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Kalman Yeger, at a CB14 meeting in 2015. (Photo via BKLYNER)BORO PARK – Councilman Kalman Yeger, representing District 44, yesterday referred to the Palestinian people as “so-called ‘Palestinians,'” responding to a tweet about Ahmad Tibi wanting to become the prime mister of an Israel-Palestinian state [http://www.newsweek.com/
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UPDATE (2/27/18): This afternoon, in an email statement, Senator Golden announced staff member Anthony Testaverde’s departure from the senator’s employment. “Anthony Testaverde is no longer employed by my office. While freedom of speech is a right, that all citizens enjoy, what occurred in this instance was
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Photo: NY City CouncilFLATBUSH – Jumaane Williams [http://jumaanewilliams.com/], representing the 45th City Council district, is quite hopeful that he’ll become the next lieutenant governor of New York. Williams officially announced his candidacy for lieutenant governor in the last week of February [/williams-lieutenant-governor/], confirming all speculations [/councilmember-jumaane-williams-eyes-position-of-lieutenant-governor/]. Williams was
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Photo: Liena ZagareCONEY ISLAND – “Hey, hey. Ho, Ho. Gun violence gotta go.” The Coney Island boardwalk reverberated with the sound of loud, powerful chants against gun violence during the March For Our Lives, last Saturday, March 24. The neighborhood march was just one of 800 marches across the nation, [http:
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2839 Bedford Ave. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BKLYNER)FLATBUSH – A 15-year-old male student was arrested after police recovered a .22-caliber loaded gun inside Midwood High School this afternoon. At approximately 1:40 pm, cops were called into the Flatbush high school. They then recovered a loaded firearm, the NYPD confirms. At
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Photo via Shaheen PashaBOROUGH PARK – At five years old, many kids grab a hairbrush, use it as a microphone, and sing in front of the mirror. When Shaheen Pasha was five, she grabbed a hairbrush, used it as a microphone, stood in front of the mirror, and reported from Moscow.
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Photo: Alisa MinyukovaMANHATTAN BEACH – Students and parents from all different schools in Brooklyn walked out for at least 17 minutes yesterday to remember the lives of the Parkland victims. [/brooklyn-students-walk-out-to-protest-gun-violence/] But it was an entirely different scenario outside P.S. 195 The Manhattan Beach School. A mother and son stood
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Photo: Zainab IqbalBAY RIDGE – The Brooklyn Teen Republican Club chanted outside indicted Assemblywoman Pamela Harris’ office last Sunday calling her to resign . “We are here today to spread positivity, to spread change for the borough of Brooklyn so that we can ensure we have new people elected,” said Batya Goldberg
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The Bookmark Shoppe in Bay Ridge is one example of a local small business. (Photo: The Bookmark Shoppe)In an effort to improve on Governor Andrew Cuomo’s “Internet Fairness Conformity Tax” [https://www1.avalara.com/us/en/blog/2018/01/cuomo-proposes-internet-fairness-tax-online-sales-new-york.html] proposal, which would make sites like Amazon
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Photo: Zainab IqbalPROSPECT HEIGHTS – About 500 people (including dozens and dozens of young children) showed up to Brooklyn Central Library yesterday to hear Chelsea Clinton read her new book, “She Persisted Around the World,” get their copies signed, and ask questions like — “Are you gonna be president one day?” “She
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Photo: BKLYNERKENSINGTON – The historic Kensington Stables is safe– it has been sold to the president of the GBX-Gowanus Bay Terminal, John Quadrozzi Jr. Kensington Stables, built in the 1930s, is one of the few remaining stables in New York City and is the only one that serves Prospect Park. Quadrozzi
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Photo: Women’s MarchStudents, faculty, staff, and parents from schools all across Brooklyn are participating in a National School Walkout next Wednesday, March 14 at 10 am to protest gun violence. The walkout will last 17 minutes to honor the 17 victims of Parkland, Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High