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Nov
30
Clients Of Four Brooklyn Used Car Dealerships To Get Restitution

Clients Of Four Brooklyn Used Car Dealerships To Get Restitution

Lenden Used Car Sales, Inc via Yelp.EAST NEW YORK – Three companies – Credit Acceptance Corp., Clover Commercial Corp, and Westlake
2 min read
May
17
What You Need To Know About NYC’s “Freelance Isn’t Free Act”

What You Need To Know About NYC’s “Freelance Isn’t Free Act”

Photo by Freelancers Union via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/freelancersunion/photos/pcb.10155377722089726/10155377719669726/?type=3&theater] On
2 min read
May
26
Tow Company Accused Of Preying On Vehicles At Local 7-Eleven

Tow Company Accused Of Preying On Vehicles At Local 7-Eleven

Custom Towing outside the 7-Eleven at 2800 Coney Island Avenue. (Photo: Stop Illegal Towing [https://www.facebook.com/StopIllegalTowing/photos/
2 min read
Mar
01
Freelancers Of The Slope Unite!

Freelancers Of The Slope Unite!

Freelancers work away at Kos Kaffee. (Photo via Yelp [http://www.yelp.com/biz/kos-kaffe-roasting-house-brooklyn])Are you a freelancer who
2 min read
Jan
12
Cops To Crack Down On Coney Island’s Costumed Characters

Cops To Crack Down On Coney Island’s Costumed Characters

Photo: Dave Hosford [https://www.flickr.com/photos/baltimoredave/4400415668] / Flickr)In response to pressure from local politicians, the city
2 min read
Dec
29
The Gauntlet: Food Cart Coming To Manhattan Beach After Year-Long Battle With Bureaucracy

The Gauntlet: Food Cart Coming To Manhattan Beach After Year-Long Battle With Bureaucracy

It’s been a year-long process, but Sheepshead Bay resident and Kingsborough Community College grad Lance Sellers is finally on
3 min read
Aug
09
ICYMI: Rumor Spreads Of Roll-N-Roaster’s Demise, Truck Slams Into Storefront, Coney Island Flood Barrier Stinks

ICYMI: Rumor Spreads Of Roll-N-Roaster’s Demise, Truck Slams Into Storefront, Coney Island Flood Barrier Stinks

Roll-N-Roaster, 2901 Emmons Avenue. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)In Case You Missed It (ICYMI): [/tag/in-case-you-missed-it/] Here are some
1 min read
Apr
01
Treyger Bill Encouraging Financial Literacy In Young Adults Signed Into Law

Treyger Bill Encouraging Financial Literacy In Young Adults Signed Into Law

A new bill requiring the city to provide financial outreach and education to young adults was signed into law by
2 min read
Oct
17

Bloomberg Set To Scale Back Fines That Frustrated Business Owners

Source: nysenate.govMayor Michael Bloomberg’s administration is set to scale back a series of unpopular fines that many business
1 min read
Jul
25

From The Inbox: Bay Improvement Group President Rails Against Illegal Fruit Vendors By Subway Station

Photo by Steve BarrisonA frustrated Steve Barrison, president of the Bay Improvement Group, sent out this e-mail to local pols
2 min read