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Ms. Noel confronts Jacob Friedman, Management Operations Director for 585 E 21st St, over her eviction, along with Councilmember Jumaane Williams (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)FLATBUSH – It has not been easy reading the stories about the very elderly in our communities on the brink of eviction [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/
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Park Slope Christmas Tree, 5th Avenue & 4th Street (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER) Our readers mean the world to us, and we want to wish to those in our community celebrating a very Merry Christmas and Happy Kwanzaa! Thank you to our neighbors, advertisers, and subscribers for your continued support.
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Shutterstock via ForbesIn a diary entry from January 1927, Anais Nin [https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/apr/07/anais-nin-author-social-media] wrote, “I made no resolutions for the New Year. The habit of making plans, of criticizing, sanctioning and molding my life, is too much of a daily event for me.
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We wish we could have written all of these, and with your support [/subscribe/], we may yet one day, in the meantime, here are some good reads by others – as always – there is a Brooklyn angle. * The Criminalization of Gentrifying Neighborhoods [https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/12/the-criminalization-of-gentrifying-neighborhoods/
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Mayor de Blasio (left) and Councilmember Laurie Cumbo (D35), photo via Cumbo’s Office“All of you come out to hold government accountable—that government be transparent and that government be responsible to your needs.” Letitia James, Public Advocate for the City of New York Last night, the Ingersoll Community
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Park Slope (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)The Down-Low is our round-up of stories and other curiosities all over Brooklyn. After 31 Years, Polish Eatery Kasia’s Closes Its Doors On Bedford Ave [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/polish-eatery-gentrifying-williamsburg-close-31-years-article-1.3713656] [NY Daily News] A Brief History Of Downtown Brooklyn Retailer Abraham
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(Courtesy: bee721 / flickr)CROWN HEIGHTS – The NYPD has released photos of two men investigators are searching for in connection to the shooting death [/crown-heights-man-killed-in-saturday-shooting/] of a 32-year-old man last Saturday in Crown Heights. Officers discovered John Barnes at approximately 1:40am on December 16 in the vicinity of St. Johns
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Procrastinators rejoice. With only a few days left, shopping online is not even an option anymore, not that you would even consider that when you have a wealth of local Brooklyn businesses to choose from. Here are some of our favorite shops that will delight, family, friends and hosts alike.
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The holidays are officially here! Though the weekend will be on the quieter side, there are a handful of cool events scheduled including boozy caroling and skating with Santa. Looking forward to Tuesday, there’s the second annual Kwanzaa Crawl celebrating black-owned businesses. Don’t forget to check out the
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(Courtesy: bee721 / flickr)WILLIAMSBURG – A shooting just after midnight last night in Williamsburg left one man dead and another wounded, said police. Arriving at 160 Havemeyer Street, near South 2nd Street, police found two gunshot victims: a 19-year old man shot in the leg and back, and a 20-year old
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via ReachNowThe New York City public school system serves 1.1 million children [http://schools.nyc.gov/AboutUs/default.htm] and all of them will be on break between December 25 and January 2. It’s cold. Maybe snowy. Gets dark earlier. What’s a parent to do? If all