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Fred Baptiste by Sam Raskin/BklynerCROWN HEIGHTS —On Tuesday, one of New York City’s most dysfunctional community boards got a new leader. Fred Baptiste took the helm [/fred-baptiste-elected-chair-of-tumultuous-community-board-9/] of Brooklyn Community Board 9 [http://www.communitybrd9bklyn.org/] at a special meeting earlier this week— a meeting that was called
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Fred Baptiste, Community Board 9’s new chair, speaks before the votes were cast (Image by Sam Raskin/ Bklyner)CROWN HEIGHTS — The notoriously tumultuous central Brooklyn community board has chosen a new leader. Community Board 9 [http://www.communitybrd9bklyn.org/], which covers Crown Heights and Prospect Lefferts Gardens, on Tuesday
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Community Board 9 at 890 Nostrand Ave. between Caroll and Presidents Streets. (Photo: Kadia Goba/Bklyner)CROWN HEIGHTS—Community Board 9 has set a date to elect a new chair. CB9 has scheduled a Tuesday, July 23 special meeting [http://www.communitybrd9bklyn.org/meeting/special-meeting-tuesday-july-23-2019-at-7pm/] to elect its chair, according
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Stuart Balberg and others rush to vote at the end of the Community Board 9 meeting, before time ran out (Image by Sam Raskin/ Bklyner)CROWN HEIGHTS— Community Board 9 (CB9) ended its regularly scheduled sessions for the summer in a state of even more uncertainty, with vacancies for key