US Senator Chuck Schumer and House Representive Hakeem Jeffries both have their primary residence in Brooklyn , New York City….
The ‘Big Apple’ ‘Represents’ come January 1, 2023…..
For those who would complain that the Boro is just plain North Eastern Big City critters ?
The 2 Million resident are actually a mix of everything in color, sex, relgion and national orgin in America (and Food) …
In the Jonathan Lethem novel “Motherless Brooklyn,” readers learn the phrase “Tell your story walking.” It’s a quintessentially Brooklyn sentiment: I will listen to you, sure, but keep it moving.
If there’s a particular vibe to Brooklyn — a smug and swaggering hometown pride — the U.S. Capitol is about to get a serious taste of it. Representative Hakeem Jeffries of Brooklyn is favored to become the leader of the House Democrats as Nancy Pelosi steps down. Senator Chuck Schumer, also of Brooklyn, will continue to lead the Senate.
Their constituents are already imagining the impact.
“Brooklyn’s in the house! Brooklyn’s definitely in the house,” said Alan Rosen, the third-generation owner of Junior’s Restaurant, which has been on the same corner of Brooklyn — Fulton and DeKalb Avenues — since 1950.
But what does it even mean to be from Brooklyn?
Brooklyn is not just a metropolis of 2 million people across 69 square miles (that’s a comfortable 38,000 people per square mile, by the by). Residents will tell you it is an attitude, a way of life, with its own language and customs. (Look no further than the blue sign installed by former Borough President Marty Markowitz near the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge that reads “Leaving Brooklyn. Fuhgeddaboudit!”)…
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Brooklyn spawned Larry David and Spike Lee, Joan Rivers and Jay-Z, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the Notorious B.I.G. It’s Jewish, it’s Black, it’s Puerto Rican, Italian, Polish, Russian, German, Caribbean, Chinese, Korean, Indian, Central American, Yemeni, Turkish and much, much more…
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Dan Perlman, 31, a comedian and the co-creator, writer and star of the Showtime series “Flatbush Misdemeanors,” said that the borough’s density and diversity no doubt helped prepare Mr. Jeffries and Mr. Schumer for Capitol Hill. “The magic of it is that we all kind of coexist, step on each other’s toes and get near each other,” he said. “I’m sure that applies in Congress, where they’re all going to be bumping into each other.”…
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This dog was born in Brooklyn…
image…NY Times