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 Brooklyn, NY – State Senator Martin J. Golden will join with local veterans to honor two members of the armed services at his annual Memorial Day Breakfast to be held tomorrow, Thursday, May 16th, 2013 9:30 AM at the Bay Ridge Manor, 476 76, Street in Brooklyn

Members of the media are welcome.

Brooklyn- State Senator Martin J. Golden (R-C-I, Brooklyn) would like to share with your some important information for our fun loving communities. Brooklyn Academy of Music is a wonderful resource for shows and events without having to travel to Manhattan.

Local colleges are a good place to look as well, Kingsborough Community College, Brooklyn College and St. Francis College all put on inexpensive shows in our borough. It is not just our colleges providing this opportunity, Poly Prep Country Day School is another place to look.

Brooklyn One Theater Company, the Brooklyn Public Library, Narrows Community Theater and BRIC “Celebrate Brooklyn!” are local organizations that put on shows.

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Brooklyn- State Senator Martin J. Golden (R-C-I, Brooklyn) will join Brooklyn South Assistant Chief Owen J. Monaghan and 63rd Precinct Captain John Rowell, at a ribbon cutting ceremony tomorrow, Wednesday, May 15, 2013, at 2:30 p.m. outside the 63rd Precinct, located at 1844 Brooklyn Avenue (between Avenue J and I) for two new police vans.

Senator Golden additionally secured funding for a new patrol car, 3 laptops, a defibrillator and an electronic message board for the 63rd Precinct Station. Golden additionally secured two vans for Patrol Borough Brooklyn South.

Patrol Brooklyn South Auxiliary Chief Tony Christo and representatives of the 63rd Precinct Community Council will also be in attendance.

Brooklyn- State Senator Martin J. Golden (R-C-I, Brooklyn) today is announcing that he will be hosting his 12th Annual Asian Pacific Heritage Festival at McKinley Park on Sunday, May 19 2013, from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at McKinley Park, located at Bay Ridge Parkway and Fort Hamilton Parkway, and is inviting the community to join in this special event held in conjunction with the national celebration of Asian American Heritage which is the month of May.

The program will include ethnic dances including the Chinese Lion Dance, demonstration of Buddhist Monk Kung Fu, Malaysian dance, Burma dance and Chinese dance. A wide array of ethnic food, arts and crafts and prizes will be available as well.

The New York State Senate today passed legislation to crack down on auto insurance fraud which has led to injuries - even death - for innocent victims and costs hundreds of millions of dollars a year in higher premiums when New Yorkers already pay some of the highest auto insurance rates in the country.

The three bills approved today would significantly cut down on auto insurance scams by increasing penalties for those who commit or assist in the fraud and by giving more flexibility to insurance companies to prevent criminals from getting policies and continuing to commit auto fraud.

Today, New York State Senator Martin J. Golden (R-C-I-Brooklyn) and New York State Assemblyman Michael DenDekker (D/WFP-Jackson Heights) announced an outreach and educational initiative designed to alert all New York residents and businesses to a new Voluntary Video Surveillance Registry (VVSR) that will be used to prevent and combat terrorism and crime. On January 28, 2013, this landmark legislation, which was sponsored by Senator Golden and Assembly Member DenDekker, became the law in New York State. The innovative legislation - A. 9380B in the New York State Assembly, and S.7775 in the New York State Senate - establishes a voluntary database or registry that will contain the location and contact information of owners of closed-circuit security cameras in New York State.

Brooklyn – State Senator Martin J. Golden (R-C-I, Brooklyn) today is announcing that he has submitted a petition, signed by more than 70 residents, calling on the NYC Department of Environmental Protection, to complete a full curb to curb restoration of 92nd Street, between Ridge Boulevard and 3rd Avenue.

The street was the site of a major sewer collapse on June 28, 2012, and the project is nearing completion. In addition to the petition circulated by Senator Golden’s office, with the support of Community Board 10 and Councilman Gentile, Golden created an online petition on Causes which attracted over 100 signatures from Brooklyn area residents.