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Photo: Liena ZagareCONEY ISLAND – “Hey, hey. Ho, Ho. Gun violence gotta go.” The Coney Island boardwalk reverberated with the sound of loud, powerful chants against gun violence during the March For Our Lives, last Saturday, March 24. The neighborhood march was just one of 800 marches across the nation, [http:
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Courtesy of Councilman Mark Treyger’s OfficeCouncilman Mark Treyger, Senator Diane Savino, and community leaders gathered outside Coney Island Houses at West 30th Street and Surf Avenue yesterday to call on City Hall and the NYPD to take specific steps in response to gun violence that continues to plague the
Bill Bratton
Source: arlingtonva [https://www.flickr.com/photos/arlingtonva/7983213346/] FlickrIn the wake of yesterday’s shooting [/two-struck-when-gunman-opens-fire-at-at-coney-island-housing-project/] — which wounded two, including a senior citizen — Councilman Mark Treyger is calling on the NYPD to put its new gunfire-tracking technology to use in Coney Island. The councilman sent a letter to Commissioner
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Photo courtesy of Coney Island HospitalCongressman Hakeem Jeffries and Dr. Mathylde Frontus [/shawn-white-shooting/] were honored for their contributions to Coney Island and neighboring communities as part of Black History Month at Coney Island Hospital [http://www.nyc.gov/html/hhc/coneyisland/html/home/home.shtml] (CIH) last week. Despite the
Alec Brook-Krasny
West 23rd Street and Mermaid Avenue, the scene of the shooting (Source: Google Maps)Following a shooting yesterday in broad daylight that left one dead [/ronnell-bradley-21-shot-dead-mermaid-avenue/], and other recent violence in the neighborhood, fed up residents of Coney Island are holding a rally to call for an end to area