senator Shelley Mayer (@ShelleyBMayer) April 9, 2022

Where are our state representatives?
1) Senator Gounardes was taking photos in Leif Ericson Park in Brooklyn on Friday night. Brannan was atthe park, so it wasn’t necessary for Gounardes to be there – except to campaign for himself! (More photos here)
Events haven’t been done in our community for a long time due to the pandemic.

The state budget passed at 9:30 am today, Saturday morning (minutes ago) so Gounardes should have been in Albany fighting!

2) Frontus wrote yesterday that she was in Albany at the conference for NYS Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic and Asian Legislators. On Saturday evening, Frontus said she voted against the stadium:
I asked Dr. Frontus for help this year (after Karen Diaz’ death on the Gowanas I asked her to increase penalties against drunk drivers (See here) and help to freeze our property taxes.
We saw no new bills. Today she is sponsoring this workshop:
3) Tannousis did not mention the stadium or the budget. He said earlier in the week, he spoke out against bail reform. That’s great because he was the only one from our area against this bail system.

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Governor Hochul is a NY Bills fan and she wanted to get them a new stadium in Buffalo. (Source)
The new Buffalo Bills stadium is in the NYS budget twice:
And here is more money towards the stadium:
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Why does Upstate NY always benefit from the budget?:
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April 8, 2022
Don’t Use the Mailboxes Outside the Post Office on 5th Avenue and 88th Street To Send Checks
Joe shared the photo above to give everyone in the community a heads up about the mailboxes outside the Post Office on 5th Avenue and 88th Street in Bay Ridge. The NYPD is investigating, but the mailbox theft has been going on for years.
Don’t mail your checks/bills from this mailbox.
Thieves search for checks. Then they wash the check and issue it again.
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April 8, 2022
Alpine’s Peaceful 18+ Movie Theater Policy Goes In Effect on May 13th
Alpine Movie Theater on 5th Avenue and 68th Street is making Screen 8 an 18+ theater to provide a more enjoyable and peaceful movie experience. Alpine wants people to enjoy a movie at their theater for affordable tickets and have a good experience.
All children 17 and under will be allowed with an adult and they must sit with the adult.
If anyone under 17 is disruptive, the guardian will need to exit with the theater with the child.
RESERVED SEATING All seats are reserved, you must take your seat, and can only be changed at box office.
NO TALKING/NO TEXTING – After one warning, disruptive guests will be kicked out of the theater without a refund.
NO LATECOMERS – Guests won’t be admitted to the theater once the movie has started (i.e. after the trailers). Latecomers may exchange tickets for a later time or a ticket voucher for a future show of their choice.
A lot of families are going to appreciate Screen 8 at the Alpine because some people who go to the movies are very disruptive.
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April 8, 2022
Lombardo’s Video – It’s Pizza Night
Youtuber, It’s Pizza Night made this great video about Lombardo’s Pizza.
Lombardo’s is at 279 – 71st Street in Bay Ridge.
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April 7, 2022
Sign on Bay Ridge Pkwy About 2021 Death
The NYPD placed a large digital sign on Bay Ridge Parkway and 6th Avenue.
The sign asks for help or information about a hit-and-run that happened in that location in February 2021.
A Bay Ridge resident named Kamel Mahmoud was killed on February 15th around 8:00 pm. (See info here)
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April 7, 2022
Easter Pop Up Shop on April 10th
Desserts by Cathy is having an Easter Pop Up at Young Love Studio at 479 83rd Street in Bay Ridge on Sunday, April 10 from 12:00 pm-3:00 pm.
Cupcakes: chocolate, vanilla, lemon, carrot

Cookies: chocolate chip, oatmeal raisin, lemon crinkles

Cookie decorating kits: Easter and Spring cookie kits
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Boy Scout Troop 23 at Our Lady of Angels at 7340 – 4th Avenue is selling Easter Flowers. They will be outside the church on Easter Sunday too from 9:00 – 1:00 pm (or until they sell out).

This morning, around 10:00 am, a man took a long metal pipe and broke the windows on cars from 62nd Street to 66th Street.

Thankfully, a business owner has a video of this and it may help them catch the man. The man was described as being in his forties and was wearing blue jeans and light colored jacket.

We’re sorry all of our neighbors are starting their day like this. : (

On March 26th, a hate crime happened in Bay Ridge. The person was assaulted at 2:00 pm!

No one spoke about it, but the NYPD Compstats show it – see them here. Choose Brooklyn South from the top left pulldown menu, then choose 68th Precinct from the second pulldown menu.

If hate is happening in our community, then elected officials should be talking about it. Andrew Gounardes likes to produce a lot of graphics and write in publications, but he does not do the real work on communicating and working in this community.

Assemblywoman Mathylde Frontus voted against the stadium.

Andrew Gounardes failed to tell us about the NYS Budget he voted for. Andrew does not believe it is part of his job to tell us what was in the budget.

Here is what you need to know about the $220 billion budget that was nine days late and funds a stadium for the Buffalo Bills football team owned by Terry Pegula, who is worth $5.8 Billion. (See here)

1) Free daycare for some, but not undocumented workers. You can’t call it universal daycare when it isn’t for some mothers – see here.

*Andrew Gounardes was silent over this, even though he represents women who need this. They pay taxes so Gounardes should have fought this.*

2) A change to bail reform that allows judges to consider whether an alleged crime caused serious harm to anyone. This should stop repeat offenders. (Source) The police union said this repeal is just a skillful use of words and it will not provide real public safety.

** We asked Andrew Gounardes and Mathylde Frontus to change the bail laws last year and both refused.

4) The only other win for NY was that 421a was not extended. (See here) Many developers have been enjoying huge tax breaks in NYC for years. (See here)

5) A temporary suspension on some of the tax on gas. This will reduce the price about 16 cents per gallon. (Source) It is suspended until after the November election because Democrats are trying to get re-elected.

6) In September 2021, students and teachers returned to life after the pandemic, but NYC politicians wants to teleconference for the next two years. Gounardes did not tell us this was part of the budget. *This is politicians not wanting to do their job!*

7) Three casinos for NYC. There are already two casinos in Queens. (See here) and one is planned for Manhattan. It was in the plans for next year, but Kathy Hochul wanted it sooner because the three owners will pay NYS a minimum of $500 million for a license. (Source)

8) Artist and musicians will be able to provide for aide. Get ready for people to exploit this! (Info)

9) Money for the environment. Our NYC politicians are not environmentalists so they don’t care that most of this is not for NYC (See here)

Assemblyman Phil Steck spoke out against it not doing enough to meet the goals, but Gounardes and Frontus did not:

People will be asked to vote about this in November. No one is going to vote against a measure called Clean Air and Water. (More info)

10) $800 million in relief for renters at risk of eviction. Gounardes did not rally for this like many other politicians did. He was mocked for his failure to help renters:

11) $250 million for people to pay overdue utility bills. Again, Gouanardes did not rally for this with other pols.

12) $1.2 billion to give frontline healthcare workers bonuses. Healthcare workers who worked during two specific periods during the pandemic will be able to receive up to $1500 for each period they worked (for a total of $3000). (Source)

13) The minimum wage of home health care workers is increase by $3 an hour. (Source) *This sounds good but it isn’t good. Home care workers can’t afford rent, grocery, gas on $13.20 per hour. $15.20 per hour pushes them off food stamps.

14) Health care for undocumented immigrants over 65. (No info on this)

15) Money for Schools to have a mental health staff and implicit bias training for the staff. The NYS Teachers Union liked this:

Days before the budget was voted on Gounardes tweeted about it.

Brian Benjamin also took credit for restoring money to SUNY & CUNY.

Gounardes wanted free tuition for students – that didn’t happen. The state decided that for the next three years there will be no tuition increases.

Other politicians asked for part time students to receive TP (Tuition Assistance Program) – which was agreed upon.

This was Kathy Hochul’s first budget as governor. People didn’t come first. New Yorkers were denied healthcare and homes because Andrew Gounardes and other politicians like him, thought a stadium was more important.

John Starks from the NY Knicks will be at E & J Boutique at 6906 Fort Hamilton Parkway in Brooklyn signing autographs.

This morning on social media, NYS politicians are complaining about the long hours they worked in Albany fighting against the budget.

The NYS Finance Committee worked until 3:15 am. Andrew Gounardes is a member of the Finance Committee, but he wasn’t in Albany at the meeting to work at the budget. (See here)

Other politicians tweeted about working until 5:00 AM this morning.

Many Assembly members worked until 7:50 am. (Updated)

Senator Meyer was at the capitol at 8:30 pm last night still working. Why wasn’t Andrew Gounardes?

Where are our state representatives?

1) Senator Gounardes was taking photos in Leif Ericson Park in Brooklyn on Friday night. Brannan was atthe park, so it wasn’t necessary for Gounardes to be there – except to campaign for himself! (More photos here)

Events haven’t been done in our community for a long time due to the pandemic.

The state budget passed at 9:30 am today, Saturday morning (minutes ago) so Gounardes should have been in Albany fighting!

2) Frontus wrote yesterday that she was in Albany at the conference for NYS Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic and Asian Legislators. On Saturday evening, Frontus said she voted against the stadium:

I asked Dr. Frontus for help this year (after Karen Diaz’ death on the Gowanas I asked her to increase penalties against drunk drivers (See here) and help to freeze our property taxes.

We saw no new bills. Today she is sponsoring this workshop:

3) Tannousis did not mention the stadium or the budget. He said earlier in the week, he spoke out against bail reform. That’s great because he was the only one from our area against this bail system.

Governor Hochul is a NY Bills fan and she wanted to get them a new stadium in Buffalo. (Source)

The new Buffalo Bills stadium is in the NYS budget twice:

And here is more money towards the stadium:

Why does Upstate NY always benefit from the budget?:

Joe shared the photo above to give everyone in the community a heads up about the mailboxes outside the Post Office on 5th Avenue and 88th Street in Bay Ridge. The NYPD is investigating, but the mailbox theft has been going on for years.

Don’t mail your checks/bills from this mailbox.

Thieves search for checks. Then they wash the check and issue it again.

Alpine Movie Theater on 5th Avenue and 68th Street is making Screen 8 an 18+ theater to provide a more enjoyable and peaceful movie experience. Alpine wants people to enjoy a movie at their theater for affordable tickets and have a good experience.

All children 17 and under will be allowed with an adult and they must sit with the adult.

If anyone under 17 is disruptive, the guardian will need to exit with the theater with the child.

RESERVED SEATING All seats are reserved, you must take your seat, and can only be changed at box office.

NO TALKING/NO TEXTING – After one warning, disruptive guests will be kicked out of the theater without a refund.

NO LATECOMERS – Guests won’t be admitted to the theater once the movie has started (i.e. after the trailers). Latecomers may exchange tickets for a later time or a ticket voucher for a future show of their choice.

A lot of families are going to appreciate Screen 8 at the Alpine because some people who go to the movies are very disruptive.

Youtuber, It’s Pizza Night made this great video about Lombardo’s Pizza.

Lombardo’s is at 279 – 71st Street in Bay Ridge.

The NYPD placed a large digital sign on Bay Ridge Parkway and 6th Avenue.

The sign asks for help or information about a hit-and-run that happened in that location in February 2021.

A Bay Ridge resident named Kamel Mahmoud was killed on February 15th around 8:00 pm. (See info here)

Desserts by Cathy is having an Easter Pop Up at Young Love Studio at 479 83rd Street in Bay Ridge on Sunday, April 10 from 12:00 pm-3:00 pm.

Cupcakes: chocolate, vanilla, lemon, carrot

Cookies: chocolate chip, oatmeal raisin, lemon crinkles

Cookie decorating kits: Easter and Spring cookie kits

Andrew Gounardes was silent over this, even though he represents women who need this. They pay taxes so Gounardes should have fought this.

We asked Andrew Gounardes and Mathylde Frontus to change the bail laws last year and both refused.**

6) In September 2021, students and teachers returned to life after the pandemic, but NYC politicians wants to teleconference for the next two years. Gounardes did not tell us this was part of the budget. This is politicians not wanting to do their job!