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2 FEBRUARY 3 - FEBRUARY 9, 2017 BROOKLYN MEDIA GROUP KORILLA BBQ TO OPEN IN DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN A favorite food truck vendor is moving into MetroTech. Korilla BBQ, a South Korean food company known for its fusion specialties such as burritos, spicy pork rice and kimcheese fries, has just signed a 10-year lease for a brick-and-mortar restaurant at Forest City 2 MetroTech Center. Parked at MetroTech since 2015, the Korilla truck has been on the rise since winning "Rookie of the Year" honors at the Vendy Awards in 2011. The eatery will be Korilla’s second location outside of the East Village. —Danielle Kogan BROOKLYN CYCLONES ANNOUNCE NEW BROOKLYN BACKYARD PICNIC AREA The Brooklyn Cyclones are o ering a new way to view the ballgame in Coney Island this summer. The Brooklyn Backyard is a new picnic area that brings fans closer to the game by allowing them to watch the Cyclones play through the outfi eld wall at fi eld level in MCU Park. Fans can relax on comfortable patio furniture, get a cold drink from the tiki bar, and play games of shu eboard. You cannot have a picnic without food, and the Backyard Barbecue menu includes traditional ballpark fare, like burgers and hot dogs, as well as picnic favorites such as cole slaw and potato salad. The Backyard BBQ package is available for groups of 20 people or more. Picnic pricing is $30 (bleacher ticket) or $35 (Field Box ticket) for adults and $20/$25 for children 12 and under. Groups can reserve tickets for the Brooklyn Backyard by calling 718-37-BKLYN. —Patrick Weinberg MALLIOTAKIS NAMED STATE DIRECTOR OF THE NFWL Assemblymember Nicole Malliotakis has been named New York State Director of the National Foundation for Women Legislators (NFWL). The aim of the NFWL is to empower female elected leaders and to provide resources to these women for leadership development, networking and state outreach among other e orts. In her role as state director, Malliotakis will serve as a point of contact for women who are elected o cials in New York, as well as to bring them the opportunities that the NFWL provides. Malliotakis will hold the position through the end of 2017. —Patrick Weinberg BROOKLYN MEDIA GROUP/Photo by Butch Moran The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. Verrazano tolls to go up; base subway fare remains fl at BY HELEN KLEIN HKLEINBROOKLYNREPORTER.COM Drivers will see an increase in the tolls they pay as of March 19, with undiscounted tolls on the Verrazano set to rise from $16 to $17. The MTA board voted today to increase the tolls, while maintaining the same base subway/ bus fare currently in e ect, though the actual cost of a ride will increase for many commuters, who buy weekly or monthly passes or who take advantage of the discount available for loading their per-ride MetroCards with lump sums to get the bonus. According to a fact sheet sent out by the MTA, those who use an E-ZPass will see the cost of a round-trip across the Verrazano rise from $11.08 to $11.52, with Staten Island residents set to pay about half of that, ranging from $5.74 with rebate (from $5.50) to either $6.48 or $6.84 without rebate (from $5.74). Crossings such as the Hugh L. Carey Midtown Tunnel, which collect tolls in both directions, will post increases from $8 to $8.50 for motorists who do not use E-ZPass and $5.54 to $5.76 for those who do. As for a ride on a bus or subway, the cost of a base MetroCard fare will remain $2.75, and single ride tickets will remain $3. However, the bonus for loading up one’s card will decrease, hiking the e ective fare from $2.48 to $2.62. A 30-day pass will go up in price to $121 from $116.50, and the cost of a seven-day pass will increase from $31 to $32. The basic cost of an express bus ride will remain the same ($6.50), though the decrease in the bonus will send the e ective cost up from $5.86 to $6.19 for those who load up their MetroCards to claim it. “The MTA is focused on keeping our fares affordable for low-income riders and frequent riders, and on how we can keep necessary scheduled increases as small and as predictable as possible,” MTA Chairperson and CEO Thomas Prendergast said. “Keeping fares and tolls down was possible because of the continued operational e ciencies and ways we have reduced costs while adding service and capacity along our busiest corridors, most recently with the opening of the new Second Avenue subway.” While, according to the MTA, the increases are the lowest since 2009, riders’ advocates blasted them, and announced a petition drive to encourage Mayor Bill de Blasio to revise his Fiscal Year 2018 budget, released yesterday, to include funding for half-price MetroCards for low-income New Yorkers. David Jones, president and CEO of the Community Service Society and an MTA board member, contended that riders “need a meaningful discount, which is why we’ve been advocating for half-fares for New Yorkers at or below poverty.” Research the organization released in 2016 indicated that more than one in four working-age, low-income city residents “o en cannot a ord the cost of bus and subway fares.” Between 2007 and 2015, the group said, “Bus and subway fares rose by 45 percent – six times faster than average salaries in New York City,” based on a September, 2016 report by state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.


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