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BROOKLYN WEEKLY, DECEMBER 29, 2019
Fast as F: The MTA debuted
a controversial express version
the F-train on Sept. 16. The
agency scheduled four express
trains daily, skipping six stations
between Jay Street-Metro-
Tech and Church Avenue. The
move helped southern Brooklynites
with longer commutes,
but angered many in Brownstone
Brooklyn whose stops were
skipped.
Dog poop: The Gowanus Canal
showed higher levels of microscopic
poop following three
storms last spring, which one local
water tester attributed to dog
poop fl ushing into the putrid waterway.
OCTOBER
Judged: Kings County Supreme
Court Judge Sylvia Ash
was arrested on Oct. 11 for alleged
obstruction of justice related
to an investigation into
multibillion-dollar fi nancial
services company Municipal
Credit Union. Authorities said
the credit union leadership stole
millions of dollars from the company,
and Ash — who served
as its Chair of the Board — attempted
to help them evade authorities
by destroying her cell
phone and providing false testimony
to investigators.
Gambling den shoot out:
Four people were fatally shot
and three others were injured
in a mass shooting at an underground
casino in Crown Heights
on Oct. 12. The incident sparked
an outcry from local leader, who
claimed the incident showed the
lack of attention to shooting in
communities of color.
Industry City rezoning: Executives
kicked off a controversial
plan to rezone of Industry
City in October, setting up a prolonged
fi ght with various community
stakeholders over the
fate of massive industrial complex
NOVEMBER
Back on air: Listener-funded
radio station WBAI resumed
broadcast on Nov. 7 after a
month-long closure. The Boerum
Hill station came back on the air
after a state judge ordered its
parent company — Californiabased
nonprofi t Pacifi ca Foundation
— to lay off its attempts to
silence the channel. Pacifi ca ordered
the station closed on Oct. 7,
claiming the non-for-profi t could
no longer support WBAI and its
multimillion-dollar debt, which
led to protest from hosts and listeners.
New money: State and city
leaders teamed up to fund $11.1
million in renovations for Marine
Park — after money promised
by former State Senator
Marty Golden during his failed
reelection bid never materialized.
Seeing red: The Prospect
Park Zoo’s cutest new residents
made their public debut in November,
when the newest batch
of red panda cubs strutted their
stuff in the public eye for the fi rst
time.
DECEMBER
W’ Burg beachfront: Developers
unveiled plans on Dec.
12 for two massive skyscrapers
along with new beaches and parkland
planned for the Williamsburg
waterfront.
Both Way: US Congress
passed long-awaited split tolling
legislation on the Verrazzano-
Narrows Bridge on Dec. 17.
New Year’s Destitution: Residents
of a Bedford-Stuyvesant
homeless shelter were forced to
pack their bags and move to other
shelters in the city’s system, after
the shelter was “fl ipped” to
accommodate homeless men
with mental health issues. Shelter
residents say it’s just another
chapter in the Department of
Homeless Services web of cruel
bureaucracy, while neighbors
and elected offi cials claim the
change was dropped on their
head with no warning, giving
them little time to prepare for a
new element in the neighborhood
and say goodbye to the women of
the shelter.
2019 REVIEW
Continued from Page 8
Judge Sylvia Ash was arrested for allegedly
covering up an embezzlement
scheme at Municipal Credit Union.
Photo by Stefano Giovannini
Keiko Niccolini (far left) with her daughter Rayas, and shelter employee Angela
McCall. Niccolini is petitioning for the changes to be called off.
Photo by Caroline Ourso
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