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City Has A Long History Of Messing Up Our Neighborhood’s Stanchions

A postcard shows the stanchions that were just torn down as they appeared in 1909. Image courtesy Donald LogginsMore than a century has passed, but our neighbors living in the area in 1910 appeared to be just as angry at the city as community members are now, following the DOT’

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Fat Lady Sang At Sunrise For Pension Reform Deal

Governor Andrew Cuomo. Source: Patja (Pat Arnow) / FlickrBETWEEN THE LINES [/tag/between-the-lines/]: As the sun rose over Albany last Thursday, the state’s lawmakers ended an all-night session negotiating a legislation package that introduces the dawning of pension reform. It will reduce benefits for new public employees, averts layoffs of

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Op-Ed: Hydrofracking Gamble Is a Gas, Gas, Gas

The NYC watershed and a state forest and park are located within the Marcellus Shale, where drillers want to hydrofrack for natural gas. (Source: NYC DEP) BETWEEN THE LINES: As drivers in Brooklyn feel the pinch of gas prices that have rapidly increased since the year began, there’s another

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Sheepshead Bay Apartment Co-ops: A Buyer’s Guide

Real estate is a nebulous industry, filled with scams, screwballs, and the occasional sweet deal. That’s why we’ve asked a locally born-and-bred real estate lawyer to make sense of it all. Sheepshead Bay bankruptcy and real estate lawyer Daniel Gershburg will contribute a regular column about the real