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Andrew Gounardes. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)BAY RIDGE – Moms Demand Action [https://momsdemandaction.org/] believes Andrew Gounardes, who is running for the State Senate seat currently occupied by Marty Golden, is a Gun Sense Candidate of Distinction for his position on gun safety. “Every single day in this country, dozens
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John B. King Jr. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – Former Secretary of Education during the Obama administration, John B. King Jr., was the keynote speaker at the NYU Tandon STEMNOW [http://engineering.nyu.edu/k12stem/stemnow/] kickoff luncheon yesterday, July 12 – one of NYC’s largest lineups of summer
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Local lawmakers spoke out strongly against the House passage of the Concealed Carry Reciprocity act, which would force New York to allow out-of-staters to carry concealed weapons in the city. The Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017 [https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/38?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%
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A selection of guns the 83rd precinct recovered in Bushwick (Image via Twitter) The NYPD has been working hard to get guns off the streets of Brooklyn this October. In the first half of the month, precincts have been tweeting out pictures of confiscated guns under the #OneLessGun [https://twitter.
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/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/252-17-67Pct.-Assault-1-21-17-final-video.mp4This past Saturday evening, January 21, 2017 at about 9:30 pm, two unidentified male teenagers shot at another, a 15-year-old boy, injuring him in the buttocks, and then fled. All this happened in front of 3103 Foster Ave (part of the notorious Flatbush
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Council Member Laurie Cumbo and Assembly Member Walter T. Mosley (Courtesy Fort Greene Focus/Justin Fox)Council Member Laurie Cumbo [/?s=cumbo] and Assembly Member Walter T. Mosley [/?s=mosley] took a stand alongside activists at the Whitman Houses following the killing of an unidentified woman last week. Cumbo and
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The Walt Whitman Houses (Courtesy Fort Greene Focus/Justin Fox)The NYPD is asking for your help identifying a woman who was killed in a homicide at the Walt Whitman houses. The woman is described as “white/Hispanic” and between the ages of 20 and 35 by police. She was
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A 66-year-old man was shot in the lobby of a Walt Whitman Houses building early this morning. He later died of his injuries. (Photo by Francisco Daum)A woman was killed at the Whitman Houses last night, according to the NYPD. Cops say they responded to a call just past
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The .40 caliber handgun police say Johnson used. (Courtesy NYPD.)A Clinton Hill man committed a pair of armed robberies before dying in a shootout with the NYPD, according to cops. 42-year-old Jermaine Johnson of Park Avenue in Clinton Hill committed a pair of gun-point robberies mere moments before he
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Brooklyn Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio and Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams stand with police and religious leaders to pray for shooting victims in Grand Army Plaza. (Elizabeth Elizalde / Sunset Park Voice)People of different faiths held hands in prayer to honor victims of last week’s Louisiana, Minnesota, and Dallas
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The defendants. (Courtesy Brooklyn District Attorney.)Three Brooklyn men who police allege were engaged in gang warfare have been indicted in the murder of Carey Gabay [/?s=carey+gabay], announced Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson and New York City Police Commissioner Bill Bratton during a press conference today at 350
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The weather has finally turned warm, and that means rhubarb. (Photo Liga Bite) Here’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
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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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(Courtesy Flickr/begemot_dn [https://www.flickr.com/photos/bg_dn/10334546773/in/photolist-gKefGV-89pfZE-cYE6HE-8ihrqE-dFHKBa-b6pqBe-9SmcNe-dFP8GQ-8zZYnw-4w1pdx-aTTqS6-8iuf8x-55Fsnr-55Jggu-x5DhH-dk8iq5-cYE6LU-csBeFy-89pfBE-9Sp5Hw-9558m1-tsfgy-o5NzYE-caUnY3-aRCU-5mA79p-X7UQD-z8pU6-dh6ejA-89pgH1-89m1hD-89m4Uv-xsNwn-fRNPUJ-7hCH6c-qDye71-oqG3F-csBdUj-7hGCNd-cCDDZE-o8j8M-6z6Q2X-csB7EC-6geJ8E-89pgDQ-7hCEfT-dh6ewc-dgtf3C-7hCHCp-b6pqSz] )Gunshots rang out in Clinton Hill on Sunday morning, . Police say
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> Another gun off the streets of #bensonhurst [https://twitter.com/hashtag/bensonhurst?src=hash] #brooklyn [https://twitter.com/hashtag/brooklyn?src=hash] . Loaded defaced 9mm off of a car stop. Great work 62anticrime pic.twitter.com/LfknBZhQkj [https://t.co/LfknBZhQkj] — NYPD 62nd Precinct (@NYPD62Pct) April 21, 2016 [https:
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> #ESU [https://twitter.com/hashtag/ESU?src=hash] assisted @NYPD67Pct [https://twitter.com/NYPD67Pct] in the execution of a search warrant yesterday. 3 under, multiple guns, fake C/Cs Great job pic.twitter.com/jXYtuwXOfs [https://t.co/jXYtuwXOfs] — NYPD Special Ops (@NYPDSpecialops) April 20, 2016 [https://twitter.com/