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Oct
19
Ban On Single-Use Plastic Bags To Be Enforced Starting Today

Ban On Single-Use Plastic Bags To Be Enforced Starting Today

Photo by Christopher Vega [https://unsplash.com/@vegaguy?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on
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Oct
19
Today’s COVID-19 Updates From The Mayor

Today’s COVID-19 Updates From The Mayor

The citywide daily number of people admitted to NYC hospitals for suspected COVID-19 threshold is 200 patients; today’s report
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Oct
19
Sunday Shooting In Brownsville Kills One Young Man

Sunday Shooting In Brownsville Kills One Young Man

Photo by David von Diemar [https://unsplash.com/@davidvondiemar?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText]
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Oct
16
Arts And Business Meet On Atlantic Avenue

Arts And Business Meet On Atlantic Avenue

A person passing by David Kutz’s art. (Photo via Arts Gowanus on Atlantic Ave, with permission)BROOKLYN – Beginning tomorrow,
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Oct
16
19-Year-Old Shot & Killed While Driving In Canarsie

19-Year-Old Shot & Killed While Driving In Canarsie

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Oct
15
Juneteenth Is Now An Official NYS Public Holiday

Juneteenth Is Now An Official NYS Public Holiday

Unite NY Rally on Juneteenth 2020. (Photo: Adrian Childress/Bklyner)NEW YORK – Juneteenth is now an official public holiday in
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Oct
15
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Statue To Be Located In Brooklyn

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Statue To Be Located In Brooklyn

At the memorial for RBG last month. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)BROOKLYN –  New York Governor Cuomo announced last month that
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Oct
14
“You want to know, but you don’t want to know” – Dr. Bea On Fear And Breast Cancer

“You want to know, but you don’t want to know” – Dr. Bea On Fear And Breast Cancer

Dr. Vivian Bea (left) and Tracy Tomer are wearing masks that Tomer crocheted. (Photo via Dr. Bea’s team)PARK
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Oct
14
Williamsburg Man Shot & Killed In His Car

Williamsburg Man Shot & Killed In His Car

WILLIAMSBURG – A 37-year-old man was shot and killed while sitting in his car yesterday afternoon. On Tuesday, October 13 at
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Oct
13
Two PLG Residents Pick Up the Slack After City Suspends Compost Programs

Two PLG Residents Pick Up the Slack After City Suspends Compost Programs

Volunteers for Nurture BK collect compost. Courtesy of Nurture BK.For Brooklyn’s robust composting community, the city’s decision
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