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liams (D–Flatbush) last month won the
endorsement of two self-proclaimed
progressive Kings County Democratic
clubs in his quest to win the watchdog
seat, solidifying his place at the head
of the pack after a candidates forum
in Brooklyn Heights, where other local
hopefuls including Councilman
Rafael Espinal (D–Bushwick) and Assemblywoman
Latrice Walker (DBrownsvill
e) also stumped.
The Brooklyn Dems are among
more than a dozen hopefuls campaigning
in the citywide non-partisan election,
which will take place on Feb. 26,
Mayor DeBlasio announced on Dec. 29.
And with weeks to go, expect front-runners
including Espinal and Williams
— who narrowly lost a bid to unseat
New York State Lieutenant Gov. Kathy
Hochul in September’s Democratic primary
elections — to amp up their appeals
to voters.
6. Gonzalez on Gonzalez
Prosecutors are still investigating
the hit-and-run motorist who fatally
ran over a 4-year-old girl in Bushwick
— in June.
Driver Jeanette Maria killed little
Luz Gonzalez while leaving an illegal
parking space outside a laundromat at
the corner of Wyckoff Avenue and Hart
Street, backing out, turning, and driving
into the girl and her mother Reyna
Candia.
But when police caught up to Maria,
who is rumored to be related to one of
New York’s Finest, about a block away
from the scene, they let her go. And District
Attorney Eric Gonzalez’s offi ce
has yet to announce fi ndings or charges
resulting from his probe, despite such
evidence as video of the deadly hit-andrun,
which show Maria’s car noticeably
bounce up and down as she ran over
Gonzalez and Candia, who sustained
injuries, before driving away.
But last January, Gonzalez concluded
a similar, months-long investigation
when he announced he would not
charge the garbage-truck driver who
hit and killed a cyclist in Greenpoint
months before in August — suggesting
the next few weeks could bring a longawaited
end to the Gonzalez case.
5. Garden’s new neighbors
Council last month green-lit a rezoning
that will allow developers to build
two controversial 16-story towers blocks
from the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, after
Crown Heights Councilwoman Laurie
Cumbo struck a deal with the builders
that she claimed will nearly double
the amount of below-market-rate housing
included in the project.
Cumbo agreed to allow towers
roughly nine stories higher than the
area’s current zoning law allows in exchange
for a deal that will bring some
258 so-called affordable units to the
area as part of the scheme. But her yes
vote that culminated the two towers’
public-review process came as the public
review for another, much larger Botanic
Garden–adjacent development is
STILL ON TRACK?: Some local leaders are
calling on Amazon to fund Mayor DeBlasio’s
stalled waterfront trolley line, now that the
tech giant is opening up a Queens headquarters
near the proposed route.
about to begin in her district.
Builder Continuum Company wants
to erect a six-building complex with
towers as high as 37 stories — featuring
some 1,450 units, half of which will
be market-rate — on Franklin Avenue
between Sullivan and Montgomery
streets, which Botanic Garden leaders
already took a hard stance against due
to its size.
That land is also currently zoned for
towers no taller than seven stories, and
Cumbo again will ultimately cast the
key Council vote on a rezoning necessary
to build the complex.
4. Growing Gowanus
Offi cials last June released a plan
to rezone a chunk of Gowanus to make
way for taller residential buildings
in parts of the historically industrial
neighborhood, where the Feds are approaching
the third year of their ongoing
cleanse of its namesake canal.
The proposal, which came two years
after the mayor fi rst pitched the rezoning
scheme back in 2016, zeroes in on
Fourth Avenue between Pacifi c and
15th streets, where it recommends any
newly built residential buildings participate
in the city’s Mandatory Inclusionary
Housing program, which requires
developers to set aside a portion
of units at below-market-rate rents.
And in exchange, the city would
upzone those blocks to make way for
larger structures — which could climb
as high as 17 stories in some parts, fi ve
more than what’s currently allowed under
a 2003 rezoning of the area.
Some locals worried that building
bigger residential developments in the
neighborhood could mean the end of its
days as a blue-collar industrial hub. But
Gowanus Councilmen Stephen Levin
and Brad Lander last summer assured
concerned residents that the scheme is
not set in stone.
The city plans to release a second
draft of its Gowanus rezoning this winter
following its fi rst months of shopping
it to locals, whose opinions are
sure to only grow louder as the scheme
comes into focus.
3. BQX’s ‘Prime’
opportunity
Mayor DeBlasio’s plan to build a
$2.73-billion waterfront trolley connecting
Brooklyn and Queens met some
roadblocks in 2018.
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