Brooklyn's Most Powerful 100 + Shooter On Video • Daily Digest

Good morning, Brooklyn! Is Park Slope the real seat of New York power? Residents Mayor Bill de Blasio, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and the likely next New York City Comptroller, Council Member Brad Lander, all landed at the top of this year's Brooklyn Power 100. Read all about the list — and its implications — below.

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Here are the top stories today in Brooklyn:

1. Brooklyn is "busting at the seams with political power," according to a city and state list called the Brooklyn Power 100. Here's who made the list — and why it matters. (Patch.com)
2. Police have released video of the suspect they say shot 22-year-old Roshad Twells outside the Albany Houses on Sunday. (Patch.com)
3. A new exhibit focuses on the late SCOTUS Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg's early Brooklyn years. (Brooklyn Paper)
4. New real estate listings are on the rise in Brooklyn, but still fall short of demand. (The Real Deal)
5. Here's why some Brooklyn tenants quit paying their rent. (The New York Times)
6. Want Thanksgiving Dinner to go this year? The sooner you order, the better. (PR Web)

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— Kevin Phinney

About me: Kevin Phinney has lived and worked as a writer and editor in Austin, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Seattle and New York City. He was born in Brooklyn, New York and was raised in El Paso. Phinney attended college in Austin. He has done television work as a reporter and commentator, and is a former host of a weekday drive-time radio show called "Kevin & Kevin in the Morning" on KGSR-FM (now known as Austin City Limits Radio). He is also the author of "Souled American, " a book tracking race relations in America through music. It was published by BILLBOARD Books, and is often used in college classrooms across the country.

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