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The Voice of Common Sense and Conservative Values VOLUME 90 NUMBER 39
OCTOBER 11-17, 2019
WHAT’S NEWS ROSE DEFENDS IMPEACHMENT STAND AT TOWN HALL
It was supposed to be a town hall on transit issues in Southwest Brooklyn, but U.S. Rep. Max Rose spent a great deal of time Friday night talking about his decision to support an impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump. For more on this story, see page 4.
NEW SCHOOL COMING TO RIDGE
The New York City School Construction Authority plans to build a 330-seat elementary school, at 6740 Third Ave. in Bay Ridge, according to Councilmember Justin Brannan, who worked with the agency to hunt for sites for a new school. District 20, which covers schools in Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights and parts of Bensonhurst, Borough Park and Sunset Park, is among the most overcrowded in the city, according to local officials. For more on this story, see page 8.
LESKE’S SHUTTERED SUDDENLY
Beloved Scandinavian bakery Leske’s has closed, though it’s not clear exactly what led to the abrupt closure of the iconic neighborhood bakery. An official notice from the New York City marshal, dated Oct. 4, was posted on the front door of Leske’s at 7612 Fifth Ave. informing the public that the building’s landlord, Insphere Corp., had “taken legal possession of these premises pursuant to warrant of the Civil Court.” For more on this story, see page 9.
NYS MAKING IT EASIER TO GET SCREENED FOR CANCER, OFFICIAL SAYS
POL FIRES AIDE ARRESTED IN ALLEGED BETTING SCHEME
Assemblymember Nicole Malliotakis said she moved swiftly to fire a newly hired aide after the employee was arrested for allegedly being part of a mob-related scheme on Staten Island involving fixing college basketball games. The aide, Benjamin Bifalco, 25, of Staten Island, who had worked for Malliotakis for less than three weeks, was among 20 defendants named in a federal indictment announced by Richard Donoghue, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York. Bifalco was indicted on a charge of attempted sports bribery. For more on this story, see page 4.
WORK TRAINS BLAMED FOR RIDGEITES’ LONGER COMMUTES
Work underway to better the subway is having an inverse effect along the R line in southern Brooklyn, according to some riders and their elected officials. “Evening commutes are getting longer,” said State Sen. Andrew Gounardes, who has sent a letter to MTA President Andy Byford calling for relief for R train riders. “What most of my constituents are saying is, ‘Normally it takes me 50 minutes to get home and now it’s taking me an hour and a half.’” For more on this story, go to brooklynreporter.com.
ART FROM THE HEART Brooklyn painter, gallery owner Tony Khawam turns to war-torn Syria for inspiration SEE PAGE 2
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New York State has made major strides in the fight against breast cancer in recent years, according to Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul, who told an audience at the 62nd Precinct Community Council’s Pink Breakfast, a fundraising event held in Bensonhurst to mark October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month that, as a result of the state’s efforts, 50,000 more women were screened for cancer in 2018 than in 2017. For more on this story, go to brooklynreporter.com.