Cutting the Brooklyn Fat From the Brooklyn Hype

Marty Markowitz, the rotund Brooklyn borough president, has lately enjoyed vats of gooey publicity for “Lighten Up Brooklyn,” a well-intentioned but mildly Coney Island-esque stunt to get flabby constituents in swimwear shape come summer.

We don’t dispute Brooklyn’s girth. But we wondered: How the heck was “Lighten Up Brooklyn” playing at Junior’s?

“My own Read More