From The New York Shitty Photo Pool: Point/Counterpoint
Filed under: 11237, Bushwick, Bushwick Brooklyn, Culture War, The Word On The Street
Taken by Scoboco.
New York Shitty Street Art Du Jour: Jefferson Street
Filed under: 11206, Bushwick, Bushwick Brooklyn, Street Art, Stuff That Makes Miss Heather Happy
Taken September 30, 2013.
Bushwick Photo Du Jour: Evergreen Avenue
Filed under: 11206, Bushwick, Bushwick Brooklyn, Street Art, Stuff That Makes Miss Heather Happy
Taken September 30, 2013.
From The New York Shitty Inbox: Another One
Filed under: 11237, 11385, Bushwick, Bushwick Brooklyn, Ridgewood, Ridgewood Queens
My tipster writes:
It’s gotten to the point that I start thinking about what’s waiting for me in my mailbox when I am on the train. What will I do next Wednesday?
From The New York Shitty Inbox: Howdy Neighbor!
Filed under: 11237, 11385, Bushwick, Bushwick Brooklyn, Ridgewood, Ridgewood Queens
Choice quote:
To improve city services in our neighborhoods and bring needed city resources into our community, I have decided to run for city council.
It has been noted by my tipster (the recipient of this missive) that Mr. Lopez was never, in fact his/her Assemblyman. That distinction goes to Ms. Cathy Nolan. Whoops.
In any case this is the stuff night terrors are made of folks…
There’s an old ugly lech in the neighborhood, an old ugly lech is a neighbor…Would you be mine, could you be mine…won’t you be my intern?
From The New York Shitty Inbox: Greetings From Broadway
Filed under: 11206, 11211, Brooklyn, Bushwick, Bushwick Brooklyn, East Williamsburg, East Williamsburg Brooklyn, Ridgewood, Ridgewood Queens
(in Brooklyn, that is)
My anonymous tipster, “T” writes:
You may have seen these, but just in case. Posted up under the train along Broadway.. On almost every truss/pillar.
Actually, I have not. But then again:
1. I received this mailer from a tipster who resides in the 34th.
2. I reside in the 33rd— wherein a great many of my fellow citizens seem to be in a state of denial that our incumbent City Councilman, Steve Levin, was the Chief of Staff and in fact mentored by this lovely fellow.
Why is this so? For starters, I’d hazard to guess that when compared to David Yassky or Ken Fisher, Levin’s predecessors, he seems like an improvement. The sad fact is, Levin probably is an improvement.
But that just goes to show how low the expectations are here in Greenpoint— and how disappointed I am that no attention by reformers is being directed to the “race” here. Yes, there is one…
Supplemental/suggested reading: this tome by City & State. Here’s a choice passage:
…Possibly the most bizarre example of the staffer-as-candidate phenomenon is taking place right now in Brooklyn, where two former chiefs of staff to Assemblyman Vito Lopez, Council Members Stephen Levin and Diana Reyna, currently occupy neighboring districts. In a veritable warren of political intrigue, Lopez is running against Reyna’s chief of staff, Antonio Reynoso, while next door Levin is making every effort to pretend that his own re-election campaign has nothing whatsoever to do with the scandals plaguing his former boss…