Vito Lopez acolyte Steve Levin handily trounced his opponents in the race for the 33rd City Council District this Tuesday, winning big in the Hasidic community, senior centers, and public housing...

With 97% reporting, BushwickBK is calling this race for DIANA REYNA, who won by 3% in a race involving barely 9,000 voters. The Esposito campaign probably served to siphon off the incumbent's votes, but ultimately it wasn't enough to hand victory to the machine's candidate, Maritza Davila, behind whom Dem Boss and State Assemblyman Vito Lopez threw all of his weight. ...

34th City Council District candidate Maritza Davila consults with Assemblyman Vito Lopez at services, left; 33rd District candidate Steve Levin shoots the evil eye, center; 34th District incumbent Diana Reyna preaches to her constituents. -- Photos by Aaron Short In the final weekend before the Democratic primary, Bushwick and Williamsburg City Council candidates trafficked Catholic parishes with ...

Council candidate Maritza Davila. — Photo by Aaron Short To help you make the right decision in the upcoming Democratic primary -- which is the de facto election in Brooklyn -- BushwickBK will be running profiles on each of the three main City Council candidates for the 34th District this week. As the 37th's Erik Dilan is running unchallenged in the ...

Council candidate and incumbent Diana Reyna. — Photo by Aaron Short To help you make the right decision in the upcoming Democratic primary -- which is the de facto election in Brooklyn -- BushwickBK will be running profiles on each of the three main City Council candidates for the 34th District this week. As the 37th's Erik Dilan is running unchallenged ...

Council candidate Gerald Esposito. -- Photo by Aaron Short To help you make the right decision in the upcoming Democratic primary -- which is the de facto election in Brooklyn -- BushwickBK will be running profiles on each of the three main City Council candidates for the 34th District this week. As the 37th's Erik Dilan is running unchallenged in the ...

Gothamist has a perfect little summary of the Broadway Triangle situation for their readers, but finally, thanks to the Daily News, another angle is addressed: what of the property owners and businesspeople who find the Triangle an ideal place to do business?

Tom Robbins is in the hood again, this time to stick it to Vito Lopez and the stunning machine he’s built over the decades...

Vito Lopez, center, facing front, holds court in Albany's halls of power. -- Photo by Aaron Short. Is Brooklyn Democratic Boss and State Assemblyman Vito Lopez pushing a lenient clergy abuse bill in order to curry favor with the Catholic Church, so that his pet organizations can more easily control the contracting of an "affordable housing" scheme near Broadway and ...

Protesters' demonstrate at City Hall with sign that read "Stop Diana Reyna Now!" and "We Need Affordable Housing!" -- Photo by Aaron Short Fort Sumter it wasn’t. Nevertheless, a mild skirmish broke out this week on the steps of City Hall as the first shots in the battle for the 34th District Council Seat (Bushwick, East Williamsburg) were fired Wednesday afternoon ...

Obama mural in Bushwick. -- Photo by Hrag Vartanian There'll be no shortage of Bushwick events for the Presidential Inauguration tomorrow. In D.C., the day's schedule starts at 11:30am with the formal Swearing-in ceremony, followed by a parade and the Neighborhood Inauguration Ball at 7pm. The ball, televised on ABC, will feature luminaries like Beyonce, Mary J. Blige, Mariah Carey, ...