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EAST FLATBUSH — City Councilman Jumane Williams dominated in Tuesday’s special election to claim the interim post as New York City’s fifth public advocate. Williams, one of 17 candidates on the ballot, won 33 percent of the vote with 98.01 percent of precincts reporting. More than 133,000
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The MTA crew getting part of a tree off the track on Feb 25. (Photo: MTA)High winds, downed trees, signal problems, automatic brakes, and a sick passenger – and how was your commute? This morning one Ditmas Park resident told us they were going to vote (Public Advocate special elections
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Driver recklessly drives on the sidewalk along Harrison Avenue in front of Central United Talmudical Academy (CUTA) in front of three young girls. (Screenshot: Williamsburg News Twitter post)WILLIAMSBURG — Brooklyn appears to have its own congestion issues, so much so that some drivers use the sidewalk as an extra lane.
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(Photo: Instagram post of @ljwilliams)BROOKLYN — New York City residents will cast their votes tomorrow, Tuesday, February 26, for the city’s next public advocate in a special election to fill the seat Letitia James left after she was sworn in as the New York State attorney general on Jan.
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Plans released for a development project at the Crown Heights Spice Factory. CROWN HEIGHTS — Plans to replace the Spice Factory on Franklin Avenue are moving forward in what is shaping up to be an enormous project that boasts nearly 1,600 units, half of which will be affordable to some.
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Photo via Chaim Deutsch.BRIGHTON BEACH – Hate only seems to be getting stronger. More swastikas were found in Southern Brooklyn, this time drawn on playground equipment over the weekend. The horrible incident took place at the Brighton Beach Playground, located at Brighton 2nd St & Brightwater Ct. Council Member Chaim
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Photo via Flickr Creative Commons/mstearne.DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – An off-duty train conductor was arrested after punching a woman on the subway over the weekend. On February 23 at around 2 a.m., 44-year-old Twain Glover was on the Manhattan-bound A Train coming to the Hoyt-Schermerhorn Station. The Daily News reported
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Sen. Bernie Sanders makes his way back to Brooklyn College, in Midwood, for his first campaign rally.MIDWOOD — Sen. Bernie Sanders announced Saturday evening he’ll come to Brooklyn at almost the same time the city’s mayor, Bill de Blasio, was giving a speech in Iowa. Sanders will hold
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Lucy Kalantari. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)KENSINGTON – For her sixth birthday, Lucy Kalantari got a piano and $30 she used not on toys, but on piano lessons. This year, she received a Grammy for the Best Children’s Album. [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/31-women-take-home-awards-grammys-2019-1184290] We talked to Kalantari earlier
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Yemen Café at 7130 Fifth Ave. in Bay Ridge. Scam artist secured thousands of dollars from owners after claiming he’d fronted the money for OATH fines levied against the business. (Photo credit: Mahmood Alsubai)BAY RIDGE — A Bay Ridge man scammed thousands of dollars from a local restaurant in
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A Microscopic Look at the Measles Virus (Source: Center For Disease Control via Wikimedia Commons)WILLIAMSBURG — The measles toll in Brooklyn jumped to 90 with 15 new cases in Williamsburg since October 2018, according to the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. The health department said eight
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BORO PARK – A car drove onto a sidewalk endangering the lives of children in order to avoid waiting behind school buses. Yesterday, former Assemblyman Dov Hikind went on Twitter to post a video of the incident, which takes place at Vizhnitz Cheder on 53rd Street in Borough Park. Hikind tweeted