YEAR IN REVIEW
grocery delivery apps: Cost,
real estate, and labor rights
took center stage as venture
capitalist-backed grocery delivery
apps exploded across
the city.
City scraps Sunset Park
double bike lane, locals
still call for more changes:
City transportation honchos
scrapped their plans to build
protected bike lanes on both
Seventh and Eighth Avenues
in Sunset Park, opting instead
to build a single two-way
lane on Seventh, after locals
expressed concern about the
loss of parking spots. The new
plan will also keep parking on
Eighth Avenue, while still extending
the sidewalk near intersections.
Brooklyn Diocese ousts
86-year-old priest following
credible abuse allegations:
The Brooklyn Diocese
ousted 86-year-old Rev. Peter
Mahoney after substantiating
50-year-old abuse claims leveled
against the priest. A lawsuit
fi led under the Child Victims
Act said that Mahoney
groomed and sexually abused
a teen at a Brooklyn Catholic
school.
Council votes to approve
Gowanus rezoning
after years of debate: The
New York City Council voted
nearly-unanimously to approve
the Gowanus rezoning,
offi cially setting the project in
motion after years of planning
and debate. The vote came after
outgoing councilmembers
Brad Lander and Stephen
Levin successfully negotiated
for key community demands.
DECEMBER
Former Congressmember
Max Rose to run for
old seat: Former Democratic
Congressmember Max Rose
announced that he is running
again for his old seat,
after losing it to incumbent
Republican Nicole Malliotakis
in 2020 following a single
term in Washington. Rose
narrowly beat incumbent
Republican Dan Donovan to
win the 11th Congressional
District seat, the city’s only
swing district, in 2018.
Leadership battle erupts
among Brooklyn’s Republican
party: An intra-party
fi ght broke out within Brooklyn’s
Republican Party, as
conservative bigwig Stephen
Maresca looks to usurp
the leadership of the Kings
County GOP — citing consistently
“disappointing” electoral
results, including in the
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COURIER LIFE, DEC.18 31, 2021-JAN. 6, 2022
2021 citywide elections.
Adams announces leadership
for incoming administration:
Mayor-elect
Eric Adams appointed fi ve
women, all with extensive
experience in local government,
as deputy mayors as
he prepares to transition to
City Hall in January. The former
Brooklyn beep also announced
term-limited councilmember
Ydanis Rodriguez
as Department of Transportation
commissioner and
longtime educator David C.
Banks as the chancellor of
city schools. Come January,
Adams will also launch the
brand-new Offi ce of Ethnic
and Community Media.
Crowds, tour buses and
vendors return for Dyker
Lights’ fi rst weekend: Fans
of Brooklyn’s most festive
neighborhood turned out en
masse for the return of Dyker
Lights, delighting in the twinkling
lights splashed over
hundreds of Dyker Heights
homes after homeowners
largely kept their displays
packed away to keep crowds
to a minimum in 2020. Tour
buses and food and beverage
vendors followed suit, helping
to bring cheer to the end
of a challenging year.
City Council grants noncitizen
voting rights: Despite
challenges to its constitutionality,
the Our City, Our
Vote Bill passed in the council,
granting around 800,000
green card and work visa
holders the right to vote in
city elections. The bill was reviewed
by Mayor Bill de Blasio’s
legal team, several academic
lawyers, revised three
times and compared against
federal, state and local law before
it came to the vote.
Judge Ash convicted of
obstructing US federal investigation
of misconduct:
Sylvia Ash, a New York State
Supreme Court justice and
former chair of the Board of
Directors of Municipal Credit
Union was convicted for conspiracy
to obstruct justice, obstruction
of justice and making
a false statement to a US
federal agent. Ash is expected
to be sentenced next April.
Omicron strains testing
capacity as infections spike:
The newest variant of the coronavirus,
Omicron, sent positivity
rates skyrocketing and
thousands of New Yorkers out
into the cold to wait for tests.
The reportedly milder but
very infectious virus upended
holiday travel and has shuttered
schools, theaters, and
more as it ravages the city.
Former Congressmember Max Rose announced in December that he
would seek his old seat again, in a potential rematch against Rep. Nicole
Malliotakis in Bay Ridge and Staten Island.
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