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Source: e-MagineArt.com/FlickrPrescription drug abuse is on the rise, and, for the youth, is often their gateway to harder drugs. After marijuana, prescription drugs and over the counter medication are the most commonly abused drugs among youth, according the National Institute on Drug Abuse [http://www.drugabuse.gov/related-topics/
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Deputy Inspector Georgios Mastrokostas of the 61st Precinct came before Community Board 15 last week [/bullet-points-community-board-15-june-26-2012/] to account for the nearly 50 percent jump in major crime in the community. This year has so far seen a 47.7 uptick in the seven major CompStat crime categories. Leading the way
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61st Precinct Police Officer Andrew Gibbs, Verizon employee Steven Baudille, 61st Precinct Police Officer Melissa Waldon, 61st Precinct Deputy Inspector Georgios Mastrokostas and Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz.. (Source: Cymbrowitz's office)The following is a press release from the offices of Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz: Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz lauded the quick-thinking
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We couldn’t make it to this week’s 61st Precinct Community Council meeting, but luckily Sheepshead Bites has a number of spies among its readership. Nolastname attended and captured this video for us of Deputy Inspector Georgios Mastrokostas giving his report to the council. Among the topics the precinct’
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Anti-graffiti vehicles cleaned up East 19th street, previously a haven for vandalismRemember a few weeks ago, when we told you how a resident of East 19th Street chided 61st Precinct’s Captain Georgios Mastrokostas [/captain-faces-heat-at-61st-pct-council-meeting/]? At the time, the resident complained that her concerns about graffiti and drugs had been