East New York, Brooklyn public assistance (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families [TANF], Home Relief, Supplemental Security Income, and Medicaid). During the 1960s, East New York transitioned from being predominately Jewish and Italian to being predominately African American and Puerto Rican. However, now East New York is more diversified, with large African American, Puerto Rican, Dominican, West Indian, and South Asian populations. Due to gentrification of other Brooklyn neighborhoods, closer to Downtown Brooklyn and Manhattan, such as Bushwick and Bed-Stuy, East New York now has one of the fastest growing Black, Latino, and Asian populations in the city. East New York consists of mixed properties
Johnny Maestro & the Brooklyn Bridge bass and vocals Jimmy Rosica, guitarist Jim Sarle and drummer Lou Agiesta. (This lineup also previously included members Ed Lisciandro [guitar and vocals], who was with the group for some of their earlier [PBS] performances, and Richie Bono, who played saxophone on many of their earlier recordings)(Ben Sudano Bass Guitar/Sound) Johnny Maestro & the Brooklyn Bridge Johnny Maestro & the Brooklyn Bridge (known as The Brooklyn Bridge Band since 2010) is an American musical group, best known for their million-selling rendition of Jimmy Webb's "Worst That Could Happen" (1968). New York City-born Johnny Maestro (born John Peter Mastrangelo aka Johnny