By Alex Ellefson on Jan 06, 2016 05:28 pm THE BITE: Sometimes, the best way to stay warm during a cold snap is to hunker down with a meaty sandwich. Neighbors in Sheepshead Bay already have a few favorites to fight the winter chills — the roast beef offered at Brennan & Carr or Roll-N-Roaster, and of course there are treasured delis like Jay & Lloyd’s and Jimmy’s Famous [...]
By Rachel Silberstein on Jan 06, 2016 03:05 pm Fine Italian food is about to become a little scarcer in Gravesend. Fiorentino’s Ristorante (313 Avenue U), an authentic, no-frills Italian spot on Avenue U known for its generous helpings of red sauce-drenched pasta, will be closing its doors for good this Sunday after more than three decades in business. The Fiorentino family posted the following message [...]
By Alex Ellefson on Jan 06, 2016 02:39 pm Community Board 15 member Mitchell Shpelfogel, heir to a family real-estate fortune, is being sued by his former houseworker for unpaid wages, according to court documents posted online. The lawsuit, filed in September on behalf of Gulmira Duisheeva, who worked for Shpelfogel and his wife for more than a year between 2014 and 2015, alleges [...]
By Alex Ellefson on Jan 06, 2016 12:06 pm Safety advocated are hailing a new law, sponsored by Senator Marty Golden and Assemblyman James Brennan, as an important tool in protecting commuters and MTA workers from crime and sexual assault. The bill, signed into law this week by Governor Andrew Cuomo, will require the NYPD to establish a system similar to CompStat to track [...]
By Donny Levit on Jan 06, 2016 10:03 am Sounding off on one of the most ridiculous anti-gun schemes introduced in some time: https://t.co/nDt77l6OuQ pic.twitter.com/JI86OQ5HI0 — Americas1stFreedom (@NRAA1F) January 4, 2016 After an NRA-sponsored publication tweeted a photo of state Senator Roxanne Persaud (D – 19th Senate District) and state Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon (Assembly District 52) , the two Brooklyn lawmakers — as [...]
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