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BROOKLYN WEEKLY, DECEMBER 29, 2019
YEAR IN REVIEW: 2019
The biggest news stories in Brooklyn
Well that was fast!
2019 is almost over, but it
feels like just yesterday
that Gov. Andrew Cuomo
pulled off the ultimate fl ex
and threw out more than
three years of planning
to keep the L-train from
shutting down. Of course,
Cuomo’s 11th-hour ploy
to avert the L-pocalypse
was just three days into
the year, which would
sadly come to be marked
by some grim records, including
the longest ever
shutdown of the federal
government, a massive
measles outbreak , and the
most cyclist fatalities of
all time. But it wasn’t all
bad! Mayor de Blasio announced
his “Green Wave”
expansion of the city’s cycling
network, a senior
friendly racket game
called pickleball became
the sensation of southern
Brooklyn, and state Sen.
Andrew Gounardes made
good on his predecessor’s
promise to fi nd funding
for much-needed repairs
to Marine Park. And topping
it all off, Congress
closed out the year with
a vote to nix the Verrazzano
Bridge’s one-way
toll, which is expected to
ease traffi c for long suffering
Bayridgites heading
to Manhattan, and generate
more than $10 million
in additional annual revenue
for the state.
JANUARY
Shore things: City offi
cials announced that Coney
Island would receive
a long sought-after stop on
the city’s ferry service as
part of a new express route
to lower Manhattan!
Cance-L’d: Governor
Andrew Cuomo abruptly
called off the year-in-themaking
L-train shutdown
on Jan. 3, three months
ahead of the L-pocalypse,
which would have shut
down service between
Brooklyn and Manhattan
for 15 months to allow for
repairs.
Prosecutor perishes:
Former District Attorney
Charles Hynes passed
away at a hospice-care center
in Florida on Jan. 29 at
83 years old. Hynes served
as the borough’s top prosecutor
for 24 years.
What a drag: The parents
of an 11-year-old drag
queen suffered constant
harassment in the form
of death threats and neardaily
visits by city social
workers after a video of
the youngster performing
at a Williamsburg gay bar
went viral.
FEBUARY
That stinks: The city’s
neighborhood-wide rezoning
of Gowanus got off to
a rough start in February,
when offi cials from the Department
of City Planning
and other agencies came
under fi re for providing
a lackluster presentation
to concerned locals, who
were left in the dark without
information as regulators
moved ahead.
Continued on Page 6
Former District Attorney
Charles Hynes died in January.
Photo by Steve Solomonson
Gov. Cuomo called off the L train shutdown just after New Year’s
Day. Governor’s Offi ce
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