Earlier this week, we heard about new Oxygen reality show Brooklyn 11223, the latest attempt to bottle up that indelible Jersey Shore magic and transport it to a NYC-based location. While the comings-and-goings of a group of feisty Bay Ridge ladies doesn't really seem that controversy-worthy (nor very interesting) to us, Brooklyn politicians are frothing at the mouth for a chance to castigate the network and lambast the show: “They’re crass, crude and cartoonish about Bay Ridge, and they couldn’t be more hopelessly wrong about Bay Ridge women,” said City Councilman Vincent Gentile. “It shows women who act and speak as if they were in the era of Saturday Night Fever.” more ›

We know that we certainly love airing our dirty laundry in the press and it seems that Democratic City Councilman Vincent Gentile's dad does too. The elder Gentile turns to the Post today for the second time this year in an attempt to get a few hundred thousand bucks out of his son. "He should be ashamed of himself! Let people read that!" Frank Gentile complained to the Post after his son didn't immediately buy him out of the family home. more ›

Just when we'd forgotten all about Google Buzz, along comes a funny stupid intern story to remind us of its existence. Like the tinkerbell guy and the Manhattan Borough President's aide before her, Marissa Runco is the latest casualty of social network oversharing. Until yesterday she was a part-time paid intern for Brooklyn City Councilman Vincent Gentile. But her world came crashing down this week when she got caught bitching about her boss's constituents on Buzz. more ›

Council Members Davide Weprin, Simcha Felder and Vincent Gentile ripped up mock parking tickets in front of City Hall yesterday to protest what Gentile calls "a ticketing blitz, with New Yorkers being treated as revenue sources instead of residents, targets instead of partners." The Councilmen have introduced a bill that would require a five-minute "grace period" for certain parking violations, including no parking zones (such as alternate side) and expired Muni-Meters. more ›