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Central Brooklyn

Assembly Passes Bill To Protect Tenants From Illegal Home Conversions

Photo: Carly MillerSoon, there may be a law that would alert tenants if they’re about to rent an illegally converted apartment — before they sign the lease. Yesterday, the NY State Assembly passed a bill [http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A8249] authored by southern Brooklyn Assemblymember Pamela Harris,

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Community Mourns Death Of 2-Year-Old Neighbor Greta Greene, Who Was Hit By Falling Bricks On Upper West Side

One of our neighborhood’s families has suffered a devastating loss: Greta Greene, 2, died today after bricks from a building at 305 West End Avenue in the Upper West Side fell on her yesterday morning, various news outlets reported. Greta, whose parents Stacy and Jayson live in Kensington, close