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(Courtesy Ben Wellington. Photo by Bridget Badore [http://www.bridgetbadore.com] .)“I see myself as telling stories hidden within data,” explained Ben Wellington, the Pratt professor behind the open government blog I Quant NY. [http://iquantny.tumblr.com/] Wellington’s most recent study has made headlines because he discovered that
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Photo: Dave Hosford [https://www.flickr.com/photos/baltimoredave/4400415668] / FlickrAn 84-year-old man was found lying dead in his bed with a gunshot wound to the head, according to the NYPD. A man identified as Sydney Bragg was found lying face up in his bed on the first floor at
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Gabay’s widow, Trenelle Gabay, (l.) and his brother, Aaron McNaughton (r.) at the dedication. (Courtesy Mayor Bill de Blasio)Carey Gabay, the slain attorney and former assistant to Governor Cuomo, would have turned 44 yesterday and his birthday was marked by the renaming of a street in his honor
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Govinda’s promises to fill and fulfillHere’s a recap of what went down this week. Follow us on Twitter [https://twitter.com/ftgfocus], like us on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/FortGreeneFocus], and check out our Instagram [http://instagram.com/fortgreenefocus], and subscribe to our newsletter [http://eepurl.com/
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(Courtesy Flickr/cisc1970 [https://www.flickr.com/photos/franciscodaum/13616768744/in/photolist-mKguWU-akeH79-jEbPy1-bCRBKp-mKgtYk-r9BunP-o6BQJd-3sVAy-nRbN6n-aqYxxV-bpWCzo-9P7u4p-jsajuJ-dPGPgZ-7fYLdc-dPNqzU-6kYbtH-mKhTaQ-bpWDBd-jKJvbq-bCRB5K-nhqJC5-azgT4z-nC35BL-mKfuMM-bpWGG1-9RLQrj-mP1xSD-4CENdi-99sQQp-8a8jsL-bpWFyS-ftrJmw-jKFjcX-nRbhx5-dD1m5x-4PD6E-nhKcz8-nRNE61-o8EnFg-9DsC7L-9aZYKi-84L5Na-jKJCRq-ipTWR2-4hZfX-dD6K97-92Y5Rq-99sKex-hK4rju] .) After a busy week, here’s a chance to catch up on som
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Photo: Dave Hosford [https://www.flickr.com/photos/baltimoredave/4400415668] / FlickrIt appears that the NYPD has been regularly ticketing legally parked cars, and the error is a huge boon for the city. Ben Wellington, a professor at Pratt who runs the data site I Quant NY [http://iquantny.tumblr.com/
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(Courtesy Flickr/Ethan Oringel [https://www.flickr.com/photos/eoringel/2603594468/in/photolist-4Y56VN-9VbioV-eKyXk8-7wywuG-9Ve6SG-ckrbL3-9Vbn8x-9VboKe-9Vbdr2-9VdYWu-9Ved65-4DxbES-9Vbhqe-9Vbj7z-5fs9Zv-5BAZaz-9VearU-ehLcTG-9VebrE-ay7drN-9Ve1dw-5eNPi3-7bP4Zt-5bL7Rw-4HXjjv-8872ns-7bSUk9-7bP5Ba-ay4uez-7o4Vxj-ay4vq4-bp7Bwj-6ug38w-8C3o2K-nFmqZ6-48vsXW-6ubWov-8C3o7Z-8C3r4M-5xtDHo-7bP54x-6genQ2-7nzy8v-7bSSmj-6gixH9-6geo4H-89YG2j-6genvt-5xpgLR-8C3nWv] )WINE TASTINGS: here’s a list of seven [/blog/2015/10/
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Photo via BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn [hhttps://www.instagram.com/p/BBV0SbBmnSP/?taken-by=briccelebratebk&hl=en]The weather is getting better (theoretically, anyway) and that means it’s time to head outside for entertainment. We present to you this handy dandy guide to summer concerts in the Brownstone Belt. AFROPUNK’
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Has your landlord still not fixed the water pressure in your apartment? Do your neighbors stomp upstairs like a herd of elephants? Check out these apartments and see if any catch your fancy! Candy not included. (Courtesy StreetEasy/Louisa Mathis of Miron Properties [http://streeteasy.com/building/19-north-elliott-place-brooklyn/top-floor].)19
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(Courtesy Flickr/cisc1970 [https://www.flickr.com/photos/franciscodaum/17482416106/in/photolist-sCRXem-Kr87X-Kr86Z] )Alibi was named merely the second best dive bar in New York City, further proving that the internet (thankfully, finally [http://www.poynter.org/2016/ap-style-change-alert-dont-capitalize-internet-and-web-any-more/404664/] spelled with a lower case i) is full of lies and
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Video via YouTube [“https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22XH4-nNjlA”] In an effort to gain approval for the proposed streetcar line intended to link the waterfront from booming Sunset Park [/blog/business/swift-massive-renovations-industry-city-now-attracting-general-public/] to Astoria, the Friends of the Brooklyn Queens Connector [http://www.bqx.nyc/] have announced a coalition
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Screenshot via Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams’ office.Charges against postal worker Glen Grays have been dropped according to District Attorney Ken Thompson. Grays was arrested for disorderly conduct on St. Patrick’s Day after he yelled at a car that had nearly run him over. The car was an