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[UPDATED: Monday, June 18 at 9:45am] In response to Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams’ recommendations, Alloy Development CEO Jared Della Valle said, “We appreciate that the Borough President took the time to review our application and that his decision acknowledges the pressing need for the public benefits included in
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BOERUM HILL – At a City Planning Commission [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/about/commission.page] hearing on Wednesday, June 13, supporters and opponents of 80 Flatbush voiced their opinions on the controversial development project. A rendering of the 74-story tower planned for 80 Flatbush (Via Alloy Development)The hearing
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BOERUM HILL – “The Brooklyn Book Festival is amazingly unique compared to other book festivals I’ve participated in,” author Gregory Pardlo [http://pardlo.com] remarked Wednesday evening at the annual launch of the Brooklyn Book Festival [http://www.brooklynbookfestival.org]. Addressing a crowd of approximately eighty authors, publicists, and publishers
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On June 1, the minimum price of cigarettes in New York City increased from $10.50 to $13 per pack, the highest in the nation. Depending on how heavy your habit, that adds up really fast. “For someone who smokes cigarettes regularly, cigarettes can cost as much as two months’
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Photo: Pamela Wong/BklynerBOERUM HILL – Brooklyn Public Library’s Pacific Branch was scheduled to open this month after renovations, but it has been delayed until July after discovering additional abatement work was needed. BPL had this to say: “As we put the finishing touches on an improved Pacific Library, we
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Photo via Wikimedia Commons [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Police_Line_Crime_Scene_2498847226.jpg] BOREUM HILL – Sometimes, fake fights turn out bad. Yesterday, Xavier Guerrero, a physical education teacher at Khalil Gibran International Academy, was arrested after a playfight with two male students turned into a
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Photo: Zainab IqbalBARCLAYS – The 2018 Brooklyn College commencement at Barclays Center Thursday morning wasn’t a boring one. Pioneering disability rights activist Judith “Judy” Heumann gave a compelling speech on fighting adversity, and Borough President Eric Adams announced that he will be the next mayor of NYC. “I’m a
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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 via Wikimedia Commons [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Police_Line_Crime_Scene_2498847226.jpg] BAY RIDGE – Police are looking for a burglar that struck a Bay Ridge apartment earlier this week, gaining entry to the building by slipping in the front door as a tenant was
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BOERUM HILL – If you missed the 59th Annual Park Slope House Tour [/save-the-date-59th-annual-park-slope-house-tour-sunday-may-20/] this past Sunday, you will have another opportunity to peek into some impressive local homes next weekend (June 2) during the Boerum Hill House Tour. Via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/groups/86545554529/]Hosted by the Boerum
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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