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 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 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 30th
60 AFFORDABLE HOMES COMING TO RED HOOK
(Images included)
September 28th
MILITARY FAMILIES TO GET NEW HOMES
(Images included)
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 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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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
BEDFORD-STUYVESANT UNVEILS NEW BRANDING INITIATIVE: “BED-STUY AND PROUD OF IT”
(Images included)
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)
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
FIRST EVER NEW YORK-PENN LEAGUE ALL-STAR GAME HITS HOME RUN IN BROOKLYN (Images included)
February 14th
BROOKLYN’S MOST ROMANTIC VALENTINES CELEBRATE LONG LASTING LOVE (Images included)
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
MARKOWITZ - “ BROOKLYN MUST NOT BE BARRAGED WITH GARBAGE”
February 1st
MARKOWITZ INITIATES ANTI-CRIME STRATEGY MEETING
January 20th
BOROUGH PRESIDENT BREAKS GROUND TO CELEBRATE EXPANSION OF BROOKLYN MARRIOTT
January 19th
BOROUGH PRESIDENT TESTIFIES AT CITY PLANNING HEARING — “WILLIAMSBURG GREENPOINT WATERFRONT REZONING PLAN NEEDS IMPROVEMENT”
January 18th
MARKOWITZ - “MTA MUST FIX TODAY’S TECHNOLOGY BEFORE INSTALLING SYSTEMS OF THE FUTURE”
January 14th
BOROUGH PRESIDENT MARTY MARKOWITZ —“GREENPOINT WILLIAMSBURG WATERFRONT REZONING PLAN NEEDS IMPROVEMENT”
January 10th
BOROUGH PRESIDENT MARKOWITZ URGES GOVERNOR PATAKI AND MAYOR BLOOMBERG TO GET THE BUSES ROLLING
January 5th
BOROUGH PRESIDENT VISITS WINNING HOMES IN DAILY NEWS’ “BRITE STUFF” HOLIDAY DECORATING CONTEST (Images included)
January 3rd
STATEMENT FROM BOROUGH PRESIDENT MARTY MARKOWITZ ON THE PASSING OF CONGRESSWOMAN SHIRLEY CHISHOLM (Image included)
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