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Feb
26
Brooklyn Botanic Garden Shadow-Casting Towers Qualify for Generous Trump Tax Break State Lawmakers Want to Slash

Brooklyn Botanic Garden Shadow-Casting Towers Qualify for Generous Trump Tax Break State Lawmakers Want to Slash

A rendering from a presentation to Community Board 9 on a proposed new development in Crown Heights. | Rendering/Community Board
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Feb
26
Carranza to Step Down Mid-Pandemic After 3 Years at Helm of New York City Schools

Carranza to Step Down Mid-Pandemic After 3 Years at Helm of New York City Schools

Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza in January 2021. (Image: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office)“Carranza to step down mid-pandemic after 3
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Feb
25
Opinion: Stop Opening New Temporary Shelters, Let The Next Mayor Work On Permanent Solutions To Homelessness

Opinion: Stop Opening New Temporary Shelters, Let The Next Mayor Work On Permanent Solutions To Homelessness

Homeless in Sheepshead Bay. October 2018. Liena Zagare/BklynerThe last seven years, for most New Yorkers, have felt like we
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Feb
24
Letter To The Editor: Rethinking Brooklyn Hospital Consolidation

Letter To The Editor: Rethinking Brooklyn Hospital Consolidation

Dear Ms. Zagare, I want to thank you for the coverage in Bklyner you have dedicated to the transformation of
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Feb
24
Brooklyn Judge Up for Key Role Paid Mom’s Home Care Worker $2.29 an Hour, Suit Charged

Brooklyn Judge Up for Key Role Paid Mom’s Home Care Worker $2.29 an Hour, Suit Charged

Judge Dweynie Paul Paul for Surrogate 2021/FacebookBy Greg B. Smith, THE CITY. This article was originally published [https://www.
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Feb
18
Brooklyn Council Member Cornegy Misused Office for Borough President Run, Complaint to Council Charges

Brooklyn Council Member Cornegy Misused Office for Borough President Run, Complaint to Council Charges

Councilmember Roberty Cornegy (D-Brooklyn) calls for greater police accountability during a press conference in Foley Square, June 2, 2020. | Ben
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Feb
18
Here’s how NYC will admit students to ‘gifted’ programs for 2021

Here’s how NYC will admit students to ‘gifted’ programs for 2021

Photo by Kelly Sikkema [https://unsplash.com/@kellysikkema?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on
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Feb
16
Eric Adams Reveals Fellow Cop May Have Shot at Him. Now the NYC Mayoral Candidate’s Record as an NYPD Critic and Target Takes Center Stage

Eric Adams Reveals Fellow Cop May Have Shot at Him. Now the NYC Mayoral Candidate’s Record as an NYPD Critic and Target Takes Center Stage

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, a mayoral candidate, served 22 years with the NYPD. | Screengrab/Brooklyn Borough President Eric L.
13 min read
Feb
15
NYC high school applications are due soon. Will pandemic changes help or hurt school diversity efforts?

NYC high school applications are due soon. Will pandemic changes help or hurt school diversity efforts?

A student at John Dewey High School’s student kitchen. Not every high school has one, and this year picking
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Feb
12
Happy Lunar New Year To You!

Happy Lunar New Year To You!

Happy Lunar New Year! While this year’s celebrations might not be the same, we want to wish our neighbors
1 min read