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DECEMBER

 

December 28th

TURKISH CONSUL GENERAL AND RABBI LIGHT MENORAH (Images included)

December 27th

TURKISH CONSUL GENERAL AND RABBI LIGHT MENORAH

December 22nd

16th ANNUAL CHRISTMAS DINNER AT YWCA IN BROOKLYN

December 22nd

JOIN THE BOROUGH PRESIDENT IN LIGHTING BROOKLYN’S LARGEST MENORAH

December 22nd

MARKOWITZ STATEMENT ON THE END OF THE STRIKE

December 22nd

MARKOWITZ WELCOMES HOME COMMUTERS ON THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE

December 21st

MARKOWITZ GREETS COMMUTERS ON THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE (Images included)

December 21st

MARKOWITZ WELCOMES HOME COMMUTERS ON THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE

December 20th

MARKOWITZ GREETS COMMUTERS ON THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE

December 20th

BROOKLYN Borough Hall SERVES AS REST STOP FOR COMMUTERS

December 19th

MARKOWITZ URGES MTA AND TWU TO PUT THE PUBLIC FIRST

December 16th

3,000 CHILDREN COME TO BOROUGH PRESIDENT’S HOLIDAY SPECTACULAR

December 15th

BOROUGH PRESIDENT HOLDS “LIFEGUARD SUMMIT” (Images included)

December 14th

TOYS BRIGHTEN THE HOLIDAYS FOR BROOKLYN KIDS

December 13th

MARKOWITZ HOSTS LIFEGUARD SUMMIT

December 12th

MARKOWITZ HONORS IRAQ WAR VETERAN WOUNDED BY GUNFIRE IN BROOKLYN

December 9th

BOROUGH PRESIDENT JOINS DRY CLEANERS IN CLOTHING THOUSANDS OF NEW YORKERS THIS WINTER (Images included)

December 9th

BOROUGH HALL UNVEILS NEW LIGHT SHOW: BUILDING GLOWS RED AND GREEN ALONG WITH CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING

December 8th

MARKOWITZ HONORS BROOKLYN SANITATION HEROES (Images included)

December 8th

MARKOWITZ AND LOCAL DRY CLEANERS DONATE OVER 6,000 PIECES OF CLOTHING

December 7th

MARKOWITZ HONORS BROOKLYN SANITATION HEROES

 
NOVEMBER

 

November 22nd

MARKOWITZ PROTESTS NEO-NAZI TEENAGERS’ MESSAGE OF HATE (Images included)

November 18th

OVER 950 TURKEYS FEED STRUGGLING BROOKLYNITES

November 16th

MARKOWITZ JOINS MARCH OF DIMES TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THE DANGERS OF PREMATURE BIRTH (Images included)

November 14th

BOROUGH PRESIDENT JOINS MARCH OF DIMES TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THE DANGERS OF PREMATURE BIRTH

November 7th

MARKOWITZ SUES EXXONMOBIL FOR DUMPING OIL IN NEWTOWN CREEK

November 2nd

MARKOWITZ CELEBRATES RELEASE OF BROOKLYN LOBSTER

November 2nd

ROBINSON / REESE MONUMENT UNVEILED IN KEYSPAN PARK

November 1st

PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER REZONING IN HOMECREST AND SHEEPSHEAD BAY

OCTOBER

 

October 31st

MARKOWITZ PROTESTS PLANS TO CLOSE ‘L’ STATIONS ON WEEKENDS
(Images included)

October 27th

BOROUGH PRESIDENT MARKOWITZ ANNOUNCES $900,000 TO RENOVATE BILLIE HOLIDAY THEATRE IN BED STUY
(Images included)

October 25th

BROOKLYN BOROUGH PRESIDENT’S STATEMENT ON THE LOSS OF ROSA PARKS

October 20th

MARKOWITZ HONORS ADVOCATES FOR DISABILITY RIGHTS

October 18th

MARKOWITZ HOSTS POLISH-AMERICAN HERITAGE CELEBRATION

October 17th

BOROUGH PRESIDENT MARKOWITZ JOINS LOCAL PAKISTANI LEADERS TO ENCOURAGE BROOKLYNITES TO HELP EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS
(Images included)

October 12th

BOROUGH PRESIDENT MARKOWITZ CELEBRATES HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH
(Images included)

October 12th

CELEBRAZIONE: MARKOWITZ CELEBRATES ITALIAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH
(Images included)

October 7th

BOROUGH PRESIDENT JOINS BROOKLYN MUSLIMS FOR IFTAR DINNER IN HONOR OF RAMADAN
(Images included)

SEPTEMBER

 

September 30th

September 28th

September 28th

BOROUGH PRESIDENT MARKOWITZ WELCOMES CRUISE SHIP ORIANA TO BROOKLYN
(Images included)

September 28th

MARTY’S WIFE JAMIE TAKES HER MAN TO THE DOCTOR

September 27th

Borough President Urges Speed on South Slope/Greenwood Heights Rezoning

September 26th

TAKE YOUR MAN TO THE DOCTOR – HE’LL LIVE TO LOVE YOU LONGER!
(Images included)

September 23rd

TAKE YOUR MAN TO THE DOCTOR WEEK BEGINS MONDAY

September 23rd

KINGSBROOK JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER OPENS NEW EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
(Images included)

September 22nd

“CLOSING ST. MARY’S IS IMMORAL” – BOROUGH PRESIDENT MARTY MARKOWITZ Governor’s Commission Ignores Pleas of Brooklyn Officials and Health Care Providers

September 22nd

ULURP HEARING TO CONSIDER SOUTH SLOPE REZONING, ALTERNATIVE SENTENCING FACILITY SITE PROPOSED FOR OCEAN HILL, AND Paerdegat Avenue de-mapping in flatbush

September 21st

OUTPOURING OF DONATIONS AT CLINTON-HILL/FORT GREENE HURRICANE KATRINA DRIVE OVERWHELMS COMMUNITY
(Images included)

September 20th

BOROUGH PRESIDENT MARKOWITZ — “WE REMEMBER SIMON WIESENTHAL”

September 20th

TAKE YOUR MAN TO THE DOCTOR – HE’LL LIVE TO LOVE YOU LONGER!
(Images included)

September 20th

OFFICIALS PROPOSE PLAN AMENDMENTS TO ADVANCE BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK
(Images included)

September 20th

BOROUGH PRESIDENT MARKOWITZ AND OTHER OFFICIALS CELEBRATE RE-OPENING OF PROSPECT PARK PICNIC HOUSE
(Images included)

September 19th

OFFICIALS PROPOSE PLAN AMENDMENTS TO ADVANCE BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK

September 16th

BOROUGH PRESIDENT MARKOWITZ CUTS RIBBON OF DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN GREYHOUND BUS TERMINAL
(Images included)

September 14th

“NOW WE GET TO THE NITTY GRITTY” – BOROUGH PRESIDENT MARTY MARKOWITZ

September 8th

MARKOWITZ VISITS CONEY ISLAND FAMILY WHO SURVIVED PLANE CRASH IN PERU
(Images included)

September 8th

BROOKLYN ICON HONORED
(Images included)

September 6th

BROOKLYN TEENS GAIN CRITICAL JOB SKILLS THROUGH SUMMER HEAT
(Images included)

September 2nd

BROOKLYN RESPONDS TO HURRICANE KATRINA

AUGUST

 

August 30th

BROOKLYN RESPONDS TO HURRICANE KATRINA

August 30th

MTA ORDERED TO RESTORE CONDUCTORS ON AUTOMATED SUBWAY LINES
(Images included)

August 23rd

MARKOWITZ JOINS BLOCK PARTY TO CELEBRATE HIS NEIGHBORHOOD BEAUTIFICATION FUND
(Images included)

August 19th

BOROUGH PRESIDENT KICKS OFF 25th ANNUAL GREAT IRISH FAIR
(Images included)

August 18th

BROOKLYN CABBIE HONORED FOR RETURNING DIAMONDS
(Images included)

August 18th

BOROUGH PRESIDENT CELEBRATES PAKISTANI INDEPENDENCE DAY
(Images included)

August 17th

BOROUGH PRESIDENT MARKOWITZ AND COUNCIL MEMBER YASSKY ANNOUNCE BILL TO CRACKDOWN ON AUTO-INSURANCE
(Images included)

August 11th

INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR CALLS BROOKLYN HOME
(Images included)

August 10th

Brooklyn Borough Hall Celebrates Jamaican Independence Day
(Images included)

August 9th

“Brooklyn Grabs the Brass Ring” - Markowitz (Images included)

August 9th

MARKOWITZ AND BROOKLYN TEENS ANNOUNCE BROOKLYN YOUTH LaB 2005 (Images included)


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JULY

 

July 29th

“A SLICE OF BROOKLYN” TOUR SAMPLES CLASSIC PIZZERIAS"
(Images included)

July 27th

MARKOWITZ AND BROOKLYN TEENS ANNOUNCE BROOKLYN YOUTH LaB 2005
(Images included)

July 21st

BROOKLYN CELEBRATES LA PARADA BORICUA DE NUEVA YORK
(Images included)

July 21st

ATLANTIC YARDS COMMUNITY ATTRACTS WIDESPREAD SUPPORT
(Images included)

July 20th

MARKOWITZ OPPOSES ACQUISITION OF BAYSIDE FUEL SITE FOR POWER PLANT

July 18th

JUNIOR’S LENGENDARY WAITRESS RETIRES (Images included)

July 18th

LOCAL GARDENER HONORED BY MARKOWITZ (Image included)

July 12th

BROOKLYN HONORS POLICE HERO (Images included)

July 12th

BOROUGH PRESIDENT MARKOWITZ: “BRINGING CONEY ISLAND INTO THE 21ST CENTURY!” (Images included)

July 11th

MARKOWITZ – “ILLEGAL KIMBALL ST. CONSTRUCTION MUST BE TAKEN
DOWN”
(Images included)

July 8th

KIDS ENJOY TASTE OF CAMP LIFE BEFORE SHOVING OFF FOR
CAMP BROOKLYN
(Images included)


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JUNE
 

June 29th

“BROOKLYN SETS THE STANDARD” – MARKOWITZ (Images included)

June 29th

COMMUNITY OPPOSES ST. MARY’S CLOSING (Images included)

June 29th

CITY OFFICIALS AND NORTH BROOKLYN HEALTH NETWORK KICK OFF “Brooklyn clear the air”

June 29th

23rd ANNUAL MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR CONCERT SERIES KICKS OFF ANOTHER SPECTACULAR SEASON

June 29th

SEASIDE CONCERT SERIES KICKS OFF IN CONEY ISLAND

June 22nd

MARKOWITZ DISAPPOINTED IN RENT STABILIZATION INCREASE (Images included)

June 21st

SENIOR CITIZENS FIGHT FOR BETTER TRANSPORTATION (Images included)

June 20th

BOROUGH PRESIDENT MARKOWITZ PITCHES BROOKLYN TO THE UNITED NATIONS (Image included)

June 20th

SUMMER HEAT AND THE JUNIOR LEAGUE TEAM UP TO GIVE BROOKLYN TEENS JOB TRAINING (Image included)

June 14th

BROOKLYN CELEBRATES RUSSIAN HERITAGE WEEK (Images included)

June 14th

MARKOWITZ STATEMENT ON PRESERVING EXPRESS BUS SERVICE IN SOUTHWEST BROOKLYN

June 10th

MARKOWITZ CELEBRATES RE-OPENING OF HUNTERFLY ROAD HOUSES AT WEEKSVILLE (Images included)

June 10th

BROOKLYNITES COME TOGETHER TO HELP END HUNGER (Image included)

June 9th

WILLIE RANDOLPH DAY IN BROOKLYN USA (Images included)

June 8th

BROOKLYNITES HAVE A BALL AT BROOKLYNBEST 2005 (Image included)

June 6th

BOROUGH PRESIDENT MARKOWITZ STATEMENT ON THE INCIDENT AT ROCKAWAY BEACH

June 3rd

BOROUGH PRESIDENT MARKOWITZ PRESENTS BROOKLYNBEST 2005 – GRAND ARMY PLAZA

June 2nd

MARKOWITZ HONORS VETERANS AT NATION’S LONGEST RUNNING MEMORIAL DAY PARADE (Image included)

June 2nd

BOROUGH PRESIDENT MARKOWITZ PRESENTSBROOKLYNBEST 2005 – GRAND ARMY PLAZA (Image included)

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May 26th

BROOKLYN CENTER ON HEALTH DISPARITIES SHINES SPOTLIGHT ON UNEQUAL CARE AND LACK OF HEALTH INSURANCE (Image included)

May 26th

OVER 600 BROOKLYN STUDENTS HONORED FOR EXCELLENCE (Image included)

May 24th

BOROUGH PRESIDENT LUNCHES FOR A GOOD CAUSE (Image included)

May 20th

BROOKLYN’S KOREAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY AWARDS EIGHT COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS (Image included)

May 19th

BOROUGH PRESIDENT WELCOMES NEW GREEK RESTAURANT TO SHEEPSHEAD BAY (Image included)

May 19th

FIRST TURKISH HERITAGE NIGHT CELEBRATED AT BROOKLYN BOROUGH HALL (Images included)

May 19th

ACORN Memorandum of Understanding press conference Brooklyn Borough Hall – May 19, 2005

May 18th

MARKOWITZ HONORS JAMES MADISON HIGH SCHOOL MOCK TRIAL TEAM
(Images included)

May 16th

LIGHTEN UP BROOKLYN – BOROUGH PRESIDENT LEADS FITNESS WALK ACROSS BELOVED BROOKLYN BRIDGE (Image included)

May 13th

MARKOWITZ - “FORT HAMILTON HAS GREAT STRATEGIC VALUE”

May 12th

BOROUGH PRESIDENT MARKOWITZ CELEBRATES JEWISH HERITAGE NIGHT (Image included)

May 12th

MARKOWITZ ANNOUNCES STUDENT WINNERS OF HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE WRITING CONTEST (Image included)

May 6th

BROOKLYN PARTICIPATES IN NATIONAL COVER THE UNINSURED WEEK (Image included)

May 4th

“CLOSING VETERANS’ HOSPITALS? FUHGEDABOUDIT!” – BOROUGH PRESIDENT MARTY MARKOWITZ (Image included)

May 3rd

BOROUGH PRESIDENT OFFERS HAIKU TO CELEBRATE SAKURA MATSURI (Image included)

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APRIL

 

April 29th

BOROUGH PRESIDENT HONORS BROOKLYN VOLUNTEER MEDICAL TEAM FOR PROVIDING FREE SURGERIES IN HONDURAS (Image included)

April 29th

PRATT STUDENTS PRESENT CREATIVE USES FOR BROOKLYN HOUSE OF DETENTION SITE
(Image included)

April 29th

BOROUGH PRESIDENT CELEBRATES PASSOVER WITH JASA (Image included)

April 29th

BROOKLYN TEEN TAKES HOME PENTAX CAMERA FOR WINNING $10,000 PHOTO PRIZE IN NATIONWIDE CONTEST (Image included)

April 22nd

MARKOWITZ’S $1 MILLION NEIGHBORHOOD BEAUTIFICATION FUND HELPS BROOKLYN GROW GREENER (Image included)

April 22nd

HOUSING EXPERTS ADDRESS CONCERNS OF BROOKLYN’S MITCHELL-LAMA RESIDENTS
(Image included)

April 22nd

BOROUGH PRESIDENT COMMENDS NURSING HOME WORKERS AT QUALITY CARE CONFERENCE (Image included)

April 19th

BROOKLYN SLOGAN CAMPAIGN KICKS INTO HIGH GEAR(Image included)

April 15th

Brooklyn Students are College Bound!(Image included)

April 15th

MARTY STEPS UP TO THE PLATE TO DINE IN BROOKLYN (Image included)

April 14th

Affinity Health Plan Opens Brooklyn Community Service Center (Image included)

April 14th

“Greek Culture is Alive and Well in Brooklyn” - Markowitz (Image included)

April 14th

Borough President’s Statement on the Loss of Archbishop Iakovos, Primate of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese in North and South America

April 14th

Borough President’s Statement on the Loss of Grand Rabbi Naftali Halberstam

April 9th

“Every Day in Brooklyn is a Circus” - Markowitz (Image included)

April 7th

Brooklyn Clergy and Borough President Welcome Attorney General Eliot Spitzer
(Image included)

April 6th

BOROUGH PRESIDENT MARKOWITZ BECOMES PRINCIPAL FOR A DAY AT P.S. 238
(Image included)

April 6th

BOROUGH PRESIDENT MARKOWITZ CELEBRATES FORSYTHIA DAY
(Image included)

April 4th

Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz to City Council – In Greenpoint Williamsburg affordable housing should be our first concern
(Image included)

April 1st

Borough President's Statement on the Loss of Pope John Paul II (Image included)

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MARCH



March 30th

BROOKLYN BREWERY BREWS NEW YORK STATE SWEEPSTAKES (Image included)

March 30th

BROOKLYN NIGHT ON BROADWAY SUPPORTS CAMP BROOKLYN (Image included)

March 29th

BOROUGH PRESIDENT BRINGS PUBLIC AGENCY AND COMMUNITY LEADERS TOGETHER FOR NETWORKING DINNER (Image included)

March 29th

BROOKLYN SWINGS WITH CENTRAL BROOKLYN JAZZ FESTIVAL (Image included)

March 28th

FIFTH AVENUE COMMITTEE COMES HOME (Image included)

March 28th

NEW YORK STATE WOMEN’S BAR ASSOCIATION CELEBRATES 25th ANNIVERSARY AT BOROUGH HALL (Image included)

March 23rd

MARKOWITZ – “I’M THRILLED THE CITY COUNCIL HAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED BAY RIDGE REZONING”

March 22th

HALF-MARATHON GRAND PRIX COMES TO BROOKLYN (Image included)

March 22th

BOROUGH PRESIDENT HONORS MS. FULL-FIGURED USA 2005 (Image included)

March 21th

ADELMAN’S KOSHER DELI CELEBRATES ITS 26TH ANNIVERSARY (Image included)

March 21th

GREEN BAGELS AND IRISH DANCING GALORE AT ST. PATRICK’S BOROUGH HALL BREAKFAST (Images included)

March 11th

BROOKLYN HONORS HARRIET ROSS TUBMAN (Images included)

March 11th

INITIATIVE FOR A COMPETITIVE BROOKLYN TO HELP CREATE JOBS AND RAISE STANDARD OF LIVING (Images included)

March 11th

March 8th

DEPUTY BOROUGH PRESIDENT GRAHAM’S STATEMENT ON HEALTH DISPARITIES AMONG WOMEN OF COLOR

March 4th

MARKOWITZ – “I’M THRILLED THAT THE ATLANTIC YARDS MOU HAS BEEN SIGNED”

March 3rd

MARKOWITZ COMMENDS COMMERCE BANK AND PARK SLOPE RESIDENTS ON OUTSTANDING COLLABORATION (Images included)

March 1st

HELPING BROOKLYN’S HOUSES OF WORSHIP CREATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR SENIORS (Images included)

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FEBRUARY



February 24th

FIRST PERMANENT INSTALLATION OF AN AFRICAN AMERICAN DIGNITARY UNVEILED AT BROOKLYN BOROUGH HALL (Images included)

February 22th

BROOKLYN CHESS CHAMPS SEEK HELP GETTING TO NATIONALS (Images included)

February 17th

HEART OF BROOKLYN CELEBRATES ITS NEW HOME IN PROSPECT HEIGHTS
(Images included)

February 16th

BROOKLYN MOURNS THE LOSS OF POLICE OFFICER DELGADO

February 16th

BOROUGH PRESIDENT HONORS FORT HAMILTON’S NEW COMMANDER
(Images included)

February 14th

MARTY’S BIRTHDAY BASH BENEFITS CAMP BROOKLYN (Images included)

February 14th

February 14th

February 7th

MARKOWITZ - “ BROOKLYN - THIS IS YOUR MONEY!”

February 4th

BOROUGH PRESIDENT MOURNS LOSS OF OSSIE DAVIS

February 3rd

CALLING ON BROOKLYN’S GOLDEN COUPLES TO REVEAL THE SECRETS TO LONG LASTING LOVE (Images included)

February 3rd

MARKOWITZ – “HOUSE OF DETENTION MUST GO”

February 3rd

BOROUGH PRESIDENT UNVEILS DESIGN FOR NEW THEATER IN DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN (Images included)

February 3rd

MARKOWITZ BREAKS GROUND FOR NEW “Y” IN BED-STUY (Images included)

February 1st

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JANUARY


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