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Cars parked on Voorhies Avenue. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)City Council members pushed back against Mayor Bill de Blasio’s zoning proposals Wednesday — questioning city officials about some of the more contentious aspects of the plan. Department of Housing Preservation and Development Commissioner Vicki Been made the case for
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A boarded up home. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Elected officials called on Brooklyn landlords Wednesday to help the city reach the finish line for Superstorm Sandy recovery efforts by opening available apartments to homeowners enrolled in the Build it Back [http://www.nyc.gov/html/recovery/html/homeowners/rebuild.
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A boarded up home. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Elected officials called on Brooklyn landlords Wednesday to help the city reach the finish line for Superstorm Sandy recovery efforts by opening available apartments to homeowners enrolled in the Build it Back [http://www.nyc.gov/html/recovery/html/homeowners/rebuild.
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Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders being interviewed by CBS. (Photo: CBS News) Midwood residents caught a glimpse [/bernie-sanders-spotted-midwood-afternoon/] of presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on Wednesday. The Vermont Senator, who met that same day with civil rights leader Al Sharpton, stopped by his childhood home near East 26th Street and Kings Highway
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The inside of Cipura. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)While the glittering lights of Manhattan are often alluring to star-crossed lovers looking to schedule a romantic rendezvous, those who aren’t keen to make the trek to city on Valentine’s Day can find plenty of date spots right here
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> TONIGHT: See @ScottPelley [https://twitter.com/ScottPelley]‘s interview with @BernieSanders [https://twitter.com/BernieSanders] in the Brooklyn neighborhood where the senator grew up pic.twitter.com/G3wz67FK2N [https://t.co/G3wz67FK2N] — CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) February 10, 2016 [https://twitter.com/CBSEveningNews/status/697504897315508224] Following a big win
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Image via Department of City Planning.It’s a stalemate. Mayor Bill de Blasio’s controversial rezoning plan — meant to address the city’s affordable housing crisis — may have been approved last Wednesday, February 3 [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/plans/zqa/zoning-for-quality-and-affordability.page] by the City Planning Commission,
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Mayor Bill de Blasio. Photo: Ditmas Park CornerMayor Bill de Blasio’s controversial rezoning plan — meant to address the city’s affordable housing crisis — has moved to the City Council for a final review after it was approved last Wednesday [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/plans/zqa/zoning-for-quality-and-affordability.page]
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The Brighton Beach Library. (Photo: Google Maps)The Brooklyn Public Library is lending free laptops to library cardholders while the Brighton Beach branch [http://www.bklynlibrary.org/locations/brighton-beach] closes for a $1.5 million renovation, City Councilman Chaim Deutsch announced Wednesday. Library patrons can go to the Shorefront Jewish
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James Madison High School students and teachers celebrate creating the borough’s longest chain of plastic bags. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)James Madison High students wrapped their school in plastic Tuesday — creating Brooklyn’s longest recorded chain of plastic bags — to raise awareness about the dangers of unsustainable environmental
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