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Brooklyn Federal Courthouse (Photo by archtober.org via Pinterest [https://www.pinterest.com/pin/326229566727981452/])announced today that Raul Granados-Rendon, who has been on ICE’s most wanted list since 2010, was extradited to the United States last Friday.One of ICE’S 10 most wanted fugitives has been arrested
Arts & Culture
Before The Wall: A Benefit to Support Immigrant Communities, January 27, 2017. (Photo by Sonali Basak)On Friday night, as the city erupted with protests [/demonstrators-gather-cadman-plaza-emergency-hearing-immigration-ban/] against Trump’s freshly signed executive order banning Muslim refugees from entering the United States, others gathered for a different kind of protest at
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Outside PS 217 on Monday morning. (Photo via Audrey Walen)In addition to scores of rallies in Manhattan, events dedicated to resisting Trump’s executive order barring refugees from entering the United States [https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/01/29/nyregion/detainees-trump-travel-ban.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fnyregion&action=
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Brooklyn Lunar New Year Parade (Photo by Nathan Haselby)Sunset Park’s Chinatown was a festive scene Sunday afternoon as the community gathered to celebrate the Year of the Rooster [http://www.chinahighlights.com/travelguide/special-report/chinese-new-year/] with the 30th annual Brooklyn Lunar New Year Parade. Roaring Dragon at the
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Still don’t have health insurance? Call 311 or text CoveredNYC or SeguroNYC to 877877 for free, in-person enrollment assistance information. “Despite President Trump’s actions to undermine the Affordable Care Act, our efforts to provide every single New Yorker with quality, affordable health care continues,” said Congressman Joe Crowley.
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Photo by dfirgs via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BP1CmVLAW1t/?tagged=cadmanplaza]Demonstrators gathered outside the Brooklyn Federal Courthouse early Saturday evening after word got out via social media that an emergency hearing [http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/federal-judge-grants-emergency-stay-thwart-trump-refugee-ban-article-1.2958483] was taking place regarding President Trump’s executive
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Assemblyman Cymbrowitz (center), DOT Borough Commissioner Keith Bray (far right) and other reps discuss possible safety improvements at Avenue X and Ocean Parkway. (Photo via Assemblyman Cymbrowitz)Today, local politicians in southern Brooklyn met with city and state Department of Transportation officials and community leaders to discuss a plagued intersection
Animals
Prospect Park Zoo’s Red Panda via Twitter [https://twitter.com/prospectparkzoo] The Down-Low is our round-up of stories as well as other curiosities throughout Brooklyn. And a bit of ephemera, too. Prospect Park Zoo Steps Up to the #CuteAnimalTweetOff Challenge. [DNA Info [https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20170126/upper-east-side/
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Coney Island Avenue at Cortelyou Road. (Photo by Carly Miller / BKLYNER)The CBS cop procedural [http://www.cbs.com/shows/blue_bloods/] Blue Bloods is back in Ditmas Park…again. Blue Bloods, which features Tom Selleck playing the NYPD police commissioner and Donnie Wahlberg playing an NYPD detective, might as
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Business
Image via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fsanctuaryrestaurants.org&t=Sanctuary%20Restaurants] Local restaurant owners have joined forces with the national Sanctuary Restaurants movement in its mission to provide support and resources to restaurants, their workers and their customers. Two aid groups, ROC