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Executive director of Brooklyn
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COURIER L 22 IFE, APRIL 12–18, 2019 M BR B G
Local judge draws inspiration
from the civil rights movement
BY SCHNEPS MEDIA
The weekly podcast features Power
Women such as Judge Judith Sheinlin
of “Judge Judy,” Pat DiMango of “Hot
Bench,” New York City Census Director
Julie Menin and many others.
This week’s podcast
guest is Judge
Margarita Lopez
Torres, a judge for
the Kings County
Surrogate’s Court.
Judge Torres
talks to host Victoria
Schneps about
growing up in
Brownsville after
emigrating from Puerto Rico and
becoming a lawyer after spending
many years as a teacher.
She was inspired by the Civil
Rights movement and Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr. during her formative
years and felt that interest in
the law could help people who were
seeking equal rights.
“I saw the difference that a
judge could make in a family’s
life,” Torres said. “I wanted to be
one of those judges.”
Judge Torres talks about what
has made her successful.
Guests on the “Power Women”
podcast share their secrets to
success.
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BY MOSES JEFFERSON
Brooklyn Paper Radio
this week discussed the
latest news regarding
the Brooklyn-Queens
Expressway, as well as
the playoff-bound Brooklyn
Nets.
Co-hosts Zach Gewelb
and Johnny Kunen were
joined by reporter Kevin
Duggan, as the trio spoke with Peter
Bray, the executive director of the
Brooklyn Heights Association, about
the fall out from last week’s town hall
as it relates to the BQE.
Bray said that “a threshold has
been achieved,” given that the city
will no longer be trying to force a highway
onto the Brooklyn Promenade. In
fact, it was the day of the most recent
town hall that the city revealed a new
“expert panel” to consider some other
solutions.
“Clearly the city is saying that it
made a mistake before with its original
two plans, that it didn’t widely consider
other options, and now it’s time
to talk a fresh look and the fact that the
panel was announced on
the day of the town hall
meeting... It didn’t surprise
us,” Bray said.
Kunen then pitched
his own idea on how to
salve the BQE’s issues:
make the triple cantilever
an above ground two
story tunnel.
Bray didn’t dismiss
the idea, saying that “all creative ideas
need to be put into the hopper.”
Moving on, Gewelb and Kunen
talked about the exciting playoffclinching
weekend for the Nets and
how they might match up against either
the 76ers or the Toronto Raptors.
Nets coverage will continue on next
week’s show as we discuss the team’s
fi rst-round matchup.
We encourage listeners to email bpnewsroom@
schnepsmedia.com with
comments on the Nets’ playoff chances
and the BQE. We’re happy to read some
of the comments on next week’s show.
Brooklyn Paper Radio can be found
on BrooklynPaper.com, iTunes , and
Stitcher .
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