The Down Low: Glacial Sandy Repairs, Best Hamentashen & Other Stories You Shouldn’t Miss

The Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn.

–Where To Eat The City’s Best Hamentashen In Celebration Of Purim. [Gothamist]

–Residents & leaders fed up with slow Sandy repairs [News 12]

–Education Dept. requires city school staff to address transgender students by their preferred pronouns [NY Daily News]

–These colleges are better than Harvard at making poor kids rich (*CUNY is #6!) [Vox]

–$13K in Watches and Cash Stolen From Brooklyn Heights Apartment, Police Say. [DNAinfo]

–At This Staten Island Restaurant, a Kitchen Run by Grandmas. [The New York Times]