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Public Advocate Candidate Melissa Mark Viverito on the Q train platform at the Newkirk Avenue station in Flatbush in December 2018 (Photo credit: Perri Litton) EAST NEW YORK — The mad dash to get on the ballot for the Feb. 26 special election for Public Advocate has at least one candidate
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Public Advocate Candidate Series, a Bklyner and Solidarity Space Collaboration. BAY RIDGE – The race for Public Advocate is going full steam ahead. Over two dozen candidates have declared their intentions and are gathering signatures to get on the ballot. We have partnered with Solidarity Space [https://www.solidarityspace.org/] in
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Seniors are especially vulnerable to phone scammers. (Photo: The FBI)BATH BEACH – Scammers targetting seniors with “imposter scams” on the rise, police said. Most bad actors solicit through mail and telephone. Someone usually calls saying a family member has been hurt or jailed and needs the victim to purchase a
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Steven H. Pollard died in the line of duty on Monday, January 7, 2019. (Photo credit: FDNY)MILL BASIN — Firefighter Steven H. Pollard died in the line of duty Sunday night en route to rescue victims of a 2-car crash along the Belt Parkway. He was 30. Pollard and other
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Zellnor Myrie (Photo: Office of Zellnor Myrie)PARK SLOPE — Brooklynites voted overwhelmingly to extinguish the torches of former Independent Democratic Congres (IDC) members this past November 6 election, allowing for a new slate of progressive state lawmakers. Bklyner spoke to one of those freshman state senators about what he wants
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BUSHWICK — On November 6, State Sen. Julia Salazar was elected the youngest female New York state senator in history. She turned 28-years-old on December 30. Bklyner spoke to her new chief of staff, Boris Santos, who gave us some insight on what’s to come for the freshman senator serving
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GOWANUS – The city’s styrofoam ban went into effect Tuesday, January 1, 2019, a law reaching as far back as 2007 with fourth and fifth graders from Brooklyn leading the charge. Students from PS 15 in Red Hook joined the mayor and other public officials at the Hamilton Avenue Marine
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BAY RIDGE — Retailers continue to shutter in Southern Brooklyn and some of the more recent closings come after businesses have been in around for decades. Here are the latest additions to what has become a haven for vacant storefronts. Farewell postings of the Nathan’s Famous Hot Dogs in Dyker
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Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams at the 2019 Coney Island Polar Bear Plunge (Photo: Stefan Ringal)CONEY ISLAND — This year, as thousands braved the frigid temperatures of the ocean, Borough President Eric Adams also took a dip in the Atlantic during this year’s Polar Bear Plunge in Coney Island
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Windsor Terrace Library (Photo: Brooklyn Public Library website)WINDSOR TERRACE – The Windsor Terrace library will close on February 1 until 2020, according to a Brooklyn Public Library spokesperson. The city’s Department of Design and Construction [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/ddc/about/about-ddc.page] will install a new HVAC
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City Councilman Brad Lander (Photo: Screenshot of New York City Council site) PARK SLOPE – Brad Lander will take another victory lap for his anti-smoking legislation, this time as the bill to prohibit the sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products at pharmacies goes into effect on January 1, 2019. The
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CARROLL GARDENS – Borough President Eric Adams honored Emma’s Torch on Thursday with a “Hero of the Month” award. The award goes to individuals saving lives in a variety of ways throughout the borough. Adams has doled out tributes to Brooklyn heroes from the NYPD officers [http://www.brooklyn-usa.org/