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Kadia Goba

Kadia Goba

Former Politics Reporter for Bklyner, covering Brooklyn politics and Crown Heights/PLG/Bed Stuy. @kadiagoba
Dec
18
State Senator Kevin Parker’s Twitter Fail

State Senator Kevin Parker’s Twitter Fail

Photo: New York State Senator’s websiteEAST FLATBUSH — State Sen. Parker told a Republican state staffer to “kill yourself!” then
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Dec
18
Federal Judge Rules Nunchucks Are Legal, A Slippery Slope?

Federal Judge Rules Nunchucks Are Legal, A Slippery Slope?

An assortment of wood and metal nunchucks (Photo: Wikipedia)Remember nunchucks? Well, they’re legal again. DOWNTOWN — A federal court
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Dec
17
Franklin Avenue Rezoning On It’s Way to A ‘Yes’ Vote From City Council With Three Buildings

Franklin Avenue Rezoning On It’s Way to A ‘Yes’ Vote From City Council With Three Buildings

Franklin Avenue RezoningCROWN HEIGHTS — The City Council Land Use Committee voted to approve the controversial Franklin Avenue Rezoning Plan [/franklin-avenue-rezoning-shadows-and-brooklyn-botanic-gardens-position/
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Dec
17
Health Department To Yeshiva Students: Immunize Or Stay Home As Measles Outbreak Spreads Across Southern Brooklyn

Health Department To Yeshiva Students: Immunize Or Stay Home As Measles Outbreak Spreads Across Southern Brooklyn

A Microscopic Look at the Measles Virus (Source: Center For Disease Control via Wikimedia Commons)Measles first broke out in
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Dec
17
Lakou Café Is Serving Up Cocktails Next Year in Crown Heights

Lakou Café Is Serving Up Cocktails Next Year in Crown Heights

Lakou Cafe at 195 Utica Avenue. The pastry and coffee shop is adding cocktails to the menu in 2019. (Photo:
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Dec
14
Mark-Viverito Promises To Continue The Worst Landlords List As She Campaigns For Public Advocate At Newkirk Station

Mark-Viverito Promises To Continue The Worst Landlords List As She Campaigns For Public Advocate At Newkirk Station

Public Advocate Candidate Melissa Mark Viverito on the Q train platform at the Newkirk Avenue station in Flatbush (Photo credit:
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Dec
13
Would Secular Education Destroy The Haredim? YAFFED Panel On Education in Ultra-Orthodox Yeshivas

Would Secular Education Destroy The Haredim? YAFFED Panel On Education in Ultra-Orthodox Yeshivas

Inside Oholei Torah, a Crown Heights Yeshiva. (Photo credit: Rabbi Yossi Newfield)CROWN HEIGHTS — Young Advocates For Fair Education (YAFFED)
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Dec
12
Stocked Burger Is Opening in Prospect Heights

Stocked Burger Is Opening in Prospect Heights

Renovations on the way of the new Stocked Burger. (Photo credit: Matthew Fulton) CROWN HEIGHTS/PROSPECT HEIGHTS — After an electrical
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Dec
11
Brooklyn Dems Win, Felder Does Not

Brooklyn Dems Win, Felder Does Not

Simcha Felder. (Photo: NY Senate)BROOKLYN — State Sen. Simcha Felder, who caucuses with state Senate Republicans, came up short on
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Dec
11
Community Board 8 Pushes Back Against Developers To Preserve Jobs In The Area

Community Board 8 Pushes Back Against Developers To Preserve Jobs In The Area

Renderings: Studio V ArchitectureCROWN HEIGHTS — Community Board 8’s Land Use committee weighed in on two proposals, Thursday, December 6,
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