A helicopter trip NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio took from Prospect Park in his old home borough of Brooklyn to an event in Queens in order to avoid traffic on the BQE has caused him a big PR headache. (nystateofpolitics.com)
Brooklyn Councilman Vincent Gentile will likely be the candidate to take on Staten Island District Attorney Daniel Donovan to replace former Congressman Michael Grimm, sources told the Observer — though some have dismissed the bid as virtually hopeless because Mr. Gentile's home borough makes up less than a third of the district. (observer.com)
Without a gym, they run along the Hudson River or up and down stairs in their building — an approach that worked so well that several students recently won prizes at a citywide track meet, and coach Tony Kunin brought home a borough - wide coaching award, Siena said. (dnainfo.com)