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Brooklyn Daily: Saturday, Oct. 21, 2006

Cheap housing advocates push for more changes in subsidy program

Development: Affordable housing advocates called on Mayor Bloomberg this week to quit subsidizing the construction of luxury apartments, saying his long-awaited reform proposal for a controversial property tax break didn’t go far enough. Comments (1).

Vito finds it really hard to be green

A respected environmental group celebrated the green values of New York City’s congressional delegation — except for one member, Rep. Vito Fossella. Comment.

The calm in the storm

Randy Asher is young, cocky, and brash — and he wants your kids back. Comment.

Fossella virtually offended by Paper’s ‘Polly’

Friends for Vito Fossella has ended its online “friendship” with The Brooklyn Papers, following a Papers report showing that a Web site for the four-term Republican congressman’s campaign was filled with lurid content. Comment.

Muslims, Jews break pita

Brooklyn Angle: You don’t see this very often. A group of Muslim men is bowing towards Mecca, kneeling in prayer and chanting “Allahu akbar” in the basement of a synagogue. Comment.

Artist collared

Police dragged a quirky Clinton Hill artist — and building code scofflaw — out of his home Wednesday, after the city declared his jerry-rigged, self-built mansion unsafe for him and his neighbors. Comment.

Now running for Beep, Owens won’t let debt — or loss — slow him down

Fresh from his last-place finish in a race to succeed his father in Congress, Chris Owens is preparing his next campaign: to be your next borough president. Comment.

Smartmom takes on homework, except when it’s been assigned

Smartmom: Smartmom was in one of her rages after attending Tuesday night’s discussion at the Seventh Avenue Barnes & Noble with the authors of The Case Against Homework: How Homework is Hurting Our Children and What We Can Do About It. Comment.

Mickey Mouse plan

Red Hook: Elected officials from Washington to City Hall this week derided Mayor Bloomberg’s plan to turn the Red Hook and Cobble Hill waterfront into a maritime-themed tourist attraction as “Disney on the Waterfront.” Comment.

Room boom

Downtown plan: The Brooklyn Marriott’s 280-room annex has swung open its doors on Adams Street, bringing its total number of rooms in the often sold-out hotel to 660. Comment.

Trolley idea is derailed

Bridge ‘Park’: See our editorial. Comment.

D’Town czar Chan’s ‘lofty’ business plan

Downtown plan: If you build it, they will come — but with two-million-square feet of office space being built in Downtown Brooklyn, planners still don’t know who “they” are. Comment.

Beloved music store to close

Development: Cobble Hill will lose another of its colorful institutions when the Musician’s General Store closes at the end of the month, squeezed out by soaring rents in the fast-changing neighborhood. Comment.

Locals: City dragging feet at Owls Head

Development: Nearly a year has passed since Mayor Bloomberg promised to staunch the stench from the Owls Head Water Pollution Control Plant, and the update is … it still stinks. Comments (1).

Bring back a trolley!

Editorial: Calls to restore trolley service to Brooklyn probably started the day after trolley service — like the Dodgers — left Brooklyn. Comment.

Fourth Ave could get school for free

Development: Build a school, get aboard the Fourth Avenue gravy train. Comment.

Stinger bites two rivals

Coney Island: Give us the jellyfish! Comment.

300 millionth American from Brooklyn – maybe

The Census Bureau said the 300 millionth American was born on Tuesday at 7:46 am — and that he or she was not born in Brooklyn. Comment.
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