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FLATBUSH – Two women were wounded in Flatbush Monday night after a gunman opened fire, hitting one woman in the leg and the other in the arm, police said. Police investigate scene of the shooting on Ditmas and East 21st Street. (Photo by Todd Maisel)Police believe the women were innocent
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MIDWOOD – Cops have arrested the man who they believe murdered his roommate over the weekend. On Sunday, September 22 at around 5:17 p.m., 36-year-old Andre Lee was found in his apartment on Ocean Avenue and Avenue J with a stab wound to his chest. Lee was transported to
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CROWN HEIGHTS/WILLIAMSBURG – Cops are looking for suspects related to two separate homicides in three days in the borough. On September 17 at around 4:47 a.m., 60-year-old Gary Smith was found slumped on the steps of a building on Schenectady Avenue between Lincoln Place and St. Johns Place.
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The Black Lady Theatre serves as a cultural hub in Crown Heights for the arts, learning, sharing and experiencing Afrikan heritage. Nigel Roberts/BklynerCROWN HEIGHTS – It’s an understatement to say that there are significant problems with the nation’s criminal justice system. As of last year, 151 exonerated prisoners
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Photographer/Mayoral Photography OfficePARK SLOPE – Four months after announcing his run for the 46th president [/park-slope-neighbor-runs-for-president/] of the United States, our Park Slope neighbor Mayor Bill de Blasio announced this morning that he is out of the race. “It’s clearly not my time,” he said on Morning Joe. [https:
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Deborah Lauter. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)CITY HALL – Hate crimes have spiked all over the country. They have risen in New York, but more particularly in Brooklyn. A few weeks ago, a young Muslim woman was spat on and harassed on the bus. [/islamophobia-b6-bus-crime/] A few days later, a Jewish
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By Philissa Cramer, Chalkbeat [http://www.chalkbeat.com/posts/ny/2019/09/16/want-to-explore-race-and-class-in-central-brooklyns-schools-theres-a-podcast-for-that/?utm_source=republish&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=republish] Back in 2015, when DUMBO parents were making news for opposing a plan [https://www.chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2016/01/06/in-gentrifying-brooklyn-rezoning-plan-that-sparked-diversity-debate-is-approved/] to change
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There’s lots going on during these final days of summer, including the Brooklyn Book Festival [/full-lineup-announced-for-brooklyn-book-festival-sept-16-23/], Photoville [/photoville-2019-festival-features-work-by-more-than-600-photographers/], Bushwick Open Studios [/bushwick-open-studios-sept-20-22/], Brooklyn Americana Music Festival [/5th-annual-brooklyn-americana-music-festival-50-shows-across-7-venues/], and the Fort Greene House Tour [/the-fort-greene-house-tour-houses-history-all-that-
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A sample of the letter National Grid has been sending people, asking them to lobby. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – National Grid has been denying gas to thousands of customers, asking them to lobby to get the Willaims Pipeline passed. Public Advocate Jumaane Williams called it a hostage situation.
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Shahana Hanif. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)KENSINGTON/PARK SLOPE – Shahana Hanif was meant to survive. When she was diagnosed with lupus, her doctor told her she wasn’t going to die, but she wasn’t going to be OK. Eleven years later, Hanif stands as strong as ever. She stands
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Sharen and Lillian. Photo Credit: David Nager / AllianceBy Sharen I. Duke, the Executive Director and CEO of Alliance for Positive Change. [https://alliance.nyc/] In Brooklyn, the number of HIV diagnoses continues to drop, declining 12% from 2013 to 2017, while the estimated number of new infections in New York
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CROWN HEIGHTS/DUMBO – In bookstores, libraries and even subway stops throughout the five boroughs authors, readers and many more have been gathering for Bookend Events as part of the week-long Brooklyn Book Festival [https://brooklynbookfestival.org/]. The events include launches of new books or panel discussions on relevant topics in