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Bill de Blasio nabs first endorsements for Congress
The ex-mayor's congressional campaign is receiving backing from a former Brooklyn political mainstay, and a city lawmaker who represents parts of the borough and a union.
Bill to boost Markowitz's pension never went to vote
A bill that would have added $51,000 to the pension of former Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz never came up for a vote in Albany after it was exposed in...
The latest case of pols' entitled mindset
To see how grand New York’s politicians’ sense of entitlement can grow, it’s hard to beat state Sen. Marty Golden’s bill to sweeten the pension for a fellow Brooklyn pol,...
Political pal pushes bill to boost ex-borough president's pension
Four years after leaving his post as Brooklyn borough president, Marty Markowitz enjoys a pension reflecting his more than 30 years of public service, plus a $180,000-a-year salary from the...
Marty Markowitz predicts Brooklyn will host 2020 DNC
Leading Brooklyn booster Marty Markowitz predicts that the borough will take another run at the Democratic National Convention — this time for 2020. “I waited every year for the Brooklyn...
Markowitz backing indicted state Sen. Sampson’s re-election
ALBANY— Brooklyn’s biggest pitch man just threw a knuckle ball at the voters: Marty Markowitz is backing indicted state Sen. John Sampson’s re-election bid. The former Brooklyn borough president, who...
Maître d’ Marty Markowitz hits Brooklyn
Marty Markowitz is taking being a public servant to another level. The former longtime Brooklyn Borough President will be serving customers Friday night as guest maître d’ at famed Northern...
Markowitz to lead push for Democratic convention at Barclays
He led the fight to build Barclays Center — and now Brooklyn’s biggest booster has been tapped to convince the Democratic National Committee to bring the 2016 presidential convention to...
Ex-Brooklyn borough president to promote NYC
Brooklyn’s most boisterous backer is getting bigger bucks to boost the other boroughs. Former Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz got tapped Friday as vice president for “borough promotion and engagement”...
City bulldozes community garden in dead of night
What the cluck? A developer bulldozed a beloved community garden in Coney Island on Saturday to make way for an amphitheater — uprooting 20 chickens on a decades-old plot that...
Brooklyn declared 'lesbian capital' by boro president
He’s running out of superlatives, but Borough President Marty Markowitz managed to come up with one more Tuesday: Brooklyn is the “lesbian capital” of the Northeast. The borough’s bubbly chief...