Salma Elazab

Salma Elazab

Jan
13
Affordable Housing Lotteries Open Now

Affordable Housing Lotteries Open Now

Here are the current applications open for the affordable housing lottery in Brooklyn. While most are not much less expensive
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Jan
12
Briefly Noted: Capitol Invader From Brooklyn Arrested, Cats, Birds, Dogs and Other news

Briefly Noted: Capitol Invader From Brooklyn Arrested, Cats, Birds, Dogs and Other news

Brooklyn Center resident Marie Dena, 74, gets vaccinated.We hope you’ve been staying safe and having a good year
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Jan
12
Cat Cafe Gets Funding To Help With Pandemic Surge In Demand For Cats

Cat Cafe Gets Funding To Help With Pandemic Surge In Demand For Cats

Cafe cats by the window. By Alexandra Steedman.Thanks to a generous grant, Brooklyn Cat Cafe will be able to
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Jan
11
COVID-19 Vaccine Available to New Group: 75+ and Essential Workers

COVID-19 Vaccine Available to New Group: 75+ and Essential Workers

Vaccination form. Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography OfficeAs of today, Monday, January 11th, the COVID-19 vaccine is available to the so
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Jan
08
More Psychiatrists Needed to Meet Pandemic Demand For Mental Health Services

More Psychiatrists Needed to Meet Pandemic Demand For Mental Health Services

NYC Health + Hospitals is looking to hire new psychiatrists to meet the pandemic induced demand for mental health services. While
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Jan
08
Deputy Inspector Joseph Hayward is Now in Charge of the 71st Precinct

Deputy Inspector Joseph Hayward is Now in Charge of the 71st Precinct

NYPD Lieutenant Hayward prepares to strike Brent Schmidt (R) after members of the Occupy Wall Street movement had been removed
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Jan
06
New Employment Protections For Fast Food Workers

New Employment Protections For Fast Food Workers

McDonald’s restaurant in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, Jan. 5, 2021. Salma Elazab/Bklyner Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, essential employees never
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Jan
05
One Child Killed, Another Critically Injured in Horrific Borough Park Crash

One Child Killed, Another Critically Injured in Horrific Borough Park Crash

Police at the scene of the incident. Image by Loudlabs.One child has died, another severely injured, as a result
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Jan
04
New York City’s First Born of the Year A Brooklyn Boy

New York City’s First Born of the Year A Brooklyn Boy

Ivett Rodriguez with son Jaxel, born at midnight on January 1st. Photo by NYC Health + Hospitals.New York City’s
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Jan
04
Stabbing in Bed-Stuy Leaves Elderly Man Dead, Four Year Old In Hospital

Stabbing in Bed-Stuy Leaves Elderly Man Dead, Four Year Old In Hospital

UPDATE: The previously apprehended man has been identified by the NYPD as Dayquan Dubose. He has been charged with the
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