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Avenue I and East 16th Street, the scene of the shooting. (Source: Google Maps)A 23-year-old Canarsie man was killed and another man seriously injured in what appears to be a drive-by shooting in Midwood early Saturday morning. At approximately 4:00 a.m. the two victims were in a
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Bensonhurst resident Charles Ritter, outside of his polling station on election day, said he’s satisfied with the neighborhood’s police presence but has issues with stop and frisk. (Photo by Ashley Rodriguez)By Scott Klocksin Jacob Hunt was stopped by police and asked for identification as he left a
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A terrible photo of councilmembers Lew Fidler and Jumaane Williams together. (Source: NY City Council via the Brooklyn Daily Eagle)First term Councilman Jumaane Williams has been a rising star in the New York City Council and his introduction into the world of politics can be partly attributed to local
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“Dangerous” elderly people roaming the streets of Brighton Beach. (Photo By Uliana Bazar via npr.org)A survey conducted by MIT and published [http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/height_of_affluence_bVMSDUKXpd8oLtrArnrUEO] by the New York Post has declared that Brighton Beach is the third most dangerous looking
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Source: foodbanknyc.orgCity Councilman Lew Fidler, Assemblyman Alan Maisel and three other pols from around Brooklyn filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the city’s Human Resources Administration (HRA) and its commissioner Robert Doar, claiming that the city’s decision to limit emergency distribution of food assistance was “arbitrary and capricious,
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City Councilman Lew Fidler. Photo by Erica ShermanResidents in the 46th Councilmanic District and beyond, who suffered property loss or damage from Hurricane Sandy, are invited to attend a public meeting that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will be participating in. Citizens affected by the superstorm can gain more
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Source: Koonisutra/FlickrProving that resistance is not futile, the All-American Ultra-Chain, Walmart, has retreated from efforts to plant its flag in East New York. Since at least 2007, Walmart has been paving the way for an invasion of Brooklyn’s Gateway II shopping center [/brooklyn-walmart-gateway-shoppin/]. Local activists claimed America’s
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New York, December 20, 1909. "S.L. Clemens." Samuel Clemens, a.k.a. Mark Twain, aboard the Bermudian after a trip to Bermuda, four months before his death. 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection. Source: Shorpy> “There is more than one way to burn a book.
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Frank Seddio with Lew Fidler (Source: Facebook)With Councilman Lew Fidler running for disgraced State Senator Carl Kruger’s seat [/video-fidler-makes-first-campaign-speech-for-krugers-seat/], Frank Seddio is hoping to fill Brooklyn’s 46th City Council District seat, which would be empty if Fidler wins the special election in March. “I’m very confident
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There’s an amount of pleasure to be taken from a conversation between a real Brooklynite and a yuppie, especially when the yuppie is grasping for – and not finding – a degree of authority on the subject of Brooklyn. You know what I’m talking about. Think about the last time