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Left to right: Saba Ismail, Samson Salamat and Shahid Khan, wearing the hallmark orange of the Rwadari Tehreek movement, borrowed from Sufi symbolism. (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)Samson Salamat, a Pakistani human rights defender, is igniting a global movement to combat terrorism, a movement whose voice is reaching Brooklyn’
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Registering to vote. (Photo via NYC Board of Elections Facebook page [https://www.facebook.com/theNYCBoardofElections/])As discussion of the historic 2016 presidential election continues, one statistic especially worries democracy advocates — declining voter turnout across Brooklyn and the state. Voter turnout in Brooklyn has dropped steadily since 2008, with 53.
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Photo via ballsysalzy [https://www.instagram.com/p/_U8yUoSB68/?tagged=southslope]After lengthy negotiations, a tentative deal has been struck on renewing a long-standing tax credit for developers. The Real Estate Board of New York and city construction unions have reached an agreement on the 421-a tax credit program, which
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Photos via Danza (L) and Love Productions [http://www.loveproductions.com/like-boss-tony-danza-celebrates-return-los-angeles-new-york-standards-stories-feinsteins54/] (R)Tony Danza is known for starring on the 1978 – 1983 hit TV show Taxi as well as Who’s the Boss? In his life, he’s been a professional boxer, tap dancer, and teacher. He remembers growing
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(Photo via jenboudz / Instagram)The Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn. –Flatbush man attacks family members with meat cleaver after brawl over 2016 presidential election. [Daily News [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/brooklyn-man-attacks-family-knife-fight-election-article-1.2871358] ] –A
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(Photo courtesy: philamoca [https://www.instagram.com/p/BMuBX5fDtEn/?tagged=gemmaray] / instagram)Whether you’re looking to taste every restaurant on Cortelyou Road, buy some local art, or just kick back for a night of live music — this is your spot for the best events in (and immediately around) Ditmas
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“Voting is your power and your right,” Mamnun Haq said to Kensington’s Bangladeshi community at the Avenue C Plaza on Friday. (Photo by DPC)After a week where many neighbors expressed fear over the presidential election results [/blog/neighbors/trump-victory-frightens-emboldens-immigrants-kensington/], Kensington’s Bangladeshi community leaders and city officials gathered
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The deceased was found in Mount Prospect Park. (Photo via cnudge / instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BMWWzijBlUK/?taken-at=245977201&hl=en])On Sunday, cops located the body of a man who was reported missing two days before the discovery. 68-year-old Moses King was found dead on Sunday, November
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East 19th Street between Albermarle & Beverley Roads. (Screenshot via Google Maps)A man was shot on East 19th Street early Saturday morning, a few blocks from the Beverley Road Q train. The gunman drove up to an apartment building on East 19th Street between Albermarle Road and Beverley Road
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Hasiba and Mamnun Haq at the Avenue C Plaza on Friday, responding to the election. (Photo by DPC)This week in Ditmas Park, we found that a traffic signal is coming to a dangerous intersection at Beverley Road [/blog/news/traffic-signal-coming-dangerous-corner-westminster-beverley-roads/], a Windsor Terrace man leads the fight for reform
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Brighton Beach (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)Catching up on local Brooklyn news? Find the best articles from our sister sites below. Chunk of Brighton Beach/Coney Island Russian mob arrested. [Sheepshead Bites [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2016/11/chunk-brighton-beachconey-island-russian-mob-arrested/] ] New Utrecht High School students fear increase in racism, sexism
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“I want to be lost among your thoughts the way you listen to New York City when you fall asleep” (Photo via sincerelyleonardcohen [https://www.instagram.com/p/BEtQ-btPYiq/?taken-by=sincerelyleonardcohen] / Instagram)I’ll tell the truth; I didn’t come to fool you [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=