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FLATBUSH — On the night of the mass shooting [https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/buzzfeednews/live-updates-two-people-are-dead-as-police-investigate] at the Las Vegas Harvest Festival in Las Vegas that killed 58 people and wounded several hundred, Dr. Kevin Menes was on duty at nearby Sunrise Hospital. [https://sunrisehospital.com/]There, Dr. Menes, a night
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Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez pointing to a video being displayed at the press conference (Sam Raskin/ Bklyner)DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN—More than 20 alleged gang members have been indicted in connection with a slew of charges including murder, attempted murder, robbery and weapons possession, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez and
Announcements
EAST FLATBUSH – East Flatbush Restaurant Week [https://www.facebook.com/events/2054605487973599/] is in full swing. Organized by the Community Board 17 Commerce Committee [http://www.cb17brooklyn.org/about/committees/commerce/], HABNET [http://www.habnet.com] (Haitian American Chamber of Commerce), Elite Learners, Inc. [http://elitelearners.org], and The Breakfast
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Caroline CohenBROOKLYN—In Tuesday’s judicial elections, Caroline Cohen, Margarita Lopez Torres and Bernadette Neckles came out on top. With 99 percent of the ballot scanners reported [https://web.enrboenyc.us/CD226450.html] as of early Wednesday morning, Cohen [/meet-the-6th-municipal-district-candidates-caroline-cohen/] won the 6th Municipal District Civil Court judge race, decisively
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Monique Chandler-Waterman (left) and Farah Louis. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner) EAST FLATBUSH—City Council Member Farah Louis has held on to her seat. In a near replay of the May special election, Louis on Tuesday beat her main opponent, Monique Chandler-Waterman, by about 700 votes— a smaller margin of victory
Business
New York City makes up the largest market of co-working spaces in the US with Manhattan alone boasting 245 coworking spaces [https://commercialobserver.com/2018/02/manhattan-is-tops-for-coworking-space-la-ranks-second-report/] ! And increasingly more startups and small nonprofits have started to see the larger benefits in this model. One Brooklyn based co-working space that
Big Story
Monique Chandler-Waterman (left) and Farah Louis. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner) By Zainab Iqbal and Sam Raskin MIDWOOD/EAST FLATBUSH – City Council candidate Monique Chandler-Waterman accused Council Member Farah Louis of orchestrating an unspecified “deal” involving Trump supporters and “greedy landlords and developers” to get votes from right-leaning voters in the
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L-R: Councilmember Farah Louis and Monique Chandler – Waterman. Official photos. EAST FLATBUSH/MIDWOOD — City Council candidate for District 45 Monique Chandler-Waterman on Friday said that Council Member Farah Louis was party to a “deal” made with developers to get votes from “Trump supporters”— a claim Louis categorically denied. Asked what
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Monique Chandler-Waterman flanked by her children and Public Advocate Jumaane Williams as in-district lawmakers endorse her candidacy for the 45th council seat. (Photo: Kadia Goba/Bklyner)EAST FLATBUSH/MIDWOOD – Ahead of her rematch against Council Member Farah Louis in next week’s primary, Monique Chandler-Waterman on Wednesday received an endorsement
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Farah Louis (Photo credit: Farah Louis)Newly elected City Council Member Farah Louis has picked up two major endorsements in her re-election campaign: Mayor Bill de Blasio and the Hotel Trades Council. “Farah Louis is an impressive, hard-working leader in her community,” said de Blasio in a statement obtained by
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Sixth Municipal District Candidate Alice Nicholson sitting in her office (Image by Sam Raskin/ Bklyner)The Civil Court Judge Democratic primary election the 6th Municipal District [https://data.cityofnewyork.us/City-Government/Municipal-Court-Districts/7vpq-4bh4] —which includes Park Slope, Crown Heights, Kensington, Flatbush, Midwood, Prospect Heights, Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Prospect Park South,
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Back in 2014, he endorsed her. Now, Bichotte is returning the favor as de Blasio runs for President. Photo via Rodneyse Bichotte/2014FLATBUSH – Assembly Member Rodneyse Bichotte, who represents Flatbush, East Flatbush, Midwood and Ditmas Park, in a Daily News [https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-why-im-endorsing-bill-de-blasio-for-president-20190612-oqcfgljxunalnkdds3hokfxwcu-story.html] op-ed on Wednesday