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MTA New York City Transit demonstrates prototypes of permanent protective barriers at the Bus Operator’s position on local and express buses at the Michael J. Quill Depot on Tue., June 30, 2020. Photo: Marc A. Hermann / MTA New York City TransitBrooklyn 99 [https://www.nbc.com/brooklyn-nine-nine] may be
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›By Ese Olumhense and Claudia Irizarry Aponte, Originally published in THE CITY [https://www.thecity.nyc/health/2020/6/30/21309498/kings-county-hospital-gynecological-cancer-care-canceled] Kings County Hospital staff protested proposed cuts to gynecologic oncology services, June 29, 2020. | Ben Fractenberg/THE CITYMedical residents at the city-run Kings County Hospital are urging elected
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Edwin Raymond (middle). (Photo via Raymond’s office, with permission)FLATBUSH – The race to represent Flatbush just got even more crowded. Edwin Raymond, of East Flatbush, formally announced Thursday morning his run for the 40th City Council seat to represent Flatbush, East Flatbush, PLG, and bits of surrounding neighborhoods. Raymond
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Many New Yorkers opted to vote in-person on Tuesday after requesting but not receiving their absentee ballot. Scores of others who did receive absentee ballots decided to vote in-person anyway, whether out of fear over not getting their vote counted, solidarity with ancestors who fought for the right to vote,
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Photo: Loudlabs NYCCROWN HEIGHTS – A pedestrian was struck by a car last night and is currently in serious condition in the hospital. On Thursday, June 18 at around 11 p.m., a 59-year-old man was crossing the street on Utica Avenue, when a driver in a Nissan was driving on
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BROOKLYN – Four men were shot and three were killed in three separate incidents that took place over the weekend. EAST NY – First, on Friday, June 5 at around 8:22 p.m., two men were shot inside a building on Livonia Avenue near Granville Payne Avenue in East NY. Evan
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CROWN HEIGHTS – A man in Brooklyn who was accused of shooting another man was shot and killed by cops himself last night. On Tuesday, June 2 at around 9:26 p.m., cops arrived on the corner of Bergen Street near Rochester Avenue to find a 49-year-old man who was
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Shaquana Boykin is running to represent her community.Shaquana Boykin [https://www.shaquanaforbrooklyn.com/] is running for an office she did not know existed last year. The determined resident of Walt Whitman houses admits she used to not be interested in politics until her neighbors asked her to represent them
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Bus driver suffered a medical episode while driving, injured 5. Hillel Lichtenstein/BklynerBus driver suffered a medical episode while driving, injured 5. Hillel Lichtenstein/BklynerBus driver suffered a medical episode while driving, injured 5. Hillel Lichtenstein/BklynerBus driver suffered a medical episode while driving, injured 5. Hillel Lichtenstein/BklynerBus driver
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Volunteers Brian Bacchiocchi and Eana Bacchiocchi, father and daughter. Courtesy of Brian and Eana Bacchiocchi.Residents of the 570 Westminster Road co-op in Ditmas Park are a force to be reckoned with. When the pandemic hit New York, Chrissie Dowler, a co-op resident for the past 14 years and the
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BROOKLYN – There were six deaths in five days in the borough. Four of them were murders, and two are yet to be determined. We wrote on Monday about two that occurred on Mother’s Day [/weekend-crime-blotter-two-murders-on-mothers-day-serial-sexual-abuser-arrested-and-more/] , and now there are three more. According to NYPD data [https://compstat.nypdonline.org/
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Campaign photoThis June 23 is the Democratic primary, which in most NYC districts is the actual election as residents vote overwhelmingly for the individual on the Democratic ticket in the general election.Justin Cohen [https://www.justincohen2020.com/] is running against Stefani Zinerman to represent Bed-Stuy and Northern Crown Heights