Politics

Cobble Hill — Carlos Menchaca sworn in as Sunset Park councilmember

Brooklyn Heights — Brooklyn Hospital enters LICH bidding war

Park Slope — CB6 gives cautious thumbs-up to NY Methodist expansion

— Diana Reyna appointed as Deputy Brooklyn Borough President

Bay Ridge — Brooklyn native Janet Yellen is first woman to lead the Federal Reserve

— Bill Bratton sworn in as NYPD commissioner

— Inauguration 2014: Bill de Blasio sworn in as 109th mayor of NYC

Cobble Hill — Carmen Fariña, former Brooklyn district superintendent, to head city schools

— NYS minimum wage to go up on December 31

Sunset Park — Leadership team chosen for CB 7

— Green taxis continue trek into outer boroughs

Brooklyn Heights — LICH trustees put off vote on sale to condo/medical mall developer