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Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerUPDATE: While the NYPD still has not released photos or video of the assailant, it seems it is now being investigated by the Hate Crimes Unit, though the cops won’t tell us when that switch happened. MIDWOOD – Umber Nisar usually drives everywhere. But, the weather was
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Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerFLATBUSH – Members and volunteers at the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs (MOIA) and the NYC Commission on Human Rights (NYCCHR) spread across three subway stations in the borough to hand out fliers encouraging Brooklynites to report any form of discrimination. This Day of Visibility is in
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MIDWOOD – A fire inside a manhole caused the cover to blow off on Ave H and East 10th Street Friday morning. At approximately 11:53 a.m., a call came in reporting a car fire, the FDNY says. When firefighters went to the scene, they realized the fire was coming
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Rafael Laureano, 51, who owned Spartan Health Club [https://www.facebook.com/pages/Spartan-Health-Club/116107118416641] (1166 Coney Island Avenue), died when he was hit by a bullet from police officers who were firing at a knife-wielding man who had attacked Laureano and his girlfriend [http://ditmasparkcorner.com/blog/crime/police-shoot-and-kill-47-year-old-man-wielding-a-knife-at-ocean-parkway-apartment]
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Councilman Lew Fidler will host a Home Owners Forum this Thursday, March 24 at 7 p.m. at the Glenwood Senior Center at 5701 Avenue H, between East 57th and East 58th Streets. Representatives from the Department of Housing Preservation and Development will be in attendance and Councilman Jumaane Williams