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State Senator Carl Kruger Surrenders To Feds

Posted by Arturo Tedesco at 11:00 am Bensonhurst, Borough Park, Brighton Beach, Featured story, Gravesend, Manhattan Beach, Mill Basin, News, Sheepshead Bay

Mar 102011

State Senator Carl Kruger, who faces corruption and conspiracy charges, turned himself in to Federal agents today. Sheepshead Bites’ Ned Berke reports that these are new charges that are “unrelated to an existing FBI probe” against Kruger concerning Rasputin night club owner Michael Levitis and “an alleged influence peddling scheme.” Kruger is the top ranking Democrat on the State Senate Finance Committee. He represents State Senate District 27, which includes Mill Basin, Sheepshead Bay, Gravesend, Midwood, Madison, Manhattan Beach, Brighton Beach, as well as parts of Borough Park and Bensonhurst.

Sheepshead Bites: Kruger To Surrender To Feds On Corruption Charges

UPDATE: Sheepshead Bites has provided a link to the 53 page criminal complaint against Kruger which includes counts of conspiracy, corruption and money laundering as well as accepting over $1 Million in bribes.

Kruger Criminal Complaint

Sheepshead Bites: Carl Kruger Charged With Accepting $1 Million In Bribes

Crumbling esplanade connects Brighton Beach and Manhattan Beach

Posted by Nick at 12:13 pm Brighton Beach, Manhattan Beach

Dec 082010

In the 80′s Jack Laboz built a fence to prevent the general public from his large house along the waterfront. In December 1993, a State court ruled in favor to allow the fence to remain. Brooklyn leaders are pushing a public-promenade plan that would reconnect neighborhoods of Manhattan Beach and Brighton Beach. It has been reported that under one proposal, the fence be replaced with a new promenade. Mark Zustovich of the Brooklyn Borough President’s Office emailed me to clear up this issue, “This is just one of several proposals in a draft being considered by City Planning and discussed by the Borough Board, on which the borough president sits. It is only a draft, and City Planning will make a final determination based on public input and other considerations. As part of this process, the Borough Board helps City Planning make sure as many areas of the city are considered.”

Best place to watch NFL sunday in SoBro?

Posted by Nick at 1:51 pm Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst, Brighton Beach, Coney Island, Manhattan Beach, Sheepshead Bay

Oct 212010

Shhh!..The New York Jets have the best record in the NFL and gave the beat down to Tammy Brady with his stupid Justin Bieber haircut and the New England “18-1 can’t videotape” Patsies. The New York Giants have rebounded and won 3 in a row to be a top of their division. How about a NY NY Super Bowl! So where is the best place to watch NFL Sunday in South Brooklyn? Perhaps you have a favorite watering hole? Or maybe you sit on your lazy ass in your mother’s house? Let us know…free advertisement here… free advertisement here…

Smoking ban at beaches….

Posted by Nick at 11:15 am Bath Beach, Brighton Beach, Coney Island, Gerritsen Beach, Manhattan Beach, Politics

Jul 072010

Mayor Michael Bloomberg says he is leaning toward a smoking ban on beaches and in parks in New York City. “When you ask people in parks or on beaches they say they just don’t want smokers there,” “People take their cigarette butts and packages and just throw them away.” Bloomberg said. DO IT MIKE!!! He is right on this issue…people just throw their butts and other shit all over the once pristine beaches. People should be fined for smoking especially with children around…as well as leaving fast food wrappers and cups on beach to blow around and end up in the ocean water. People that leave and break glass bottles on the beach should spend the night in the tombs. OK…too harsh? How about mandatory 8 hr community service for the litterbugs to clean up after the unsanitary litterbugs…what do you think??

Manhattan Beach Private Police Coming Back In 2010

Posted by Brian Hedden at 6:30 am Manhattan Beach, Police & Fire

Jan 142010

Beachside Neighborhood Patrol, the private security organization for Manhattan Beach, announced it would continue to provide patrols at a neighborhood association meeting last week, according to YourNabe.com. The private security service had previously announced that it would suspend its patrols on January 1 unless 150 more households in the community paid dues to the organization.

It has been stated by Beachside that only about 25% of the households in the community were contributing to the patrol (prior to the December membership push), and Sheepshead Bites took a close look at the effect on the patrol of the fissure between two rival community groups.

UPDATE [Jan-21-2010]: Sheepshead Bites has lots more on the story here.