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A district resident questions de Blasio on allowing the mass slaughter of chickens during a Jewish holiday, despite sanitation violations. (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)“This is the first Mayor in history to have a town hall in this community,” said City Council Member David Greenfield, welcoming Mayor Bill de
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Mayor Bill de Blasio delivers his State of the City address at the Apollo Theater in Harlem on Monday, February 13, 2017. (Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office)Want the chance to speak directly to your Mayor? Next Tuesday, Mayor Bill de Blasio will hold a town hall presented by Council
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Officer David Guttenberg’s plaque in the 68th Precinct. (Photo via Durante)A small memorial display is the first thing people see when they enter the lobby of the 68th Precinct, which serves Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights and Fort Hamilton. There, plaques of three fallen brothers in uniform and their
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Seth Low middle school (IS 96) in Bensonhurst.Today, the Mayor announced a 5-year plan and budget to install air conditioning in every New York City classroom, beginning this summer. This comes after Brooklyn city council members Mark Treyger, Brad Lander, and others pushed for A/C in schools, along
Central Brooklyn
Mayor Bill de Blasio delivers his State of the City address at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, February 13, 2017. Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography OfficeIt’s been a rough couple of weeks for Mayor Bill de Blasio who’s been getting flak from critics regarding the low property taxes he
Central Brooklyn
Image via Google MapsIn partnership with the Brooklyn News Service [http://journalism.blog.brooklyn.edu/] A Brooklyn judge on Tuesday morning adjourned the case of the man accused of knifing a Hasidic male and two other men in a separate Prospect Park attack last year. Keny Rochelin, 26, who is
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Mayor de Blasio made his Vision Zero budget announcement at the intersection of Atlantic and Flatbush Avenues, which will be among DOT’s targets for major safety improvements in 2017. (Photo via NYC DOT / instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BPtHpTLj2sI/?tagged=visionzero])On Wednesday, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced
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The scene outside the Atlantic Terminal after the derailment. (Photo by Donny Levit / BKLYNER)A Long Island Rail Road train carrying approximately 430 passengers at rush hour slammed into the end of the platform at Atlantic Terminal Wednesday morning. More than 100 commuters were injured, although Governor Andrew Cuomo said
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We know these aren’t NYC parking meters, but they’re fun and vintage and look similarly frustrating and dysfunctional. (Photo via Pixabay)At last: thanks to a new app announced by the de Blasio Administration on Monday, you can now pay the parking meter from your phone in midtown
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Photo via Steven Pisano / flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/stevenpisano/15723848172/in/photolist-pXsQfy-pD5QUt-pTRfxW-pVqiti-pX1KVH-oYMi6p-pDwdUR-pFba1X-pDcPGy-p1p8Jb-pXAXc6-p1Aorz-pVvmpd-pD9vj6-oZayA9-pVzYyD-pVvDEV-pVvB1r-pD9xMc-pW61nN-oYJgyJ-pVM2qe-pVvyG8-pDw9eP-AzgveY-8RvZuT-cmaDcU-8RvZYg-8SqMLD-9okzbY-pFS93z-AJ9RwG-AjXDxq-zEif5a-3QBC9p-47BPU3-8Rzp6J-nTfRDW-8RwarB-8Rw67i-8RwmpX-aQmjUx-8Rwmc6-aQmqE6-aQmqiX-5ErV8f-8RzkYN-aEv6BC-aGZuwR-9okHbW] This Sunday, November 6, is the 2016 TCS New Yo
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Twenty-eight (one-fifth) of the apartments in the building under construction at 504 Myrtle Avenue [/blog/2016/09/15/new-eight-story-development-include-market-rate-apartments/] (between Ryerson Street and Grand Avenue) will reportedly be offered at “below market rate” and available through an affordable housing lottery. (Image via Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership & Madison Realty Capital.
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Twenty-eight (one-fifth) of the apartments in the building under construction at 504 Myrtle Avenue [http://fortgreenefocus.com/blog/2016/09/15/new-eight-story-development-include-market-rate-apartments/] (between Ryerson Street and Grand Avenue) will reportedly be offered at “below market rate” and available through an affordable housing lottery. (Image via Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership &