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Edwin Raymond (middle). (Photo via Raymond’s office, with permission)FLATBUSH – The race to represent Flatbush just got even more crowded. Edwin Raymond, of East Flatbush, formally announced Thursday morning his run for the 40th City Council seat to represent Flatbush, East Flatbush, PLG, and bits of surrounding neighborhoods. Raymond
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Police Commissioner Dermot Shea announced yesterday that Jeffrey B. Maddrey, the longtime chief of the NYPD’s Patrol Borough Brooklyn North, will become Chief of Community Affairs, and Judith R. Harrison, who serves as the commanding officer of the department’s Special Victims Division, will be succeeding Chief Maddrey at
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Removed basketball hoop at St. Andrew’s Playground on the corner of Atlantic Ave. and Kingston Ave. Curtis Brodner/BklynerIt was almost exactly three months ago [/basketball-hoops-coronavirus-brooklyn/] that Mayor Bill de Blasio instructed the Parks department to remove hoops from some 80 playgrounds in hopes to reduce the spread of
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Phase Two of New York City’s reopening plan began on Monday, and with it came the new permissions for outdoor dining at the city’s restaurants. Over 4,000 restaurants were approved for the permits to set up seats on sidewalks and take over parking spots adjacent to their
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BUSHWICK – Cops are looking for a man who demanded a sexual act from a woman and then forced her hands on his private parts. On Wednesday, June 17 at around 12:15 a.m., a 29-year-old woman was walking to a local bodega on the corner of Cooper Street and
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Mayor Bill de Blasio delivers his executive budget at City Hall, April 25, 2019. | Ben Fractenberg/THE CITYBy Greg David, This article was originally published [https://www.thecity.nyc/2020/6/24/21302298/de-blasio-layoffs-new-york-city-taxes-budget] on Jun 24 by THE CITY [https://www.thecity.nyc/] Uncertainties over everything from property tax
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Barber shops are now open! (Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office) It’s Wednesday! The weather is beautiful outside. Please remember to keep wearing face-covering when outside and keep a distance. * There were 292 new positive confirmed coronavirus cases in NYC, compared to the 331 cases from yesterday. There were
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Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography OfficeBROOKLYN – At the end of May, it was announced that through a federal relief effort, the state was approved to disperse the Coronavirus Pandemic Electronic Benefits Transfer or P-EBT. The sweeping program [https://otda.ny.gov/news/2020/2020-05-12.asp] would automatically send families the
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WILLIAMSBURG – A 30-year-old man is dead after being shot in the chest and abdomen last night. On Tuesday, June 23 at around 9:30 p.m., cops arrived in front of Williamsburg Houses on Eyck Walk to find a 30-year-old man unconscious and unresponsive with gunshot wounds to the chest
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The results trickling in from the city Board of Elections for Tuesday’s primary election show many races too close to call. We are unlikely to know the final results for a while, possibly weeks, because of the abnormally high number of absentee voters this year due to coronavirus. This
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BROOKLYN – Summer is finally here! After months of quarantine, the Mayor announced that beaches will be opening on July 1. He also announced the expansion of Cool It! NYC, a plan to help New Yorkers beat the heat this summer. The Wall Street Journal broke the story [https://www.wsj.
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Hosting family? Planning a business trip? Thinking of a long weekend away from your home state? Starting at midnight tonight anyone arriving in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut from states that have high COVID 19 numbers is expected to quarantine for 14 days. That includes residents returning home from