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EAST FLATBUSH — Repairing New York City’s fractured education system will take more than doing away with the city’s specialized high school admissions test (SHSAT), says one candidate running for the 45th council seat. For L. Rickie Tulloch it’s about reviving a faded curriculum — the city’s “gifted
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BAY RIDGE — As former governor Bill Weld announces a primary against President Trump, Republicans in Southern Brooklyn look to another election in their backyard — the race for district leader. Perhaps it would be more appropriate, now, if the button said #BrooklynVoted. Photo by ljoywilliamsCandidates for the Kings County Republican County
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BAY RIDGE — State Sen. Andrew Gounardes is calling for Brooklyn to get their fair share in toll discounts, especially as it relates to the Verrazzano Bridge. The freshman senator introduced bill SS490 [https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/s4490] calling for residents in Brooklyn, who make at least 10
Carroll Gardens
Real estate blog PropertyShark recently released its first quarter (January 1 – March 31, 2019) report of NYC’s 50 priciest neighborhoods with top-ten regular DUMBO being joined by the Columbia Street Waterfront District and Carroll Gardens. Via Property Shark [https://www.propertyshark.com/Real-Estate-Reports/priciest-NYC-neighborhoods]As usual, Tribeca came in
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EAST FLATBUSH — After Friday’s disclosure deadline, three women lead the pack in projected matching funds for the special election in the 45th council district. Council District 45Monique Chandler-Waterman, running on the A Vital Voice party line, came in first with $192,848. The non-profit executive submitted $24,106 in
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EAST FLATBUSH — Brooklynites must register by Friday, April 19, to cast a ballot in the upcoming special election. Photo via ljoywilliams / instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BGfCKzQIaSz/?tagged=brooklynvotes&hl=en]You can register here [https://voterreg.dmv.ny.gov/MotorVoter/] for the May 14 special election. Find
Central Brooklyn
NEWKIRK PLAZA – Cops need assistance searching for a man that forcibly touched a woman inside the Newkirk Avenue Subway Station. On Sunday, April 7th at around 6:50 a.m., a man grabbed a woman’s butt as she was stepping inside a Q Train heading north. The 36-year-old woman
Crown Heights
CROWN HEIGHTS — We have already told you about Izzy’s opening up its third business — a fried chicken spot— in Crown Heights [/izzys-fried-chicken-to-open-in-crown-heights/]. Here’s the scoop on what’s ahead among the growing retail spaces in the neighborhood. Nostrand Avenue Bar & Lounge at 818-822 Nostrand Avenue (Photo credit:
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Photo: Todd Maisel/BklynerBELT PARKWAY – The flag at Highway 2 on Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn was lowered to half-staff after Highway 2 Police Officer Marc St. Arromand was killed yesterday morning on the Belt Parkway on the way to work. He is a Long Island resident. On April 11th at
Bushwick
Attendees at the Bushwick Community Plan rollout event [/residents-propose-bushwick-community-plan-for-rezoning-to-tame-development/] (Chase Brush/Bklyner)BUSHWICK – From 2008 to 2018, the median price of a Bushwick home jumped 84 percent [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-25/brooklyn-s-bushwick-zooms-up-list-of-priciest-nyc-neighborhoods] , making rent more and more unaffordable for those who have been there longest. High-rise, luxury
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BROOKLYN — It’s happening. Councilman Joe Borelli of Staten Island (Photo: Compliments of City Council)City Councilman Joe Borelli, a Republican, will run for public advocate, Bkyner has learned. When this publication reached out to the Staten Island lawmaker to ask about his potential candidacy, he responded, “Get ready.” There
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Photo: Todd MaiselSUNSET PARK – A week after the Sunset Park fire that displaced over 100 residents, the community is still standing together. On April 3, a six-alarm fire ripped through 702 44th Street [/sunset-park-6-alarm-fire-injures-19-more-than-100-homeless/]. Twenty-three people were injured, over 100 were displaced, and about a dozen cats and dogs died.