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Photo courtesy of Councilman Mark TreygerResidents say they are shaken up by two tragic incidents that occurred near neighborhood parks over a span of 24 hours. Daquan Spencer, 31, was fatally shot at 1:30am Sunday morning while attending a party inside Scarangella Park [https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/scarangella-park]
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Photo by Rachel Silberstein/Bensonhurst BeanAfter years of tireless advocacy from neighbors, elected officials [/pols-slam-parks-department-mayors-office-for-neglect-of-bensonhurst-park/#.V64rWJMrKSM] , and this news site [/bensonhurst-park-god-awful-state-disrepair-photos/#.V64xf5MrKSM], the long neglected Bensonhurst Park [https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/bensonhurst-park] on Cropsey Avenue and Bay Parkway is about to get the ambitious overhaul it deserves. Over the
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> “Our vision is to make life easier for families.” – Mayor @BilldeBlasio [https://twitter.com/BilldeBlasio] #LactationStations [https://twitter.com/hashtag/LactationStations?src=hash] #BillSigning [https://twitter.com/hashtag/BillSigning?src=hash] pic.twitter.com/MxdO0oQoGb [https://t.co/MxdO0oQoGb] — NYC Mayor’s CAU (@mayorsCAU) August 11, 2016 [https://twitter.
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> “Our vision is to make life easier for families.” – Mayor @BilldeBlasio [https://twitter.com/BilldeBlasio] #LactationStations [https://twitter.com/hashtag/LactationStations?src=hash] #BillSigning [https://twitter.com/hashtag/BillSigning?src=hash] pic.twitter.com/MxdO0oQoGb [https://t.co/MxdO0oQoGb] — NYC Mayor’s CAU (@mayorsCAU) August 11, 2016 [https://twitter.
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A boarded up home. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Councilman Mark Treyger, chair of City Council’s Committee on Recovery and Resiliency, and a group of elected officials from across the city, are calling on mayor’s administration to provide deadline extensions to homeowners registered with the Build It Back
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A boarded up home. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Councilman Mark Treyger, chair of City Council’s Committee on Recovery and Resiliency, and a group of elected officials from across the city, are calling on mayor’s administration to provide deadline extensions to homeowners registered with the city’s Build
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Photo by Fort Greene Focus.Fort Greene and Clinton Hill will be next on the NYPD’s list of neighborhoods in which they will use their community policing model starting in October, according to an announcement made by the department on Tuesday. Community policing breaks precincts into quadrants, and groups
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(Photo: Adam Giambrone / Facebook)A former Toronto mayoral candidate — with a past sex scandal — has been selected by Mayor Bill de Blasio to oversee the creation of the city’s Brooklyn-Queens streetcar project [/blog/politics/brooklyn-queens-connector-streetcar-may-become-reality-under-mayors-2-5-billion-proposal/] . Adam Giambrone, 39, who served as a Toronto city councilor, was involved in steamy
Arts & Culture
Broadway is coming to Brooklyn! (Courtesy Instagram/lilalikesyou [https://www.instagram.com/p/BHqm1KiDJSe/])The cast of Beautiful – The Carole King Musical is coming to Fort Greene Park [/?s=fort+greene+park]. Cast members will perform a series of excerpts from the musical about the native Brooklynite for the public
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(Courtesy: Flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/31694851@N03/2974757320/in/photolist-5wSpHj-j7WVUa-q6odin-j7ZdUh-7PWFEa-jR7C2K-j7WmKp-j7YrtC-KxCzP-j7BPcZ-pCek7k-jhv1C1-js1wst-js2FEx-5d4yxw-kX2Gki-rcUj99-js34RM-js1wgM-s9TPh7-GFA4kf-ovvDBA-qejPWD-prJRk5-pG4FS1-bydHvg-5hrD31-HRkSCr-oC8hXR-brH8NF-dwckHV-snwxXW-svLgGn-pcjatX-jR8Rz2-jRac9m-jR9wyf-8MnMJw-naXpfT-qLrhN3-ouqUEG-5wN3jx-9chSab-gZ4hjb-peRPaN-aDfbsd-h1USWF-oNQ5Yv-jhspGk-55Enee] )Brooklyn has the fastest job growth of any borough in New York
Police & Fire
Rachel Silberstein/Bensonhurst BeanA suspect has been charged in the attack on two Muslin teens [/police-fire/two-teens-assaulted-outside-sunset-park-mosque/] outside a Sunset Park mosque over Independence Day weekend, according to police. Sunset Park resident Christopher Vallaro, 31, surrendered to the NYPD’s 72nd Precinct on Wednesday with his attorney. He has been
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> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mayor @BilldeBlasio [https://twitter.com/BilldeBlasio] joined thousands of Muslim New Yorkers in #BathBeach [https://twitter.com/hashtag/BathBeach?src=hash] #BK [https://twitter.com/hashtag/BK?src=hash] to celebrate Eid ul Fitr – Eid Mubarak! pic.twitter.com/sSaPb8dJH3 [https://t.co/sSaPb8dJH3] — NYC Mayor’s CAU
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(Photo by the Flatbush Tenant Coalition / Facebook)For the second consecutive year, the Rent Guidelines Board voted last night to approve a rent freeze on one-year leases for over one million tenants in rent stabilized housing. The news was bittersweet for local tenants rights advocates, who were fighting for more
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(Photo by the Flatbush Tenant Coalition / Facebook)For the second consecutive year, the Rent Guidelines Board voted last night to approve a rent freeze on one-year leases for over one million tenants in rent stabilized housing. The news was bittersweet for local tenants rights advocates, who were fighting for more
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Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope StoopIt’s finally warm outside, and those summer nights are here. The sun won’t go down until 8:29pm [http://www.timeanddate.com/sun/usa/new-york] this lovely evening. You may be craving some time out in your weekend schedule for a bit
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Calvert Vaux ParkIn time for summer, elected officials from southern Brooklyn are once again calling on Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration to make good on the city’s commitment [/de-blasio-criticized-for-abandoning-bloomberg-plan-for-calvert-vaux-park/#.V2K5D-YrI9c] to pour $40 million into Gravesend’s Calvert Vaux Park. Councilman Mark Treyger, Borough President Eric Adams, Senator