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Photo: Maria DanalakisNew York City’s Health Commissioner, Dr. Thomas A. Farley, sternly defended the city’s decision not to evacuate hospitals and senior centers before the advent of Superstorm Sandy, according to a report in The New York Times [http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/25/nyregion/new-york-health-chief-defends-decision-not-to-evacuate-hospitals.html?
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Photo by John Noble, courtesy of John WarrenA fascinating and revealing photo exhibit is being unveiled at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center in Queens next week, detailing Superstorm Sandy’s impact on the Gateway National Recreation Area. The exhibit, dubbed, “Hurricane Sandy: Before and After,” will open on
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Eliza Hittman, Bottom Center, via FacebookEliza Hittman, a 33-year-old filmmaker and former Edward R. Murrow Graduate, is submitting her first feature-length film, It Felt Like Love, to the Sundance Film Festival. Her film, which is a coming-of-age story about a 14-year-old girl from Gravesend, also features a slew of current
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I’ll just come out and say it: I love Chop Stix [/chop-stix-cafe-open-for-dine-in-on-nostrand/]. My girlfriend and I first tried their delicious food at A Taste of Sheepshead Bay [/a-taste-of-sheepshead-bay-2012-draws-hundreds-for-dining-extravaganza-photo-gallery/] event this past October, and their broccoli and chicken dish was easily one of the most memorable and satisfying bites we
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Photo by Erica ShermanWith the cost of renting out storefront property perpetually on the rise across the city, it comes as no surprise that many local politicians are having trouble meeting the budget limitations set for their respective headquarter bases. State senators based in New York City are allotted $40,
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Source: Coney Island HospitalThe Ida G. Israel Health Center, a Coney Island Hospital-affiliated health clinic, has been closed since Superstorm Sandy knocked it out of commission this past October. The city’s Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC) has since deemed it pointless to rebuild the center on the same 2201
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Source: freefotouk/FlickrTragedy struck the Midwood community when a 15-year-old girl was struck by a car and killed at East 7th Street and Avenue O yesterday afternoon, according to an article in the New York Daily News [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/girl-killed-car-article-1.1245239]. > Sara Kischik was clipped by
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Yesterday was Martin Luther King Day, and while many people stayed home and enjoyed their day off, others rolled up their sleeves and answered Dr. King’s Call for Service. Over 600 volunteers came to Sheepshead Bay High School to paint, cobble and clean for the 10th annual MLK Day
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Via FacebookFor those watching the Presidential Inauguration yesterday it was hard not to notice the soaring and powerful solo delivered by a member of the incredible Brooklyn Tabernacle Chorus. It turns out that the young woman belting out her stunning section of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” was Marine
Photo by Erica ShermanThree months have passed since Superstorm Sandy swept through our community, but the deadline to apply for FEMA disaster assistance, January 28, has not yet passed, though its getting closer. With just a week to go before FEMA accepts its last applicants, they put out a press
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Photo by Erica ShermanThe city’s post-Sandy Rapid Repairs project got off to a shaky start [/citys-rapid-repairs-program-leaves-sheepshead-residents-waiting/], leaving many residents vexed by the stop-and-start progress of the program, but as we reported last month [/rapid-repairs-application-deadline-is-monday-so-is-final-day-of-sandy-garbage-collection/] , Rapid Repairs began to kick into high gear. They have since reached a huge milestone
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Source: Assemblyman Cymbrowitz’ OfficeAssemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz co-sponsored a couple of bills designed to protect residents from shady insurers (A.2287 [http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A02287&term=2013&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Votes=Y&Memo=Y] ) as well as require