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Brooklyn Borough Hall rally. (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYER)Last night, an estimated 7,000 thousand Yemeni-Americans, Muslims, and supporters peacefully rallied at Brooklyn Borough Hall to protest Trump’s “Muslim ban” and stand with Yemeni-American New Yorker whose family members are stranded overseas. Yesterday’s protest marked the culmination
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(Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)One thousand Yemeni-owned bodegas across the city are on strike today to protest Trump’s executive order banning immigrants and refugees from seven majority-Muslim countries from entering the United States. And a few of the shops are on your morning commute in Ditmas Park. Participating
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Invitation for Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams’ Black History Month Celebration [http://www.brooklyn-usa.org/event/black-history-month-celebration/] at Brooklyn Borough Hall, February 22ndFebruary is Black History Month and there are a variety of events happening all around Brooklyn to observe it—from panel discussions, poetry readings, musical performances, history tours,
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Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz. (Photo: Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz [https://www.facebook.com/AssemblymanStevenCymbrowitz/photos/a.465589220131458.107581.465589086798138/465633266793720/?type=3&theater] / Facebook)Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz, Chair of the Aging Committee, will be speaking before a panel at Brooklyn Borough Hall Wednesday about the importance of studying the feasibility of
Brooklyn Borough Hall
Neighbors protested [/blog/news/after-ceiling-collapses-mold-rodents-roaches-and-more-tenants-at-125-east-18-street-raise-their-voices-to-say-we-are-fighting-back#prettyPhoto] landlord Moshe Piller’s treatment of tenants last year.Borough President Eric Adams [http://brooklyn-usa.org/] and civil rights attorney Norman Siegel [http://stellp.com/nsiegel.html] are kicking off the first of three tenant harassment town halls tonight, Tuesday, July 14 at 6pm
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This is one survey every homeowner, business owner, and resident in the neighborhood should fill out, if only for a chance to fix all those corners you might have in your area that back up and flood every time it rains [/blog/transportation/noreaster-hits-flooding-plagues-neighborhood]. The survey’s results will help
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Image courtesy of FAB Fulton.Below you’ll find information on events through the weekend in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill this weekend. Check back Monday to see what’s scheduled next week! Note: For Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. birthday events, see our full list of MLK celebrations in
Brooklyn Borough Hall
(image by Kathryn Kirk via brooklyn-usa.org)This past Tuesday, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, along with some local elected officials – such as Kings County Democratic Party Chair Assemblyman Vito Lopez [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vito_Lopez] – and labor unions held a rally at Borough Hall in solidarity with