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N. Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce Holds its Midsummer Eve BBQ Chamber Honors Principal Supporters With an Evening of Good Food and Conviviality By Andy Katz Special to Greenpoint Gazette

’Twas a glorious midsummer afternoon along the banks of the East River. The rainstorms that had finally quelled July’s brutal heat wave were over, leaving clear, dry days and delicately lit sunsets in their wake. Daytime temps were docile enough to make a California transplant envious and the evenings breezy and cool.

North Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce President and grill maestro Paul Samulski works the coals to the beneﬁt of all.

Brooklyn Eagle photo by Andy Katz

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Brooklyn DA Candidates Discuss Women’s Issues at Organized Forum

Washington Cemetery is A Historic Treasure Here’s a 1931 photo of actress Lilyan Tashman, whose 1934 burial at Washington Cemetery was mobbed by 10,000 fans. Visit brooklyneagle.com. AP Photo

Candidates for district attorney in Brooklyn discuss policy ideas during a forum at the YWCA. From left: Ama Dwimoh, Patricia Gatling, Acting DA Eric Gonzalez and Anne Swern. See p. 2 Brooklyn Eagle photo by Rob Abruzzese

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Brooklyn DA Candidates Discuss Women’s Issues at Organized Forum By Rob Abruzzese Greenpoint Gazette

The National Organization for Women-New York (NOW) hosted a forum with four of the six candidates for Brooklyn district attorney to discuss issues related to women at the YWCA Brooklyn in Boerum Hill on Thursday, Aug. 4. Candidates Ama Dwimoh, Patricia Gatling, Acting District Attorney Eric Gonzalez and

Anne Swern took part in the discussion that touched on many of the usual topics, but took an indepth look at women’s issues including the complications of prosecuting rape and domestic violence cases.

Prosecuting Acquaintance Rape One of the first questions asked was about acquaintancerape cases and what specific measures the candidates would

take in prosecuting these cases so that they are treated as harshly as rape committed by a stranger. “One of the plans I have is to change the complaint room, to make the system a vertical system, so that we have experienced attorneys, not new assistants, in the complaint room so that these case would be handled the way they should be,” said Gatling, who has 15 years of experience as a prosecutor with the Brook-

lyn DA’s Office. “It's very important for me as the DA to spread that message, to make sure the ADAs who work for me understand that I won't accept that a case is treated less seriously because the persons are known to each other,” said Gonzalez, who added that he has raised the salaries of assistant district attorneys working in the Special Victims Bureau. “Our police department has been known to say that it's not a real rape if they know each other ... let's make sure our police department doesn't speak like that,” said Swern, who added that better training needs to do done across the criminal justice system including in the courts, at the police department and even among social workers. “What I found that was essential was that there had to be vertical prosecution,” Dwimoh said. “When you are the victim of sexual assault the last thing you need to do is tell your story over and over and over again to so many different faces whether you are an adult or a child. “When you do that it undermines you as a victim ... I would commit to vertical prosecution, I would commit to the use of social workers, and most importantly I would bring back the Crimes Against Children Bureau.” Drug Rape Prosecuting drug rape cases can be difficult as the victims often experience memory loss and the drugs can sometimes leave their system in as little as 24 hours. The candidates were asked what they would do to prosecute these cases. “We created a forensics unit in our office because one of the problems we had in these cases was that the drugs being used change so often so testing protocols don't always coincide with the types of drugs being used,” said Gonzalez, who has more than 21 years of experience at the DA’s Office and became acting DA after former DA Ken Thompson died last October.

“We need protocols in place in our hospitals so that testing can be done quickly so that the chemicals will still be in their system,” Gonzalez went on to say. “The ADAs have to be up on the medicine, we have to continue to look at who the perpetrators are.” “There are tons of cameras around now, the friends of the people who they were with, there is so much circumstantial evidence in these cases that has to be taken apart one by one,” Swern said. “It's not so hard to try a circumstantial case if you take the time and patience to pick every piece of evidence that happens.” “For us in New York, we need to change the statute,” Dwimoh said. “NYS law makes it difficult to prove these cases because Rape 1 requires the victim has to be unconscious. In California the statute is simply ‘unable to resist.’ That makes prosecuting these cases much easier. Change in the legislation is key to these types of

cases.” “I would create a task force that would work with the legislature to make changes, but also work to see what kinds of protocols that we have in the office that need to be changed,” Gatling said. “And collaborate to have that same task force with groups like now that would help us to establish these protocols. This would be an ongoing task force that would work with the medical community, the legal community and with victims.” Domestic Violence The candidates were asked about the most difficult aspects of prosecuting a domestic violence case. “We have to remember that we need to broaden the definition of who is the victim of domestic violence, it's not just her. It includes him and other people,” said Dwimoh, who worked at the Brooklyn DA’s Office for 21 years and led the Crimes Against Children Bureau. visit brooklyneagle.com for full story

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North Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce Holds its Midsummer Eve BBQ

From left: Assemblymember Joe Lentol and Executive Director North Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce Chair Elaine Brodsky with a certiﬁcate of appreciation as Chamber board member Norm Brodsky looks on in the background. of the Greenpoint YMCA Kendall Charter.

North Brooklyn and Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce members, from left: Charley Ryan, North Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce From left: North Brooklyn Angels Van Program Coordinator secretary Martha Holstein, Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce President Andrew Hoan and North Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce Felice Kirby and Firehouse North Brooklyn Community Center Brooklyn Eagle photos by Andy Katz Development Director Diana Zelvin. Treasurer Kevin Thompson. volved with the Chamber for some time now, and it’s It just happened that the been a great benefit to us North Brooklyn Chamber of reaching out to the commuCommerce had a few nity, getting involved in awards to bestow to some constructive ways.” of its principal supporters, Other organizations honso what better pretext to fire ored for their support of the up the Chamber’s massive North Brooklyn Chamber were the Newtown Creek Group, Simon Baron Development Group, Normandy Real Estate, Brooklyn Bowl, RHD Projects, Metroline Car Service, the Greenpoint Gazette and Chase Bank. It was a diverse group that had gathered, including members of the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, North Brooklyn Angels and even some prospective members. One of the last to be honored, Judy Sahagian, president of JudyNetworks LLC and creator of the RE Subway Series, brought her 9year-old Yorkie, Tassie. “Real estate is more than just a borough,” she explained. “It’s the doctor you see, the movies you attend, the store where you buy groceries … What three things are more New York than baseball, subNorth Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce Chair Elaine Brodsky aﬃxes Angels temporary ways and real estate? So, I created the series to consist of tattoo to representative of Investors Bank and evening’s honoree, Debbie Hootam. one-day conferences in each continued from p. 1

grill, ship in generous quantities of Brooklyn Brewery’s finest and invite the cream of North Brooklyn’s business community to Norm and Elaine Brodsky’s venerable trailer for an evening of grilled burgers, beer and conviviality?

“This has been a great organization for us,” Phillip Grandison, HBSC Brooklyn senior branch manager, said after being honored as Director Members of the North Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce at the event on Aug. 9. “We’ve been in-

of the boroughs, that would allow professionals to network and to really delve those hidden gems and potential weak spots that characterize every neighborhood.” For some members and prospects, the evening proved

to be their first opportunity to closely inspect the North Brooklyn Angel Mobile, a food van co-sponsored by both the North Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce and the Episcopal Ministries of Long Island. continued on p. 4

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“We’ve had such a great response so far,” North Brooklyn Chamber Chair Elaine Brodsky said. “People are flocking to it to the point where they have run out of food and had to come back.” Originally designated to stop on a prearranged schedule that includes several churches and housing complexes, Angel volunteers have also discovered opportunities to serve less-obvious patrons. “We passed a spot on Marcy Avenue,” recounted Angel volunteer driver Donna Simetar, “where groups of women had gathered, hoping to be hired for domestic day work. They were very happy we came by, and now it’s become a regular part of the van’s route.” The evening’s plan included formal presentations of

each certificate, a short speech of acceptance and formal pictures before the newly hung “North Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce” banner. “Had I known, I would have worn pants!” William Berdini, JP Morgan/Chase executive director, quipped with a glance down at his weatherappropriate Bermudas in response to the photos — but with good food and generous libations, no one really seemed to feel the need to stand on ceremony, or to make or hear speeches. As the evening sunset gently gilded the East River’s far side, prospective Chamber member Sahagian sat with Tassie in the cooling breeze. “This is a great organization,” she said. “There’s a lot of positive energy, mutual support and networking.”

North Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce board members Ken Varga, left, and Norm Brodsky, center.

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BROOKLYN EAGLE ‘Only the Dead Know Brooklyn’

DO YOU KNOW THE WAY TO WASHINGTON CEMETERY, A HISTORIC BROOKLYN GRAVEYARD WHERE THE PLAYWRIGHT KNOWN AS “THE JEWISH SHAKESPEARE” is buried? It’s located at the intersection of Bay Parkway and McDonald Avenue, in a neighborhood known as Mapleton. Read all about the 100-acre cemetery — and the surrounding neighborhood — in EYE ON REAL ESTATE, pages 2-4. Eagle photo by Lore Croghan

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Washington Cemetery Is a Historic Treasure Hollywood Glamor Girl and ‘the Jewish Shakespeare’ Rest in Peace in This Brooklyn Graveyard

By Lore Croghan Brooklyn Eagle

Mausoleums for Abraham Wolff (right) and the Fichter family stand tall beside modern black gravestones. The cemetery where Tashman was laid to rest amid her fans’ hysteria is in the middle of Brooklyn, at the intersection of Bay Parkway and McDonald Avenue. The 100-acre graveyard is located partly within a neighborhood called Mapleton. See related story. Have you been to Washington Cemetery? It’s a historic treasure. We made a visit the other day so we could pay our respects to another celebrity of yesteryear who was buried there — a playwright known as “the Jewish Shakespeare.” More about him in a minute.

Explanations vary about why Bennet wound up not serving as Smith’s running mate. Anyway. Washington Cemetery started out as a non-sectarian cemetery. Then in 1857, it was consecrated as a Jewish burial ground. This past March, Washington Cemetery was in the headlines because 42 headstones fell over. Elected officials feared the graves had been vandalized. But cemetery management and the New York Police Department both said the tombstones’ old age caused them to fall over.

Cemetery Founded in the 1840s

Author of ‘The Jewish King Lear’ Transformed Yiddish Theater

The cemetery was founded in the 1840s by James Arlington Bennet. His claim to fame is that when Joseph Smith, the founder of the Mormon church, decided to run for President in the 1844 election, Bennet was his first choice for vice-presidential running mate.

Eagle photo by Lore Croghan

Ten thousand fans rioted at her grave. Crowds at Washington Cemetery went wild at Brooklyn-born Hollywood actress Lilyan Tashman’s March 1934 burial. According to a United Press newswire account, 30 police officers formed a square around her grave to hold back a mob of mostly female fans. They came to bid farewell to the glamor girl who died of cancer at the tragically young age of 37. During her short life, she appeared in 67 films, having made the transition from silent movies to talkies thanks to her experience as a theater actress. She was nicknamed “the Best-Dressed Woman on the Screen” because of her dazzling off-screen wardrobe. What her fans didn’t know, but writers about Hollywood’s history revealed in recent years, was that Tashman was one of Greta Garbo’s lovers.

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Here’s a 1931 photo of Hollywood actress Lilyan Tashman, whose 1934 burial at Washington Cemetery was mobbed by 10,000 fans. AP Photo

No lyin’ — Washington Cemetery is full of gravestones and monuments that inspire reflection and remembrance. 2 • Brooklyn Eagle • Thursday, August 17, 2017

Fortunately for the many Brooklynites who visit graveyards with a sense of awe and reverence, Washington Cemetery is open to the public six days a week. It’s a tranquil, spiritual place for a looong walk. Thousands of tombstones are packed tightly together in some parts of the graveyard. In other spots, the density subsides and there are family plots with grassy lawns. Here and there, stately mausoleums stand tall. Austerely sculpted headstones from the distant past contrast with modern-day black tombstones that are laser-etched with portraits of the dearly departed. “The Jewish Shakespeare” whose grave we went to visit, Jacob Gordin, is buried in a family plot that has an eye-catching monument. Ukrainian-born Gordin, who came to New York in 1891, brought realism and naturalism to Yiddish theater. He wrote around 80 plays. Many were adaptations of works by literary titans like William Shakespeare and Henrik Ibsen. Gordin’s best-known play, “The Jewish King Lear,” wrung audience’s hearts because it made them think of aging parents they had left behind in Europe. Gordin died in 1909.

ABOVE: Washington Cemetery is an important Brooklyn graveyard whose origin dates back to the 1840s. BELOW: Here lies Jacob Gordin, a playwright who revitalized Yiddish theater. Eagle photos by Lore Croghan

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Million-Dollar Home Sales In Mapleton Betcha Don’t Know Where This Neighborhood Is

These eye-catching Mapleton homes are on 65th Street between 18th and 19th avenues. Eagle photos by Lore Croghan By Lore Croghan

Mapleton is full of handsome houses. This fine block is on 63rd Street between 19th and 20th avenues.

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It’s a little bit Bensonhurst, a little bit Borough Park. And it’s got a stunning cemetery. Mapleton is one of those neighborhood names you don’t hear much, unless your kids attend PS 48, which is the Mapleton School, or you use the Mapleton branch of the Brooklyn Public Library. It is recognized as a specific neighborhood by Community Board 11 — it’s one of the four neighborhoods that CB 11 serves. Mapleton, which was developed between 1913 and 1919, is in southwest Brooklyn. If you start at the Brooklyn Army Terminal on the shoreline at 58th Street in Sunset Park and proceed east, you’ll wind up in Mapleton. The neighborhood’s boundaries are 16th Avenue, 57th Street, Dahill Road and 65th Street. On some maps, Mapleton is included in Bensonhurst’s terrain. On other maps, Mapleton is shown as a sub-neighborhood within Borough Park. 4 • Brooklyn Eagle • Thursday, August 17, 2017

There’s an excellent array of cherished middle-class housing stock in Mapleton. Many residences are semi-attached homes with driveways. Others are rowhouses jazzed up with porches and eye-catching gardens. Pergolas with luxuriant vines are popular. There are peach trees in the front yards of some homes, which of course call to mind the Deep South. One of the most charming homes we saw on a recent stroll around the area was an enormous stand-alone house with a vast lawn at 5822 20th Ave. on the corner of 59th Street. Another charming property is a smaller standalone house at 1851 60th St. It has a heroic air to it because it is flanked on both sides by larger, recently constructed buildings. BTW, 1851 60th St. changed hands in 2015. Beilu Hammer Torn and Elimelech Torn bought it for $995,000, city Finance Department records indicate.

Who’s Been Buying Recently? Two- and three-unit homes in Mapleton are selling for around $1.5 million these days. Single-family home prices are approaching $1 million. Want to know who’s been buying houses? Of course you do. We gleaned prices and buyer info from Finance Department records: • Isaac Herzog and Chaya Herzog bought 2072 62nd St. for $1.55 million in May. A posting on realtor.com says the detached house with a private driveway and a garage is a three-family home. • In May, Yisroel Elefant paid $1.505 million for 2108 61st St. According to realtor.com, it’s a two-family home. • Samuel Brody bought 2139 60th St. for $1.5 million in March. It’s a three-family home, a realtor.com posting says. The sellers, Yisroel Meir Lichtman and Glida Lichtman, had purchased the property for $940,000 in 2005. • In April, Saul Knobloch and Malkah Knobloch purchased 2109 64th St. for $999,500. The sellers, Yechiel Spira and Sara Spira, had paid $720,000 for it in 2007. It is a two-family home, a realtor.com posting indicates. • Abraham Farkas paid $899,000 for 2147 59th St. in July. Eric Scarponi and Dina Scarponi, who were the sellers, had bought the property for $700,000 in 2015. A realtor.com posting identifies the property as a single-family home.

INSET: Fab flowers on 59th Street between 21st Avenue and Bay Parkway.

Brooklyn Investment Property Sales Cool in 1H17, Southwest Region Industrial Assets Heat Up By Aaron Warkov, director of investment sales, and Aryeh Orlofsky, senior vice president of investment research Special to Brooklyn Eagle

Brooklyn investment property sales continued to struggle during the first half of 2017, echoing 2016’s trend, with pricing metrics slumping across the board, particularly on multi-family properties. However, activity noticeably bounced back during the latter part of the second quarter, indicating the market may have turned a corner. During the first half of 2017, New York City’s biggest borough saw 570 transactions consisting of 756 properties, totaling approximately $3.58 billion in gross consideration, according to Ariel Property Advisors’ recently released “Brooklyn 2017 Mid-Year Sales Report.” Compared with the second half of 2017, dollar volume and transaction volume dropped 11 percent and 8 percent, respectively, while property volume held steady. Year-over-year the drop was more significant, with transaction and property volume falling 20 percent and 16 percent, respectively, while dollar volume slid 7 percent compared to the same period in 2016. Downtown Brooklyn and Park Slope were the most active neighborhoods in the borough, accounting for nearly 42 percent of the borough’s dollar volume, driven by large-scale multifamily and development transactions. Dollar volume in the neighborhoods of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Bushwick and Crown Heights comprised 14 percent, the same percentage as Williamsburg and Greenpoint. From January through June, Brooklyn multifamily transaction volume receded by 12 percent versus the second half of 2016, with 337 transactions registered. Dollar volume followed suit, slipping 17 percent to $1.56 billion during the same period. Compared to the averages of 2016, prices per square foot decreased by 8.5 percent to $344 per square foot, capitalization

rates increased from 4.58 percent to 4.88 percent, and gross rent multiples decreased from 15.96 to 15.28. Multifamily assets were weighed by a slew of factors in the first half of 2016, including a softening residential rental market, a challenging tax environment, increases in interest rates, and rising operating expenses. However, the borough continues to attract new institutional buyers, including Clipper Equity which bought Brooklyn’s largest single property multifamily transaction of the year at 107 Columbia Heights, a 161-unit, former Jehovah’s Witness building, for $87.5 million, or $568 per square foot. Development site dollar volume in the first half of 2017 decreased 41 percent to $1.04 billion and transaction volume dropped 12 percent to 148 compared to the second half of 2016. One of the most significant development transactions was the $68 million sale of 633 Fulton St. sold by Jem Realty to the Rabsky Group. The Downtown Brooklyn/Fort Greene property completes an assemblage for the buyer who can now build an approximately 770,000-squarefoot building on the site. However, the outlook for the development market is encouraging. The passage of Affordable New York tax abatement legislation, formerly 421-a, in April triggered an uptick in demand for development sites in May and June.

Southwest Brooklyn Buoyed By Dearth of Industrial Space

The loss of millions of square feet of industrial space to residential developments throughout New York City in recent years has created a dire need for the creation of Industrial Business Zones to protect remaining industrial and commercial space in Brooklyn. The softening of brick-and-mortar retail and shopping malls, the rise of e-commerce and the need for fulfillment centers, has set the stage for an enormous need for industrial space.

Online retailers have rabidly snatched up buildings for storage and shipment. While Long Island City and Williamsburg have been hot spots, they are currently perceived as being overbuilt and overpriced.

led by the $105 million sale of the Innovation Studio Portfolio by Est4te Four. Pricing followed the same trend, with the average price per square foot for industrial buildings in Gowanus, Sunset Park and Red Hook clocking in at $426, a remarkable 166 percent increase from the $160 per square foot seen for these assets in 2011. Despite the price appreciation, relative valuations indicate industrial properties in these neighborhoods have room for even more growth. Southwest Brooklyn is highly desirable for a number of reasons, with its close proximity to Manhattan and Downtown Brooklyn making it a major draw for industrial space. It is also in close proximity to some of the borough’s well-known cultural destinations, as well as an abundance of trendy restaurants and bars. Copious transportation options Aaron Warkov, director are also a draw. The 15-month Aryeh Orlofsky, senior shutdown of the L-train in 2019 of investment sales for will not impact residents and busivice president of investAriel Property Advisors nesses as it does not run along the ment research for Ariel Property Advisors. Photos courtesy of Ariel property Advisors area. In fact, it will likely spur migration from other regions, ultiThat is one of the reasons why investors have mately driving rents higher and hoisting propincreasingly turned to Southwest Brooklyn, erty values. specifically the neighborhoods of Gowanus, Looking ahead, a recent pickup in bidding Sunset Park and Red Hook, where industrial activity on active listings and contract signings activity has skyrocketed in recent years. In suggests things may begin to turn around in the 2011, the dollar volume for these assets was a investment sales market. So, while we are holdpaltry $22.05 million, but that mushroomed to ing out for the possibility of a modest pick-up an astonishing $102.57 million in 2016. in the second half that will carry into 2018, our Dollar volume this year will surpass that of baseline expectation is for investment sales 2016. In fact, through July of 2017, there has volume and pricing to remain stable at current been more than $142 million in industrial sales, levels through the end of the year.

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Crowded Field in Bay Ridge’s 43rd District City Council Race By Paula Katinas Brooklyn Eagle

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There are enough candidates in the race for the Bay Ridge City Council seat to field a baseball team. Two more candidates recently filed enough petition signatures with the New York City Board of Elections to qualify for the ballot, bringing the total of candidates up to nine. Democrat Vincent Chirico, a lawyer from Dyker Heights, and Republican Lucretia Regina-Potter, a former design consultant for a tile company, are both running in the 43rd Council District. The district covers Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights and includes parts of Bensonhurst and Bath Beach. Chirico, a member of Community Board 11 in Bensonhurst and vice president of the Dyker Heights Athletic Association, is running against four other Democrats this November: Justin Brannan, Kevin Peter Carroll, Rev. Khader El-Yateem and Nancy Tong. Regina-Potter, who lives in Bath Beach, has run for public office several times before, most recently in a special election for state Assembly seat in the 46th Assembly District in 2015, when she lost to Democrat Pamela Harris. Regina-Potter joins a field of candidates in the Republican primary for the City Council seat that includes Bob Capano, Liam McCabe and John Quaglione. Both the Democratic and Republican primaries will take place on Tuesday, Sept. 12. The winners will face each other in the general election on Nov. 7. Democrat Vincent Gentile, who has held the Council seat since 2003, is prohibited from running for re-election due to the city’s term limits law.

Gentile has endorsed Brannan, who is his chief of staff, in the Council race. The two newest candidates have been busy in recent weeks introducing themselves to the voters. Chirico’s campaign website touts his volunteer work in the community. In addition to his work on Community Board 11 and the Dyker Heights Athletic Association, he is also the chairperson of Opportunities for a Better Tomorrow, a Sunset Park-based nonprofit organization that offers high school dropouts a chance to earn their GEDs, as well as assistance with resume writing, job interview practice and other skills. “Throughout his years advocating for the community, Vince has put into action solutions to the issues that matter to Brooklynites. His work with Opportunities for a Better Tomorrow has fed Vince’s passion to reform the systemic problems that impede high school retention. With over 300,000 disconnected young adults facing obstacles to workforce entry and re-entry, Vince is passionate about tackling this problem on a broader scale in the City Council, a problem made greater by President [Donald] Trump’s funding cuts,” a statement on the website reads. A website created during Regina-Potter’s 2015 Assembly run points to her years of experience in business, politics and volunteerism. The Parkville Football program, the Kings Bay Football program, the Dyker Heights Athletic Association and the Saint Ephrem’s Athletics program are among the organizations listed on the website as those she supports. Regina-Potter is the director of communications for the Fiorello LaGuardia Republican Organization and is a member of the National Federation of Republican Women.

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Dominican Immigrant Patria Frias-Colón Seeks Seat on Civil Court Bench my brother, who is now a New York City police officer. This past March, Patria Frias-Colón, the Brooklyn borough Eagle: How did your childhood chief of the Family Court Division of the New York City Law and all the obstacles you had to face Department, received the Legal Excellence Award from the influence your desire to seek a career Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office and the Brooklyn Women’s in law? Bar Association. Frias-Colón: Two reasons: I In accepting the award, Frias-Colón said, “Having lived as a remember being in my first-grade prosecutor, everything I’ve learned is all about justice. Not only bilingual class at P.S. 274 in do I want to ensure that the people prosecuted are given justice, Bushwick. They had a corner but also the victims in our cases and of course that justice has to library there in each class. One of translate to the community.” the books on the shelf was a picFrias-Colon is currently running for one of the five ture book about professions. open seats on the Brooklyn Civil Court. There are The cover photo said lawyer 11 candidates for the position, which covers the and it had a woman’s face entire county. The primary is Sept. 12, and on it. I thought a woman Civil Court judges are elected to 10-year can become a lawyer. terms. That was my first Frias-Colón recently took the time recognition that we to talk with the Brooklyn Eagle could do anything that about her candidacy and backwe set our minds to … ground. That planted the seed in Brooklyn Eagle: How was my head. And while growing up in Bushwick? growing up, we had to Frias-Colón: When we got change apartments here from the Dominican periodically because Republic, that was a very huge the landlords wouldn’t change in what we were used to give us heat, or we seeing. And although we grew up would lose hot water. modest there, I never realized And I always rememhow poor we were until we came ber my mother being here. so diligent about paying her rent because she We were raised in Bushwick in didn’t want us to be a tenement apartment. My mother forced out of a home. made a very modest income in the factories and she worked in a few Those were basicalof them. My youngest sister was Patria Frias-Colon, Civil Court judge candidate, visits the ly the two things that born here and much later [so was] office of the Brooklyn Eagle. Eagle photo by John Alexander motivated me. I said,

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“When I grow up, I’m going to be a lawyer and I’m going help people to make sure they get heat and hot water.” And here I am now. Eagle: What are your current responsibilities? Frias-Colón: Well, today I am the borough chief for juvenile crimes and interstate child support in Brooklyn. So, I work for the New York City Law Department and I have since 2009. And I’ve worked with a wonderful team of people, including support professionals, investigators and attorneys. We are charged with handling the investigations and prosecutions of juvenile crimes. And I also have a team of people who handle all interstate child support work. Eagle: As a successful attorney, what made you want to run for the Civil Court bench seat? Frias-Colón: Once I became a lawyer, I knew that for me the ultimate transition was to become a judge. It did become increasingly difficult for me to do that because I loved the work that I did at every stage of my professional career. So, for example, when I hit my 10-year mark, which is what you need to become a Civil Court judge or a Supreme Court justice, I knew that I was going to begin to do the work that needed to be done to try to ascend to the bench, whether it was the appointed route or whether it was the elected route. Eagle: Do you feel that your background as an immigrant brings something new and unique to the bench that has been missing? Frias-Colón: I’ll tell you what I think my uniqueness is: I have a very well-rounded perspective. I’m the daughter of struggle, I know how certain things can weigh you down and I know how things can lift you up. Eagle: What do you hope to accomplish as Civil Court judge? Frias-Colón: Well, you know, in Brooklyn there’s never been a Dominican-born elected to the Civil Court. And this will be a first. It’s historic for me, and historic for our borough. See brooklyneagle.com for the full interview.

McCabe Learns Valuable Lesson About Honor on National Honor Flight By John Alexander Brooklyn Eagle

In April, 50 proud veterans from the New York City area were invited to fly to Washington, D.C. on the Big Apple Honor Flight. Most of the vets had served in World War II and were given the opportunity to take the daylong journey to visit landmarks such as Arlington National Cemetery, the Lincoln Memorial, the Korean War Veterans Memorial, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and the National World War II Memorial. Among those taking the historic trip was City Council candidate Liam McCabe, who accompanied his 94-year-old grandfather Charlie Kerr on his first visit to the nation’s capital. McCabe called his grandfather his role model. “Charlie Kerr, my mother’s fa-ther, was born and raised in Bay Ridge. He lived through the Great Depression here in Bay Ridge, and he went to Our Lady of Angels grammar school.” The flight was a bonding experience for McCabe and Kerr. The proud veteran told his grandson stories that he’d never shared with him before about growing up in Brooklyn during the 1930s and ’40s. During those years, Kerr raised a family, worked for the United States Postal Service, was a member of St. Anselm parish and was a diehard Yankees fan. McCabe called him “a very straight-laced guy, an upstanding citizen, the bedrock of the community and of my life.” At least that’s what McCabe had already known about his grandfather. On the flight, he discovered more facets to his story. McCabe learned that with jobs being scarce during the Great Depression, Kerr decided to leave school after the eighth grade in search of work. He left home at 14 with a friend, hopped aboard a freight train and traveled to Pennsylvania and then Ohio. Kerr told McCabe that he lived in Hoovervilles (shantytowns built by the homeless during the Great Depression and named after President Herbert Hoover), and befriended the hobos in the train yards along the way. It was a means of survival as he continued to wander further away from home, he said. Kerr’s friend, who had originally left Brooklyn with him, decided to return home. Kerr chose to continue traveling alone and ended up in a small rural town down South. While wandering aimlessly around looking for work, he passed out in the street and was taken in by a compassionate farmer. The farmer listened to Kerr’s story and let him stay at his house and work on the farm. After a few months, the farmer convinced Kerr that he had to go home to his family. Kerr’s mother welcomed him home with open arms and his father eventually forgave him for running away. Kerr then found a job with Western Union, and just when things had seemed to stabilize for him, World War II broke out and he joined the Army, where he was among the soldiers who landed on the beaches of Normandy and fought in the Battle of the Bulge. Upon his return from the war, Kerr met a young girl named Eleanor, whom he eventually would marry. They originally settled in the Bronx, where they had two children, McCabe’s mother Joann and a son Ronald. By the early 1950s, the neighborhood they lived in had become too dangerous, so the family moved back to Bay Ridge.

McCabe became involved with the Honor Flight while working with U.S. Rep. Dan Donovan. “While working with Donovan, the Honor Flight committee approached us, asking if they could work with us to promote the flight by reaching out to veterans. We put a press release out about it and helped advertise it.” The Honor Flight veterans and their sponsors first gathered at Floyd Bennett Field at 6 a.m. “There were so many people there,” McCabe said, “[Sen.] Marty Golden was there. We were just hanging out and eating bagels, when all of a sudden, all the veterans started talking to each other. My grandfather was one of the older vets there.” When the veterans were escorted to JFK International Airport for the flight, they were greeted by a long line of state troopers, police officers, soldiers and sailors who stood up and applauded the veterans as they boarded the plane. McCabe said that his grandfather was especially moved when they visited the National WW II Memorial. “That just overwhelmed him. My grandfather is not a guy who cries a lot, but I could see a tear in his eye when they said, ‘Welcome to your memorial.’ That hit him hard. It was a little jarring for him to see that this memorial was here for him.” The experience so moved McCabe that he has vowed to hire a veteran for his administration should he be elected to the City Council. McCabe is one of three Republicans running in the Sept. 12 primary. Bob Capano and John Quaglione are also running for the GOP nomination. The Democrats running for the Council seat in the 43rd District are Justin Brannan, Kevin Peter Carroll, Rev. Khader El-Yateem and Nancy Tong. “I also want to focus on getting our younger veterans linked back into the American Legion, because they are not as involved as they should be. Otherwise we will lose the VFW [Veterans of Foreign Wars] and the Legion.” McCabe believes that the culture has changed and it troubles him to think that Americans have become less patriotic. “I think we’ve become more disjointed, more racialized, more secular, more broken and less patriotic. There used to be more of a homogenous culture and I think that’s what brought people from different races and backgrounds together. You were a veteran. There was a commonality that was interwoven through American culture. Everyone was more patriotic. I want patriotism to be okay again, and I want us to recognize the service of our veterans.” As far as the Honor Flight program, McCabe said he would back it 100 percent. “These guys absolutely deserve every penny, so anything I could do help get them funding I would do. And from a promotional sense, they won’t find a better promoter. I am going to make sure everybody knows about it. “The Honor Flight serves as closure for many of these veterans. It may be the last time they get together to celebrate their legacy.”

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Curtis Sliwa Joins Bob Capano in Calling for Release Of City-Funded Study of ‘Intravenous Injection Centers’ City Council Candidate Says City Hall Is Stalling to Protect Mayor’s Re-Election Bid By John Alexander Brooklyn Eagle

In March, City Council candidate Bob Capano received an endorsement from Guardian Angels founder and popular WABC radio personality Curtis Sliwa. Now Sliwa is joining Capano in calling for the release of a city funded study of intravenous injection centers. Capano, a candidate for the 43rd City Council District (Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, Bensonhurst, Bath Beach) announced on Tuesday that Sliwa has joined his call on City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito and the City Council to provide the status of what he referred to as a long overdue $100,000 taxpayer funded study. Capano called the delay a stall tactic to hide the plan from voters before the general election. According to Capano, in September 2016 the New York City Council announced that the city would allocate $100,000 in taxpayer funds for the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to conduct a six-month study on the feasibility of opening “Supervised Injection Facilities” in New York City. These centers would allow addicts to inject illicit drugs like heroin under medical supervision with sterile syringes in a safe and clean setting, while the taxpayers of New York pay for it. Capano claims that the de Blasio administration has refused to comment on the status of the

study and that Mark-Viverito’s office has not returned calls from Capano seeking an update. Sliwa said, “In the 1990s I and the Guardian Angels, while patroling the East End of Vancouver British Columbia came across the new supervised injection facilities that were opening for the first time in that city. Vancouver then and now has a serious heroin problem. The first result of the injection facilities opening up is that there were more heroin junkies coming in from other parts of Canada to take advantage of Vancouver leading the way.” Sliwa claimed that this added to the growing heroin epidemic in Canada. “The other problem is that you had to first buy your heroin in the streets from street dealers and then use that for your fix in the injection facilities. With the increase in junkies coming into the east end of Vancouver, it

brought an increase in dealers. The purpose given was that this would create harm reduction for the junkies. It would slow the spread of HIV and hepatitis C. The only result I saw was that it attracted more junkies into the neighborhoods with injection facilities and more heroin dealers.” This all should serve as a warning to the U.S., according to Sliwa. “Based on the experience of Vancouver British Columbia, why would we open up injection facilities in New York City where we already have a growing problem of use of heroin when in fact it would attract more junkies into the neighborhoods with the sites and more dealers. This study and plan is doomed to failure.” Capano told the Brooklyn Eagle, “Curtis Sliwa’s experiences in Vancouver with the Guardian Angels confirms exactly what I have been saying — opening heroin injection facili-

ties in local neighborhoods will only attract more drug dealers and addicts. If you think there has been a rise in car and home robberies now, imagine what will happen if one of these facilities opens in our community when addicts are walking in the area looking to get money for their fix any way they can.” Capano views the study as a waste of taxpayer money, adding, “You don’t need a Ph.D. from Harvard to know these facilities would be bad news.” Capano is running for the Republican Party’s nomination for the City Council seat currently held by Democrat Vincent Gentile, who cannot run for reelection due to term limits. Other Republicans running for Gentile’s seat are Liam McCabe, Lucretia Regina-Potter and John Quaglione. The Democrats running are Justin Brannan, Kevin Peter Carroll, Vincent Chirico, Rev. Khader El-Yateem and Nancy Tong. Both the Republican and Democratic primaries take place on Sept. 12. The winner of each party will compete in the general election on Nov. 2.

INSET: Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa (left) with City Council Candidate Bob Capano. Photo courtesy of Bob Capano

UFA Endorses Quaglione for City Council By John Alexander Brooklyn Eagle

Last week, City Council candidate John Quaglione received the endorsement of the Uniformed Firefighters Association (UFA) of Greater New York. Quaglione, the former deputy chief of staff to state Sen. Marty

Golden, is running to win the 43rd District City Council seat currently held by Vincent Gentile. Gentile cannot run again due to term limits. District 43 includes Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights and Bensonhurst. Quaglione received the endorsement in front of Engine 284/Ladder 149 in Dyker Heights.

Those in attendance included Golden, UFA President Gerard Fitzgerald, UFA Vice President LeRoy C. McGinnis, Brooklyn Trustee Chairman of the Board John G. Kelly Jr. and Fire Marshal representative Steven Tagliani. Fitzgerald said he was proud to support Quaglione on behalf of more than 8,500 members of the union. “The 43rd District deserves someone who cares deeply about this community, someone who understands its needs and is going to be willing to fight for them every day in the City Council,” said Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald went on to praise Quaglione’s continued support of FDNY. “We know he will continue to be a strong advocate for firefighters and their families,” added Fitzgerald. “Already he’s come out strong against the wasteful constitutional convention ballot measure, spoke out in support of protecting our earned benefits and has pledged that while he is in office fire stations like the one right here behind me will never be threatened to shut down.” Golden, a retired NYPD officer, said, “To have the New York City Fire Department endorsing John Quaglione says a whole lot.” Golden praised the brave firefighters who were present during 9/11. “We didn’t know what we were doing. Everybody was running away.

But the firefighters knew what they were doing. Everybody was running out of the buildings, while they were running in. And they paid the most … 343 lives that day, and subsequently thousands since then. So, to me, a former New York City police officer, I was always proud to serve side by side with our Fire Department.” Quaglione thanked UFA for its endorsement and said that never in his wildest dreams growing up did he imagine he would be standing with the most respected Fire Department in the world, “that’s revered by people from Brooklyn to Beijing because there’s a heroism in New York City and in the FDNY that you can’t find anywhere else.” He said that he recalled being at a book sale in the first grade and having to select a book. He bought one called “I Want to Be a Firefighter.” He explained that since he was 6 or 7 years old he has admired the work that firefighters do. He said that it was a special honor to be endorsed by UFA and that he looked forward to “standing up for your rights and standing up for the firehouses throughout our district.” Quaglione has previously received endorsements from Golden, the John Jay College Republicans and the Port Authority Sergeants Benevolent Association.

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December 2015 and May 2016 in these migrant camps in northern France, the exhibition chronicles the evolution of this collaboration and celebrates a vital human connection forged through the common voice of music. When: Tuesday through Sunday, through Sept. 24 (Tuesday through Friday, 2-6 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, 11 a.m. - 7 p.m.) Where: DUMBO/The Studio at St. Ann's Warehouse (45 Water St.) NY Harbor Scenes Muralist and plein air painter Bill Mensching’s oil paintings of high surf, crashing waves and stately vessels will grace the barge’s walls. When: Thursday through Saturday, through Oct. 28 (Thursday,

Arts Digital Profiling “Digital Profiling” explores the observed and projected self in both the digital and physical realms and subsequently invites the artist and viewer to interpret and/or project imagery as portrait. Works include visualizations that cross cultures, genders, conformity and identity. When: Daily, through Aug. 31, 9 a.m. - 7 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Where: DUMBO/Made in NY Media Center (30 John St.) Shifting Perspectives: Photographs of Brooklyn's Waterfront This exhibition features the work of two dozen photographers whose images crisscross the Brooklyn shoreline, from Newtown Creek to Jamaica Bay. By picturing decades of Brooklyn’s coastal scenery, including its changing industrial and postindustrial environment, the exhibition presents dramatic panoramic vistas; spectacular aerial views; glimpses of popular recreational attractions, particularly in nearby Brooklyn Bridge Park and at Coney Island; and other scenes, including those impacted by natural or manmade forces, as well as by gentrification. When: Wednesday through Sunday, through Sept. 10, 12-5 p.m. Where: DUMBO/Brooklyn Historical Society (55 Water St.)

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We Wanted a Revolution: Black Radical Women, 1965-85 Presenting a diverse group of artists and activists who lived and worked at the intersections of avant-garde art worlds, radical political movements and profound social change, the exhibition features a wide array of work, including conceptual, performance, film and video art, as well as photography, painting, sculpture and printmaking When: Wednesday through Sunday, through Sept. 17, 11 a.m. 6 p.m.; Thursdays, 11 a.m. - 10 p.m. Where: Prospect Heights/Brooklyn Museum (200 Eastern Parkway) Sarah Hickson — Sounds Unseen: A Photographic Memoir of “The Calais Sessions” This exhibit documents “The Calais Session,” a live music project among musicians living in the United Kingdom. Shot between

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