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May
31
June is Gun Violence Awareness Month

June is Gun Violence Awareness Month

The Empire State building lit up in orange—during National Gun Awareness month, orange is the color worn to honor
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May
24
District 40 Participatory Budgeting 2018: Winning Projects

District 40 Participatory Budgeting 2018: Winning Projects

Councilmember Eugene at Ditmas Junior High to announce the results of Participatory Budgeting in District 40 (Via CM Eugene’s
1 min read
May
23
District 35 Participatory Budgeting 2018: Winning Projects

District 35 Participatory Budgeting 2018: Winning Projects

Majority Leader Cumbo visited Medgar Evers Prep yesterday to announce results and present oversized checks for winning projects (Via @NYC
2 min read
May
23

Wednesday Crime Blotter: A Daycare Burglary, A Rooftop Groping & More

PROSPECT HEIGHTS – The NYPD confirmed that FDNY EMT Andrew Davis, 23, was arrested while on duty on Tuesday, May 22,
2 min read
May
09
Internet-Enabled Services Create Opportunity For Brooklyn Communities And Small Businesses – OPINION

Internet-Enabled Services Create Opportunity For Brooklyn Communities And Small Businesses – OPINION

By: Representative Yvette D. Clarke and Internet Association President & CEO Michael Beckerman The internet is about opportunity. Its evolution
3 min read
May
09
Wednesday Crime Blotter: Attempted Kidnapping in Gravesend, Bed-Stuy Man Plays Real-Life “GTA” & More

Wednesday Crime Blotter: Attempted Kidnapping in Gravesend, Bed-Stuy Man Plays Real-Life “GTA” & More

The Thanksgiving Supermarket on 86th Street, where a young boy was nearly kidnapped on Monday (Screenshot via Google Maps)GRAVESEND
3 min read
May
07
Multiple Murders Mark the First Weekend of May

Multiple Murders Mark the First Weekend of May

Along with the shooting death and subsequent arrest of a suspect in Boreum Hill [/suspect-arrested-in-fatal-friday-night-shooting-in-boerum-hill/] over the weekend, three more
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May
04
Friday Crime Blotter: Baseball-Bat Beatdown in Billyburg, Yet Another Subway Creep in Sunset Park & More

Friday Crime Blotter: Baseball-Bat Beatdown in Billyburg, Yet Another Subway Creep in Sunset Park & More

Photo via Wikimedia Commons [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Police_Line_Crime_Scene_2498847226.jpg] WILLIAMSBURG – After
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May
03
Lander Hosts Event Today To Bring Back B71 Bus

Lander Hosts Event Today To Bring Back B71 Bus

CROWN HEIGHTS – Council Member Brad Lander (District 39) is hosting a family-friendly event this afternoon at the Brooklyn Children’s
2 min read
May
03
Community Demands Transparency in Saheed Vassell Shooting Death: “We-want-names”

Community Demands Transparency in Saheed Vassell Shooting Death: “We-want-names”

Lorna Vassell rallies in front of the site where NYPD gunned down her son, Saheed Vassell. (Photo: Kadia Goba/BKLYNER)
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