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City Council Approves Naming Street for Mafalda DiMango
ry can be used to create more BY PAULA KATINAS electoral victories. Local and PAULA@BROOKLYNEAGLE.COM state victories assure that the electoral process is massaged so the he influence power of street and corner outRepublican voters is magniside the Bensonhurst fied. It’s smart. Democrats elementary school must fight fire with fire until Mafalda DiMango spent we can enact real campaign most of her life serving finance reform. will bewon’t officially Max wait fornamed Grimm in her honor by New York or another challenger to accept the after red tide of billionaire City the City Council financing legislation to try and on replace approved Dec. him after one term. His 20 clearing the way forcamthe paign already mailed a re-naming. fundraising letter seeking The donations intersection of 15th small in anticipaAvenue 81st to Street tion of theand challenges come. outside of P.S. 204 will be Republican Assemblymember Nicole Malliotakis was named for DiMango, a Benalso beenicon mentioned sonhurst who diedasona potential challenger for Max Aug. 2 at the age of 91. in 2020. Malliotakis, who Councilmember Justin leaned heavily on Marty
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Golden for political support, may need to look for other opportunities in 2020. If Max Rose is successful in building a war chest through small donations, he may be able to pass on PAC and corporate donations. His vision will improve the lives of regular Americans living in the 11th District but he will need more than two years to do it. Hopefully, his first priority will be to tackle the problems of our overburdened transit system. Federal support could help avert an MTA toll and fare hike. The agency announced it will likely raise bus and subway fares and tolls, which has drawn well ebrooklyn deserved criticism. It’s too bad media/File photo by Paula Katinas we can’t use political lobbying The late Mafalda DiMango’s last public appearmoneytook to actually the 204 in June. ance place help at P.S. people.
Brannan, a Democrat representing the area, sponsored the street naming bill. Mayor Bill de Blasio is expected to sign the legislation. There will be a public ceremony to celebrate the street corner designation sometime in the spring, according to Brannan. “Our community benefits each and every day from the neighborhood to sell ice Mafalda DiMango’s efforts cream, candy, hot chocolate and in educaand achievements other treats from their tion. streetpurchase named food Having trucks. aPeople food from vendors in heritems honor is not onlyand a then toss the containers the tribute to her amazingonlife sidewalks when they are done, and tremendous accomresidents said. plishments but will serve as Thousands of people visit athe reminder that a great neighborhood every eduyear cation theholiday great equalizer during isthe season to for no matter viewall children, the spectacular Christmas andparents figures where theylights or their homeowners display on their come from,” Brannan told front lawns. this newspaper in an email. The Fight Back Bay Ridge DiMango had a long histoclean-up comes on the heels ry P.S. 204. She attendof with Councilmember Justin ed the school as a child in the Brannan’s effort to convince 1930s and years of later, when the Department Sanitation
her two daughters, Patricia and Joanne, were students there in the mid-1960s, she served as Parent-Teacher Association president. She then went on to serve for decades as a member of Community School Board 20 and its successor, the Community Education Council of District the sidewalks and to20.conduct All frequent throughout those more collections of years, she the maintained her trash from cans. close ties to aP.S. 204, attendBrannan, Democrat who represents Bay ing schoolDyker playsHeights, and dance Ridge and parts of Bensonhurst, festivals, and speaking at said he’s delighted that Fight graduations. Back Bay Ridge is pitching in. Her last public appear“This is just another examance the school ple oftook theplace longattradition we she earlyand June, Dihaveloved. in BayInRidge Dyker Mango a ceremony Heightsattended of civic minded groups and individuals helpduring which Principal ing their Tomasuolo neighbors forsurthe Nancy betterment communiprised her of by our announcing ty,” Brannan told this newsthat the school auditorium paper. would be named Brannan urged after othersher. to School officials lured “give them a handhad and pick up DiMango the any stray there litter under they might
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pretext of bestowing the honorary title of Principal for a Day on her. In addition to her long career as an education advocate, DiMango was also a member of Community Board 11 in Bensonhurst. The idea to name the corner outside P.S. 204 was first brought up by members of the DiMango family, according to Carlo Scissura, president of the New York City Building Congress. Scissura had served on Community School Board 20 with DiMango. Mafalda DiMango is survived by her husband, Anthony DiMango, a retired dentist, and her two daughters, Hon. Patricia DiMango, a judge who stars in the CBS reality show “Hot Bench,” and Joanne DiMango-Orr, a retired educator. “The family mentioned it
and I thought it was great idea,” Scissura told this newspaper. “This news about the City Council vote is a fitting Christmas present for her family.” The street corner naming is a fitting tribute, according to Scissura, who said DiMango has an important
place in New York City’s education history. “She spent decades helping to build up the school system. If anyone deserves to have a street named after them, she does,” Scissura said. DiMango’s membership on the local school board
Coney Carries on with Annual New Year’s Eve Celebration BY MEAGHAN MCGOLDRICK MMCGOLDRICK@ BROOKLYNREPORTER.COM
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imes Square wasn’t the only New York City hotspot to brave the rain on New Year’s Eve. Brooklyn’s own Coney Island rang in 2019 with its usual blowout on Mon., Dec. 31. The New Year’s Eve event typically features fireworks, an illuminated Parachute Jump that counts down to midnight, free admission to the B&B Carousell in Luna Park and live music in Steeplechase Plaza. This year, the complimentary rides on the B&B Carousell went off without a hitch; however, due to weather being below 38 degrees, the Thunderbolt, Wonder Wheel and 7D Stop the Zombies were not open for the festivities.
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Fireworks brightened the sky over Coney Island as 2019 began. The fireworks, however, stunned as promised. “We are proud to have once again produced a New Years Eve celebration for our community and visitors in partnership with our sponsors and particularly Luna Park and the Red Apple Group,” said Alexandra Silversmith, executive director of the Alliance for Coney Island. “Despite the rain, we partied on and rang in the New Year as a community the only way know
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