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PHOTO: Benjamin Kanter/Mayoral Photo OfficeBy Christina Veiga Overhauling admissions at the city’s prestigious specialized high schools could be just the opening salvo in more aggressive efforts to unravel segregation throughout the city’s school system, Mayor Bill de Blasio vowed Sunday. “Changing them sends the message that everything
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Photo courtesy of Poké NomBENSONHURST/BATH BEACH – Where there is one, there will be more – places offering poke bowls seem to be popping up all over Brooklyn and not just north of the Park [/bowled-over-3-new-bowl-eateries-to-try-in-brooklyn/], this spring. Poke Nom [https://www.yelp.com/biz/poke-nom-brooklyn] opened at the beginning of
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Last June, we told you about Ticket Wiper [/ticketwiper-new-app-help-fight-nyc-parking-tickets/], an app that helps you challenge NYC parking tickets. Since it’s been almost a year, we wanted to follow up and see how things are going. “It’s going great. We’re getting busier and busier. The word is getting
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Every spring, the NYC Department of Finance (DOF) sells the liens of properties that have failed to pay debts to the city [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/finance/taxes/property-lien-sales.page], and this year the date is May 17th. Such debt includes missed payments on property taxes, water bills, emergency
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AN EPIC MUSICAL EVENT FEATURING A 55-PIECE ORCHESTRA & VOCALISTS PERFORMING A BREATHTAKING SYNTHESIS OF BRAHMS’ 1ST SYMPHONY AND RADIOHEAD’S OK COMPUTER Kings Theatre, Brooklyn [http://www.kingstheatre.com/], in association with the Catskill Jazz Factory, will play host to a must-see musical event: The Stereo Hideout Orchestra, led
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An aviation bill could help homeowners previously ineligible for disaster relief funds. After Superstorm Sandy, some homeowners received FEMA emergency funds. Once those emergency funds maxed out at $32,000, FEMA instructed homeowners to apply for low-interest, federal-based Small Business Administration (SBA) loans. Soon after some homeowners qualified for and
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CONEY ISLAND – Two candidates rumored to run for the vacant 46th assembly seat officially threw their hats in the race today –– Republican candidate Steve Saperstein and Democratic candidate Ethan Lustig-Elgrably. Last month, former Assemblymember Pamela Harris abandoned the 46th Assembly seat which encompasses Bath Beach, Bay Ridge, Brighton Beach, Coney
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The Roosevelt Bank in Bed-Stuy was robbed over the weekend (Screenshot via Google Maps)BED-STUY – Armed with a note, a man robbed a Bed-Stuy bank over the weekend, and now police are looking for their suspect. The incident occurred around 1:30 pm on Saturday, May 5, when the man
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Photo Courtesy of Aviator Sports and Events CenterT.S. Eliot had his own reasons for calling April the cruelest month [https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47311/the-waste-land], but if weather whiplash is any measure, it’s certainly been cruel to Brooklynites this year. With the temperature ranging from a high
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What is the most important holiday? Mother’s Day, of course. We love the moms in our life and we have put together a list of local finds for every kind of mother, even those that say they don’t need anything. Also, know that you will have the added
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BENSONHURST/GRAVESEND – Community Policing has been rolling out across the precincts in Brooklyn for a couple of years now, and the beginning of April it also started in Precinct 62, under Captain Anthony Longobardi. Chief Fausto Pichardo did the presentation for the community last week: 62nd Precinct, which includes Bensonhurst,
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DYKER HEIGHTS – President Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr. and former White House aide Sebastian Gorka will be headlining Brooklyn Republican Party’s Spring Fundraiser, set for May 16 at the Dyker Beach Golf Course [https://www.facebook.com/dykerbeach]. Patrons can expect to pay $200 per dinner ticket, but