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On Wednesday, August 19, 2020, right around 3:30 pm, two men were shot at the corner of Woodruff Avenue and Ocean Avenue – a block from Prospect Park, within the 70th Precinct.NYPD inform that Malcolm Amede, 18, of Lefferts Ave in PLG, who was he was shot in the
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Industry City, August 2020. Liena Zagare/BklynerBy Greg David, originally [https://www.thecity.nyc/2020/8/19/21376132/industry-city-expansion-brooklyn-council-corey-johnson-menchaca-amazon] published by THE CITY [https://www.thecity.nyc/] The City Planning Commission’s decision Wednesday to approve and send on to the City Council a major redevelopment of Brooklyn’s Industry
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Rep. Hakeem Jeffries speaks as Rep Yvette Clarke looks on. Ben Brachfeld/Bklyner.CADMAN PLAZA – Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said Tuesday that the US Postal Service’s controversial planned service changes, including reductions in overtime, guidance to mail carriers to leave some mail behind, and removal of mailboxes and sorting
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EAST FLATBUSH – A 26-year-old man is dead after being shot in the head last night. On Tuesday, August 18 at around 7:20 p.m., cops got a call for a 26-year-old man shot by East 92 Street and Kings Highway. When they arrived, they found him with a gunshot
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COVID-19 testing outreach workers in Sunset Park. (Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office)Happy Tuesday! 100 years ago today, the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, guaranteeing women’s right to vote, was ratified when Tennessee became the 36th state to approve it. We hope you are doing well. Remember, we
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MTA officials announced front-door boarding and fare collection on all local and SBS buses will resume Monday, August 31. Photo: Jessie Mislavsky / MTA NYC TransitNo more free bus. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) today announced it will resume front-door boarding and fare collection on all local and SBS buses on
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A torn up car after the crash on Ocean Avenue and Beverly Road. (Photo: Liena Zagare/Bklyner)FLATBUSH – An early morning car crash on Ocean Avenue and Beverly Road has left two people in the hospital, with one in very serious condition. In the month of July alone, there were
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STUYVESANT HEIGHTS – A 41-year-old man was shot and killed last night. On Monday, August 17 at around 10:37 p.m., 41-year-old Derrick Garner was shot on Bainbridge Street near Lewis Avenue by someone in a passing car. He was found with gunshot wounds to the arm and torso. Garner,
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Mayor Bill de Blasio and First Lady Chirlane McCray, along with Toya Williford, Executive Director of The Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City hold a media availability at City Hall on Tuesday July 14, 2020. Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography OfficeBy Yoav Gonen, originally published [https://www.thecity.nyc/
Business
By Jill Marshall, single parent of two elementary school kids in Greenwood Heights Like most parents these days, I’ve acquired a myriad of new day jobs on top of the already crowded plate I balanced carefully before COVID-19 barreled into our lives last spring. I am now the administrator
affordable housing
Glo Hotel is located at 850 4th Avenue. Photo by a reader.All of the signs that Glo Hotel is a hotel have been covered up, and it looks like the Best Western chain hotel is now providing emergency housing services to the City of New York. Glo Hotel is
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Photo by David Ballew [https://unsplash.com/@daveballew?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/school?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] By Alex Zimmerman, Originally published by Chalkbeat New York [https://ny.chalkbeat.