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Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Just got this email from 39th District City Council member-elect, Brad Lander. He's hired two important staff members and is looking for more. As I gear up to take office in January, I'm pleased to report that we've hired our first two staff ... and to ask for your help in recruiting a few others. Rachel Goodman will be my Chief of Staff: Rachel has great experience in both the political...
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Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
After a seemingly endless election season, tonight Brad Lander won the general election for the race to fill Bill deBlasio's City Council seat. The Democratic primary was an intense 5-way race between Lander, Josh Skaller, Bob Zuckerman, Gary Reilly, and John Heyer. In the general election Lander was pitted against Green Party candidate David Pechefsky and Republican Joe...
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Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
I got these auto-emails from two candidates for City Council in the 39th district: Democrat Brad Lander and Green David Pechefsky. FROM BRAD: Louise -- Three months ago, I wrote you an early morning e-mail from Foley Square in Lower Manhattan, where I was sleeping out as part of a vigil to end homelessness. This morning, at home in Brooklyn, I'm restless again, waiting for Election...
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No Land Grab (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
Atlantic Yards Report In overwhelmingly-Democratic New York City, the winner of the primary normally wins in the general election as well. Brad Lander, the Democratic candidate for City Council in the 39th District, is being challenged by David Pechefsky of the Green Party. This blog entry compares/contrasts the two candidates who are both opposed to the proposed Atlantic Yards project....
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Atlantic Yards Report (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
David Pechefsky (right), the Green Party candidate for the 39th City Council District, may be a long-shot, but he's run a lively campaign, most notably challenging Democratic frontrunner Brad Lander (below, left) on the role of the Council and, secondarily, on Atlantic Yards.Indeed, while Pechefsky critiques Lander for not having a plan to stop the project, neither does Pechefsky,...
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Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
Tonight: Central Brooklyn Independent Democrats (CBID) sponsors a discussion between the Democratic nominees for City Council in the 39th district and the man selected by the Green Party. That means Brad Lander (Dems) and David Pechefsky (Green) are going head to head tonight over at the Park Slope Methodist Church, 6th ave. and 8th Street at 8 p.m. Should be thought provoking!
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New York Post (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
Even though he’s already won the Democratic primary for the 39th District, City Council candidate Brad Lander is still learning a thing or two about “the game” -- especially the unwritten truth that any event, no matter how important or benign, could...
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carroll gardens petition (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
... "explained." (See PMFA) http:// pardonmeforasking.blogspot. com/2009/12/will-bill-and- brad-attend-hannah.html When asked who would be doing the explaining, there was no reply. Tom did tell a CORD member that he would be there but there was no response given as to our Councilman's presence. Brad Lander, our Councilman elect, has indicated that he will be able to attend...
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WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Brooklyn City Councilman-elect (D 39) Brad Lander looks ahead to his term in office representing Carroll Gardens, Kensington, Park Slope and Windsor Terrace in the city council.
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brownstoner (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
... area, rather than their own. Meanwhile, a few people who live near the site and Councilman-elect Brad Lander spoke out against the BSA granting a variance. The opponents' arguments included statements about how the block's infrastructure isn't well-equipped for increased residential density and that the developers shouldn't be rewarded for incompetence. The BSA said it would give...
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New York Post (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Joe Nardiello just won’t let things go.A week after being trounced by Brad Lander in the fight to replace City Councilmember Bill de Blasio in the 39th District, the Republican candidate is still sending out e-mail press releases demanding answers fo...
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New York Post (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
This morning there was a reprise of the Black Eyed Peas’ “I Gotta Feeling” at City Council nominee Brad Lander’s Park Slope homestead.And, wouldn’t you know it, those prognosticating Peas did it again.When the polls closed Tuesday night, Lander was o...
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brownstoner (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
You've probably seen them by now, but just in case (and just in case you feel like discussing), we've post the results of all the Brooklyn City Council races yesterday on the jump. In some of the races most relevant to Brownstoner-land, Tish James, Brad Lander, Al Vann, Charles Barron, Sara Gonzalez, Vincent Gentile and Mathieu Eugene all emerged victorious. 2009 NYC General Election...
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Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
... few weeks back, it was Pechefsky's idea to enlist Republican candidate Joe Nardiello and Democrat Brad Lander to sit at school desks outside of MS 51 on Fifth Avenue and Fifth Street and take a standardized test, a creative way to protest the Campaign Finance Board (CFB), which printed an error in their Voter’s Guide that identified Democratic nominee Brad Lander...
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Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
... other issues that matter to New Yorkers. For City Council in the 39th: Breakfast-of-Candidates: Brad Lander, Lander has two master's degrees and a BA from the University of Chicago. He made his mark running community organizations like the Fifth Avenue Committee and Pratt Center for Community Development,...
