Bay Ridge: New statistics from the city Fire Department show that a state plan to close Victory Memorial Hospital would seriously jeopardize health in Bay Ridge, a group of lawmakers said last week. Comments (1).

Bay Ridge: Steve Harrison, who came closer than any Democrat before him in defeating the city’s only Republican congressman two years ago, won the endorsement of the Staten Island Democratic Association by a landslide vote of 42-6 last week. Comments (3).