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GETS LIT!
Bklyn Dem boss
unveils annual
holiday display
BY KEVIN DUGGAN
How ’bout Dem lights?
Thousands fl ocked to
the Canarsie home of
Brooklyn Democratic
Party boss Frank Seddio
on Dec. 2 to watch the local
blue party leader fl ip the
switch on his annual holiday
light display.
And this year’s spectacle
of more than 50,000
lights, dozens of animatronic
dolls, and a life-size
manger rivals the over-thetop
decor of a far more famous
yuletide attraction on the distant
isle of Manhattan, according
to Seddio.
“We are probably the most
elaborate Christmas display
in the city of New York, including
the Rockefeller Center.
What do they have, they
have a tree, which is bigger
than mine, but that’s it,” the
politico said.
Seddio, a lifelong Canarsie
resident, started setting
the display up on his property
at the corner of E. 93rd Street
and Flatlands Avenue more
than a month ago with family
and a group of dedicated volunteers,
continuing in a tradition
he took over 33 years ago
from his uncle and namesake
FULL OF JOY: Lifelong Canarsie resident and Brooklyn Democratic Party
boss Frank Seddio proudly showed off his house’s holiday display to locals
on Dec. 2. Photo by Steve Solomonson Continued on page 12
READY TO GUAC: From left, Caitlyn Bianchi, Craig Susman, Councilman
Alan Maisel, Sean Hamilton, and Stacey Fleming attended the opening
of the new Chipotle Mexican Grill. Photo by Kevin Duggan
It’s coming in hot!
Chipotle opens in Georgetown
BY KEVIN DUGGAN
Georgetown just got a little
spicier!
Bigwigs at fast-casual
eatery Chipotle Mexican
Grill on Tuesday cut the ribbon
on the chain’s new location
at Georgetown Shopping
Center in front of locals
and pols, who cheered the
spot’s arrival in the neighborhood.
“I’m really happy about
this,” said Georgetown
Councilman Alan Maisel.
The pol’s Avenue N district
offi ce is a stone’s throw
from the new Chipotle at
the Ralph Avenue strip mall
between Avenues K and L,
and now he no longer must
trek to his Manhattan workspace
to savor its burritos
and bowls, he said.
“My offi ce is very close to
here,” Maisel said. “I don’t
need to go to Manhattan for
Chipotle anymore.”
The eatery employs 34
people, about one-third of
whom are full-time, with
many hailing from the borough
— including its general
manager Sean Hamilton,
who lives in Marine
Park.
Hamilton spent fi ve
months preparing for the
job, training at the Chipotle
outpost inside Kings Plaza
Shopping Center, and learning
alongside the company’s
new-restaurant strategists
Stacey Fleming and Caitlyn
Bianchi, and its manager for
the New York Metropolitan
area, Craig Susman, who all
attended the opening.
The Georgetown strip
mall with ample parking
made it a perfect spot for the
new Chipotle, according to
the general manager, who
said customers often must
compete for spots to grab
grub from nearby locations
at Kings Plaza and Flatbush
Junction.
“People come for the
brand and the food, but particularly
because they don’t
have to wait for parking like
at Kings Plaza or at the junc-
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