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In order to settle a lawsuit against the city, the Human Resources Administration (HRA) announced Wednesday that it would reopen disaster-related food stamp benefits for disabled residents in Sandy-affected areas. People living in parts of Gerritsen Beach and Coney Island are eligible for the program, called the Disaster Supplemental Nutrition
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The Coney Island Pumping Station. (Photo: Landmarks Preservation Commission [http://www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/downloads/pdf/Backlog_95/Backlog_Fact%20Sheets/FactSheet_12.pdf] )There’s still time to make your voice heard and support the effort to save two of southern Brooklyn’s most cherished historic sites. The
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The Coney Island Pumping Station. (Photo: Landmarks Preservation Commission [http://www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/downloads/pdf/Backlog_95/Backlog_Fact%20Sheets/FactSheet_12.pdf] )There’s still time to make your voice heard and support the effort to save two of southern Brooklyn’s most cherished historic sites. The
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Brooklyn Senior Idol 2010 winner Nunzio Franzese. (Photo: Martin J. Golden [https://www.facebook.com/29214902523/photos/a.10150101031522524.317675.29214902523/10150101032697524/?type=3&theater] / Facebook)You’re not likely to run into Harry Connick Jr, but it’s still one of the best shows in town. The final
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Brooklyn Senior Idol 2010 winner Nunzio Franzese. (Photo: Martin J. Golden [https://www.facebook.com/29214902523/photos/a.10150101031522524.317675.29214902523/10150101032697524/?type=3&theater] / Facebook)You’re not likely to run into Harry Connick Jr, but it’s still one of the best shows in town. The final
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The lagman soup at Aziza 7 Cafe. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)THE BITE: [/tag/the-bite/] Now that fall has begun — heralded by this weekend’s dramatic blood-red moon — and the hot summer nights are slowly falling into autumn’s biting chill, it seems like the time of year to
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Fourth Grade students from Public School 277 examine marine life. (Photo: National Blue Ribbon Schools [http://nationalblueribbonschools.ed.gov/awardwinners/winning/15ny472pu_public_school_277_the_gerritsen_beach_school.html] )Public School 277 in Gerritsen Beach was recognized — along with 334 other schools nationwide — as a 2015 National Blue Ribbon
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Albert Dashevsky (Photo provided by Albert Dashevsky)Community support for a local handyman — already known for offering his services free of charge [/following-fathers-murder-neighbor-honors-memory-with-free-handyman-service/] — doubled the amount of money he was able to give 20 single moms to help them buy school supplies for their kids. “I was extremely surprised by
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Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz. (Photo: Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz [https://www.facebook.com/AssemblymanStevenCymbrowitz/photos/a.465589220131458.107581.465589086798138/465633266793720/?type=3&theater] / Facebook)Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz, Chair of the Aging Committee, will be speaking before a panel at Brooklyn Borough Hall Wednesday about the importance of studying the feasibility of
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Run DMC member Darryl McDaniels. (Photo: Benjamin Thomas [https://www.flickr.com/photos/23927132@N05/3461194019/] / Flickr)Legendary rapper Darryl McDaniels [http://www.rundmc.com/dmc/], who helped popularize hip hop music in the 80s as a member of Run DMC, will speak at Kingsborough Community College this Wednesday about
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A judge’s gavel. (Photo: Joe Gratz [https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegratz/117048243/] / Flickr)He duped dozens of clients before he was unmasked as a fraud. Mikhail Perlov, who operated a fake law practice out of an office on the corner of Avenue U and East 19th Street, has
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Dancers at the Chinese Moon festival celebration at the Kings Bay Y. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Paper lanterns and brightly colored balloons were strung from the ceiling of the Kings Bay Y [http://www.kingsbayy.org/]‘s auditorium Friday for the Moon Festival celebration held by members of the