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The Shore Theater at 1301 Surf Avenue. (Photo: Luca Vanzella [https://www.flickr.com/photos/vanz/3097815498/in/photolist-5HK7C3] / Flickr) Rumors that Coney Island’s landmarked Shore Theater was sold to a developer triggered a tide of excitement this week that the long-neglected property [/owner-coney-islands-shore-theater-snubs-proposals-reactivate-landmarked-site/#.VqPJh5MrKSM] would be restored to
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Trump Village (Source: Google Maps)It’s the latest legal kerfuffle involving a certain Trump Village co-op board and its embattled former president, Igor Oberman. The Department of Justice announced Wednesday that it has filed a lawsuit against the co-op at Trump Village Section 4, as well as Oberman, who
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A judge’s gavel. (Photo: Joe Gratz [https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegratz/117048243/] / Flickr)It’s the latest legal kerfuffle involving a certain Trump Village co-op board and its embattled former president, Igor Oberman. The Department of Justice announced Wednesday that it has filed a lawsuit against the co-op
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ObermanIgor Oberman, who ran in the Democratic primary and then in the general election as the Working Families Party candidate to replace former Councilman Michael Nelson, raised more than $40,000 from donors while using his work phone at Taxi and Limousine Commission job, a Department of Investigation report claims.
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Photo from Deutsch’s primary victory night in SeptemberAlthough the district has seen its share of narrow victories in the last few election cycles – including a whopper of a race that saw David Storobin beat Lew Fidler by just 13 votes last year – this was not one of them. Councilman-elect
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Ari KaganDemocratic District Leader Ari Kagan officially conceded the Democratic primary race to replace term-limited Councilman Michael Nelson last week, thanking his supporters and vowing to stay active in the community. Kagan held off on his concession for nearly two weeks, waiting for the official, post-recanvassing vote tallies to be
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“Dangerous” elderly people roaming the streets of Brighton Beach. (Photo By Uliana Bazar via npr.org)A survey conducted by MIT and published [http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/height_of_affluence_bVMSDUKXpd8oLtrArnrUEO] by the New York Post has declared that Brighton Beach is the third most dangerous looking
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And then there were… well, still a lot. But now it’s one less in the race to replace City Councilman Michael Nelson, who is term-limited out of the 48th Councilmanic District. Contender Michael Treybich has dropped his bid for the seat, and is now backing his former rival, Ari
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If you’ve been on Gravesend Neck Road near East 14th Street in the past month, you may have noticed that the area is looking a lot more colorful thanks to some love from locals. Several over-sized flower pots sporting shrubs and flowers debuted on the road in mid-June after
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They say it takes a village to raise a child. Kids on East 14th Street are showing that it takes a child to clean a village. And then it takes a parade of local pols to properly honor those children. State Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz, City Councilman Michael Nelson and Borough