Liena Zagare

3 weeks ago | bklyner.com | Liena Zagare

Hello Bklyner readers! As you know, I’m more regularly to be found these days over at The Bigger Apple, writing about politics, policy, and the mayor's race (please sign up here if you’re interested)But there’s so much happening in Brooklyn right now that it demands an update, and honestly — I’ve missed this platform, and your emails. So here’s the latest!Happy Easter! Luna Park and Deno’s Wonder Wheel in Coney Island are open for the season and expect you to show up at least once.

1 month ago | city-journal.org | Liena Zagare

For more news on New York’s high-stakes mayoral race, follow the Manhattan Institute’s The Bigger Apple newsletter. State assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, a self-described “Muslim lefty from the other side of Queens,” has surged in the campaign for New York mayor. That’s thanks to a simple message: life here is too expensive, and those in power aren’t doing enough about it. His candidacy is gathering strength and now represents the most serious socialist run at New York’s City Hall since 1917.

Oct 31, 2024 | cjr.org | Liena Zagare |Ben Smith

Sign up for The Media Today, CJR’s daily newsletter. Over the last decade, waves of hyperlocal blogs and other digitally native local publications have come and gone. Who doesn’t remember the demise of a beloved site, from Chicago’s Windy Citizen to the snarky Fucked in Park Slope to the Catskills’s sweet Watershed Post? Local publishers’ heroic trade group, LION Publishers: Local Independent Online News, boasts just over 150 members. Most of them are one- or two-person shops.

Oct 27, 2023 | bklyner.com | Liena Zagare

I haven’t historically written endorsements in Bklyner, but many of you have asked me in the last couple of days who I think is the better choice for this district that now includes Bay Ridge and Coney Island – Ari Kagan (R) or Justin Brannan (D). And one of the things I’ve learned from years of covering local elections here is just how little guidance voters get. The big citywide editorial boards often don’t endorse.

Oct 25, 2023 | bklyner.com | Liena Zagare

Ahead of the November 7 local elections, when we get to pick our city council members again, NY1 held a debate Tuesday night (you can watch it here) between the two incumbents in what will be the new District 47 – Ari Kagan, a recent Republican representing current Council District 47, and Justin Brannan, a Democrat representing current Council District 43.