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Down-Low: Judge Blocks Trump’s Effort To Withhold From Sanctuary Cities & Other Stories You Shouldn’t Miss

Carly Miller

Apr 25, 2017 — 1 min read

Japanese Pond Garden, Brooklyn Botanic Garden. (Photo by Pamela Wong)

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

-Judge Blocks Trump Effort to Withhold Money From Sanctuary Cities [New York Times]

-New York Landlords Exploit Loophole to Hike Rents Despite Freeze [ProPublica]

-Brooklyn DA Seeking to Avoid Deportations for Undocumented New Yorkers [DNAinfo]

-Brooklyn CVS guard cuffed for sexually abusing women shoplifters [NY Daily News]

-Brooklyn’s tallest building, Hub, tries to live up to its name [Curbed NY]

-Brooklyn Tech teacher busted asking student for ‘workout’ pics [NY Post]

-Colton, Tong Vow Fight After City Inks $3.3B Waste Hauling Contract [Kings County Politics]

-Kosciuszko Bridge to make flashy Thursday debut featuring Cuomo, light show [NY Daily News]

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