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Jul
13
Black And Blue Lives Matter Protesters Clash In Bay Ridge

Black And Blue Lives Matter Protesters Clash In Bay Ridge

A protestor and counter-protestor clashing. (Photo via Rathkopf Photos, with permission.)BAY RIDGE/DYKER HEIGHTS – On Sunday, dozens of people
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Jul
02
Asiyah Women’s Center: A New Start For Domestic Violence Survivors

Asiyah Women’s Center: A New Start For Domestic Violence Survivors

At Asiyah Women’s Center.SUNSET PARK – After New York was put on PAUSE back in March to help fight
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Jun
30
Exclusive: Amber Adler Runs For City Council District 48

Exclusive: Amber Adler Runs For City Council District 48

Amber Adler. (Photo: Rathkopf Photography [https://www.rathkopf.com/], with permission)BRIGHTON BEACH/MIDWOOD – Amber Adler, 36, is running to
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Jun
24
Wondering When You Will Get The $420 Per Public School Student Food Benefits?

Wondering When You Will Get The $420 Per Public School Student Food Benefits?

Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography OfficeBROOKLYN –  At the end of May, it was announced that through a federal relief effort,
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Jun
22
Remembering Shafiq Hussain, Taken Too Soon By COVID-19

Remembering Shafiq Hussain, Taken Too Soon By COVID-19

Photo via Almas Shafiq.MIDWOOD –  When Almas Shafiq, 23, got accepted into the NYC Teaching Collaborative [http://nycteachingcollaborative.org/] a
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Jun
19
Juneteenth in Brooklyn

Juneteenth in Brooklyn

Borough President Adams speaks at the Freedom Rally at Grand Army Plaza. Adrian Childress/BklynerBROOKLYN – Happy Juneteenth! June 19 is
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Jun
18
Councilmembers Call For The Removal Of Mayor de Blasio From Office

Councilmembers Call For The Removal Of Mayor de Blasio From Office

Carlos Menchaca. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)BROOKLYN – Council Member Carlos Menchaca has introduced legislation calling on Governor Andrew Cuomo “to
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Jun
17
Rubie Inez Williams On Investing In The Black Youth Through The Arts

Rubie Inez Williams On Investing In The Black Youth Through The Arts

Photo via Dominique Sindayiganza, @sindayiganza [https://www.instagram.com/sindayiganza/], with permission.BED STUY – Rubie Inez Williams believes in a
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Jun
16
Local Pols Cut Locks on Playgrounds, Mayor Says Not So Fast

Local Pols Cut Locks on Playgrounds, Mayor Says Not So Fast

Photo via Simcha Eichenstein’s office.BORO PARK/MIDWOOD – The weather is getting nicer and kids are getting restless staying
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Jun
15
‘I Shouldn’t Have To Be Afraid To Just Live:’ Alhassan Umar From The Bronx Goes Viral In Brooklyn

‘I Shouldn’t Have To Be Afraid To Just Live:’ Alhassan Umar From The Bronx Goes Viral In Brooklyn

Alhassan Umar (right) at a protest. (Photo via Mamadou Barry, [https://www.instagram.com/leboss.official/] Leboss Shoots Photography, [https:
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