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Assembly Member Staffer Who Once Rallied Against Embezzlement, Arrested For Allegedly Embezzling $80k Himself

Maruf Alam outside a Kensington embezzlement rally in 2017. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)SUNSET PARK – Maruf “Mitu” Alam, 29, had been working for Assembly Member Felix Ortiz’s office for eleven years. Yesterday morning, the FBI arrested Alam for allegedly embezzling $80k from the Assembly Member’s campaign account. On

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Community Demands Reopening Of Kensington Mosque

Photo: Zainab IqbalKENSINGTON – A pushing, shouting match broke out after four men came from inside the locked Church Avenue mosque and cut the poster put up by the community for the press conference last Friday at 2 pm. A press conference was held outside Masjid Nur al Islam [https://www.