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Photo via Google Maps.DYKER HEIGHTS – A postal worker was arrested yesterday for allegedly collecting 17,000 pieces of undelivered mail in his car, locker, and apartment since 2005. According to cops, 53-year-old Aleksey Germash was a United States Postal Service (USPS) veteran for 16 years. He was charged with
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Photo: Flickr Creative CommonsBENSONHURST – Water main construction in the neighborhood is expected to be fully completed next month. Water mains are the main lines of a water supply system. Construction to repair the water mains on 85th Street from 15th Ave to New Utrecht Avenue began in February. The project
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Photo: NYS SenateBENSONHURST- Senator Simcha Felder, representing District 17, may just be the guy Governor Cuomo needs to retake the Democratic majority after the special elections on April 24. Next Tuesday is the special election for the nine vacant Assembly seats and two vacant Senate seats. [https://www.governor.ny.
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2935 W 5 St Scaffolding collapsed (Photo: Credit NYC 911 News LLC)BROOKLYN – There were four flash flood warnings this morning, and we hope you were not personally affected by the havoc the heavy rains unleashed on the city. Scaffolding collapsed on two parked cars in Brighton Beach (2935 W
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Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BKLYNERKENSINGTON – Brooklyn’s diverse community wore red and held masks at Avenue C Plaza to celebrate Bengali New Year 1425 on Sat. April, 14. The celebration started with face painting and Bangladeshi music, continued with a performance from an all-female Samba drumline, and ended with a parade
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Photo via NYC Council Speaker Corey JohnsonPROSPECT HEIGHTS – Voting kicked off this past Saturday and you have all week (until April 15) to vote for the projects you want to see completed as part of the Participatory Budgeting (PB) process. [/heres-everything-on-the-participatory-budget-ballots-next-week/] PB is a democratic process where several council members
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Photo: ESPNBARCLAYS CENTER – Conor McGregor, a mixed martial arts fighter, was arrested on Thursday after allegedly throwing a dolly at a bus carrying Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) fighters at Barclays Center, which injured two people. His bail has been set at $50,000. According to the NYPD, McGregor has been
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It’s Participatory Budgeting [https://council.nyc.gov/pb/] (PB) voting season! PB is a democratic process where the community decides how to spend a part of the public budget allocated to their district. This year ten of Brooklyn’s Councilmembers – Levin, Reynoso, Cumbo, Cornegy, Menchaca, Lander, Eugene, Williams, Treyger,
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Hurricane Sandy. (Photo: BKLYNER)SOUTH BROOKLYN – After months of advocacy from Council Members Mark Treyger and Chaim Deutsch for additional Southern Brooklyn neighborhoods to be included in a flood insurance program, 2,500 low and moderate-income homeowners can now take part and potentially save thousands of dollars. The program will
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Eric Adams. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BKLYNER)DITMAS PARK – Elected officials, organizers, and members of the community stood in solidarity this afternoon against tomorrow’s “Punish a Muslim Day.” A few weeks ago, fliers from an anonymous source were mailed across the United Kingdom headlined “Punish a Muslim Day,” with the
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PARK SLOPE – Scott Rogowsky, the host of the popular HQ Trivia, has gained quite a bit of fame. This comedian literally shows up on phone screens in the hands of a million (more or less) people almost every day. Before HQ, a live show trivia game where players answer questions
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Survivors of clergy sex abuse in Brooklyn have until this weekend to report their abuser to the Brooklyn Diocese to be eligible for compensation. Here’s what it means and how survivors can get started. In the fall of 2016, Archdiocese of NY [https://archny.org/] set up a voluntary