Tag Archives: Brooklyn

Politicker reports: The National Organization for Marriage has taken its anti-gay marriage efforts down to a local level, purchasing advertisements in the special election to replace former State Senator Carl Kruger. A reader found one of these ads in the Orthodox Jewish publication Country Yossi Magazine. “We Need A Senator Who Supports Torah Values,” the ad’s headline reads, before going …

If you have an urgent need for sex toy, Brooklyn’s Babeland will dispatch one immediately via bike messenger. “This is New York City. You can get anything delivered,” said Pamela Doan, a spokeswoman for the purveyors of all things that vibrate and lubricate. The door-to-door of service works like this: whoopie-makers can scope out items online, then call Babeland to …

As I’ve noted here on several occasions, Brooklyn’s Hasidic communities have been increasing their attempts to impose religious law on their neighborhoods. We’ve seen demands that women sit at the back of public buses and we’ve seen street signs commanding women to step aside for approaching men. We’ve seen attempts to ban bike lanes so that “immodestly dressed” female bikers …

A massive illegal billboard promoting the Mega Millions lottery came crashing down onto the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway on Friday. Officials at the Department of Buildings say advertisements at the location are illegal. “It’s a miracle that nobody got hurt, because this is always busy, especially around 2 o’clock,” said one resident. “I ride my bike up Meeker Avenue all the time—warm, …

Teenaged murderer John Katehis has received the maximum sentence for the gruesome 2009 slaying of openly gay CBS newsman George Weber. The killer’s first trial resulted in a hung jury after the defense painted Weber as a kinky pedophile who trolled for young male prostitutes on Craigslist, where he met Katehis. Last month the jury in the second trial repeatedly …

(Via – Gothamist)

A highrise project above a new sports arena in Brooklyn will be built using modular housing units like those seen in mobile homes. At 32 stories, one of the buildings will be the tallest such structure in the world. In New York City, the School Construction Authority has used the technology to build classrooms, and the Capsys Corporation, a modular …

“The fact is that the artist who made the vile video died of self-inflicted wounds: he died of AIDS. The homosexual, David Wojnarowicz, hated the Catholic Church (had he lived by its teachings, he would not have self-destructed). He once referred to Cardinal John O’Connor as a ‘fat cannibal,’ and labeled the Catholic Church a ‘house of walking swastikas.’ Sounds …

Failed Messiah points out that a Brooklyn-based bus company contracted to run a public route instructs its female riders that they must ride in the back. The company, which is paid by New York City to operate a line between two major Hasidic neighborhoods, denies it forces women to the back of their buses, even though its own schedule commands …

The Failed Messiah blog reports that one of Brooklyn’s fringe Jewish groups wants to put up signs warning against gay pedophiles. According to this hate group, molestations of boys “has surged since gay marriage became legal.” (This is not the same group that last week posted signs ordering women to step aside when men approach.) JPAC (Jewish Political Action Committee) …

Signs being posted in Brooklyn’s Orthodox Jewish enclaves command women to deferentially step aside and allow men to pass when meeting on the sidewalk. Why did the Orthodox Jewish woman cross the road? Because a Yiddish sign ordered her. A bold new religious decree was bolted to street trees this week that orders women to move to the side when …

NOM is doing an excellent job of stoking the fires of anti-gay hatred among New York’s Orthodox Jews. Today several dozen Brooklyn rabbis issued a letter declaring that to vote for Assemblyman David Weprin is a violation of the Torah. Because he voted for same-sex marriage. “Weprin’s claim that he is Orthodox makes the chillul Hashem even greater,” states the …

Good As You’s Jeremy Hooper reports that NOM is mailing three different attack fliers to households in the district of former Rep. Anthony Weiner. NOM hopes to make Assemblyman David Weprin, an Orthodox Jew, the first example in their statewide campaign to punish all lawmakers who support civil rights. The above flier has been sent to Jewish neighborhoods in Brooklyn. …

A Brooklyn-based entrepreneur is literally selling his borough. Its dirt, that is. Nothing, says Rameses Crisi, 28, a resident of Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Mr. Crisi has come up with what he calls a more “authentic” souvenir: a test-tube filled with muslin fabric stained with dirt, grass and dust from sites across Brooklyn. A dirt-level ode to the borough, it is offered …

A maintenance worker at a Brooklyn housing project speared this three-foot rat after residents reported seeing several such behemoths darting around the complex. Rodent experts say these ROUS’s are the Gambian pouched rat, which was once a popular pet until being banned after having been found to carry the monkeypox virus. Despite what some residents believe, the Gambian rat is …

Openly lesbian real estate worker Priscilla Agosto, 23, is suing her former employer for sexual harassment, saying she’d been physically and verbally humiliated by her coworkers. Agosto’s boss responded to the suit by claiming that she is “too ugly” for anybody to have bothered her. Priscilla Agosto ran a gauntlet of sexual humiliation – verbal and physical – in her …

This Village Voice photo by Steven Thrasher made my grinchy heart grow two sizes: “That’s Steve Landis and Julie Irwin, who brought their 4-year-old twins Emily and Sophie to Brooklyn Borough Hall this morning to be flower girls for whoever might need them. They don’t even know anyone getting married today! Aw.”

Brooklyn Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio is telling the Catholic schools and churches in his diocese to ban all visits from pro-gay state legislators. DiMarzio, the leader of the Brooklyn diocese, has urged the Catholic institutions to decline donations and speaking engagements from Gov. Andrew Cuomo and any lawmaker who voted “yes” on the bill legalizing same-sex marriages. Calling New York’s passage …

New York state Assemblyman Joe Lentol voted in favor of same-sex marriage. Which means a Brooklyn Catholic school has to send back his $50 donation. Officials at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church in Williamsburg sent back a $50 gift from Assemblyman Joe Lentol (D-Brooklyn) – following Brooklyn Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio’s edict to refuse any honors from pols who backed …