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Sep
13
NYC’s First 2016 Case Of West Nile Virus Reported In Brooklyn

NYC’s First 2016 Case Of West Nile Virus Reported In Brooklyn

(Mosquito — identified as an “ochlerotatus notoscriptus.”) Photo:JJ Harrison [http://jjharrison89@facebook.com]via Wikimedia Commons.The City’s Health
3 min read
Aug
11
Pooling Water At Abandoned Bath Beach Construction Site Poses Public Health Risk [UPDATED]

Pooling Water At Abandoned Bath Beach Construction Site Poses Public Health Risk [UPDATED]

Photo by CouncilmanMark Treyger/Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/mark.treyger/posts/10210577341019889?pnref=story.unseen-section] An abandoned construction site
3 min read
Aug
08
Just Released: Adoptapalooza’s Greatest Hits — The Cats And Dogs Remix

Just Released: Adoptapalooza’s Greatest Hits — The Cats And Dogs Remix

A young gent enjoying his new friend. (Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope Stoop) The rain from the sky held
2 min read
Jul
12
39 Confirmed Zika Cases In Brooklyn, Schumer Urges Congress To Pass Emergency Bill

39 Confirmed Zika Cases In Brooklyn, Schumer Urges Congress To Pass Emergency Bill

(Photo: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade [https://www.flickr.com/photos/dfataustralianaid/10703811283/] / Flickr)Senator Chuck Schumer is urging
2 min read
Jul
12
39 Confirmed Zika Cases In Brooklyn, Schumer Urges Congress To Pass Emergency Bill

39 Confirmed Zika Cases In Brooklyn, Schumer Urges Congress To Pass Emergency Bill

(Photo: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade [https://www.flickr.com/photos/dfataustralianaid/10703811283/] / Flickr)Senator Chuck Schumer is urging
2 min read
Jul
12

39 Confirmed Zika Cases In Brooklyn, Schumer Urges Congress To Pass Emergency Bill

(Photo: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade [https://www.flickr.com/photos/dfataustralianaid/10703811283/] / Flickr)Senator Chuck Schumer is urging
2 min read
Jun
01
‘Deplorable Conditions’: 5 Senior Citizens Remain At Prospect Park Residence Despite Eviction Notice

‘Deplorable Conditions’: 5 Senior Citizens Remain At Prospect Park Residence Despite Eviction Notice

A Prospect Park Residence tenant holds a protest sign in a 2014 rally to stop elderly evictions. (Credit: Prospect Park
2 min read
Mar
10
Sunset Park Restaurant Manager Arrested For Bribing Health Inspectors

Sunset Park Restaurant Manager Arrested For Bribing Health Inspectors

Photo via Google MapsA Sunset Park restaurant manager has been arrested for trying to bribe an investigator posing as a
2 min read
Mar
03
Royal Crown Day Care Allowed A Baby To Escape And Wander The Streets, Court Records Show

Royal Crown Day Care Allowed A Baby To Escape And Wander The Streets, Court Records Show

Royal Crown Day Care was shut down by the Health Department in 2010. (Photo: Google Maps)Royal Crown Day Care
2 min read
Sep
21
FYI: Pesticide Spraying Tonight To Target West Nile Virus Spread In Park Slope Areas

FYI: Pesticide Spraying Tonight To Target West Nile Virus Spread In Park Slope Areas

Image via NYC Department of Health [http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/home/home.shtml]Park Slope residents, take
1 min read