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Emotions ran high at February 26’s town hall meeting [/thursday-town-hall-address-illegal-home-conversions/] on illegal home conversions, a growing crisis in Bensonhurst, Bath Beach, Dyker Heights, and Bay Ridge. The basement of Knights of Columbus (1305 86th Street) was packed with hundreds of locals frustrated by the city’s lack of response
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from store.hbo.comLadder Company 161 in Coney Island and Engine Company 284 in Dyker Heights, along with six other Brooklyn fire companies slated to be cut, will remain open as part of a last minute budget deal between the mayor and City Council. The yearly drama is described by
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Assemblyman Peter Abbate (from assembly.state.ny.us)Rep. Michael Grimm (from house.gov)The city’s list of fire companies slated for closure, which was reluctantly [/recchia-to-cassano-show-me-the-list-of-closing-fire-houses/] released to the public on May 18 [/recchia-gentile-cite-safety-concerns-in-closing-area-fire-companies/], included the name of Engine Company 284 on 79th Street in Dyker Heights. Neighborhood