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A collection of 21 issues

After City Shuts Down La Crepe Et La Vie, Owner Calls Attention To Crippling Small Business Fines

After the city shut down La Crepe et La Vie [/blog/food/kostas-sky-life-butter-fashion-love-foster-avenue] (1715 Foster Avenue) at the end of January for operating with an expired food service establishment permit, the popular restaurant’s owner, Kostas Kormopoulos, said he has been devastated by the move – and he’s issuing some

City Shuts Down 13 Hookah Bars, Weighs Ban On Sales

Source: eorus [https://www.flickr.com/photos/eorus/] /FlickrThe city is cracking down on hookah sales, and they may be coming for Brooklyn next. As City Council proposes a bill to limit the sale of hookah supplies in stores, the city’s Health Department has moved to shut down a

Following Rabies Scare, Area Raccoons To Be Vaccinated

An example of a bait station (Source: DOH)After a raccoon tested positive for rabies in Bensonhurst [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2014/08/raccoon-attacked-litter-feral-cats-16th-avenue-tested-positive-rabies-city-says/] last month, the city announced today that vaccine-treated bait will be placed around Southern Brooklyn to prevent the potential spread of the virus. Raccoons will be

Raccoon That Attacked Litter Of Feral Cats On 16th Avenue Tested Positive For Rabies, City Says

A raccoon that died after attacking a litter of feral cats on the 7800 block of 16th Avenue tested positive for rabies, a city Department of Health spokesman has just informed us. The raccoon may have exposed the feral cats, and at least two litters of kittens, to rabies, and

Health Department Warns Of Skin Infection Outbreak From Raw Fish Purchased At Chinese Markets

An example of the infection in its earlier stages. These spots can grow into lesions and spread into the muscle tissue, making surgery necessary. (Source: CDC)At least 30 people have been diagnosed with a bacterial skin infection after handling raw fish at Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens Chinese markets, spurring

City To Crack Down On Tanning Salons

Source: Travel Salem/FlickrI’m not one to go tanning at a salon, but I’ve got enough carrot-toned neighbors to know it’s a pretty popular pastime in our area. So I thought I’d pass along the news that the Bloomberg administration has announced a new set of

Golden Hosting Town Hall For Those Affected By Sandy Tomorrow Night

Marty Golden, (Photo By Erica Sherman)State Senator Marty Golden is hosting a town hall meeting tomorrow night for people in Sheepshead Bay, Manhattan Beach and Gerritsen Beach who were affected by Superstorm Sandy. Brooklyn News is reporting [http://www.brooklynews.com/2013/09/tomorrow-town-hall-meeting-for-those-affected-by-sandy-in-gerritsen-beach-sheepshead-bay-manhattan-beach/] that Golden has invited a

Golden Deputy Chief Of Staff Quaglione To Take On Gentile In Council Race

Republic City Council candidate John Quaglione. Source: FacebookRepublican John Quaglione opened his City Council campaign against Democratic incumbent Vincent Gentile with some heated rhetoric, according to a report [http://www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/bay-ridge-council-race-already-heating-2013-03-12-191500] by the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. “Our current council member has failed,” the publication reported Quaglione telling

Da Nonna Rosa Explains It All

I’m genuinely curious — does the note change your mind about anything? On the one hand, I absolutely imagine appreciate impulse to post some kind of explanation. On the other hand, the note doesn’t actually make a whole lot of sense, because any way you slice it, a single

Borough Park Sees Huge Increase In Shigella Cases

(source: wikipedia.org)Cases of the infectious disease Shigellosis, or Shigella, have increased by as much as 11-fold in the Orthodox Jewish communities of Borough Park and Williamsburg, according to the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). There are typically 200-300 cases of the diarrheal disease