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16th Avenue headquarters of non-profit OHEL [https://www.ohelfamily.org], which has secured $500,000 to build a new community center through this year’s participatory budgeting process in the 44th District. (Photo: Google Maps) Council Member David Greenfield’s office has released the final vote counts for the 44th
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(Photo: EcigaretteReviewed [http://ecigarettereviewed.com/])Senator Chuck Schumer is calling on the Food and Drug Adminstration (FDA) to use its new regulatory powers to investigate — and possibly recall — e-cigarette products that have the potential to explode. The FDA finalized rules last week [http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm499234.
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Betty Anna Canizio with former Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes (Source: Facebook)Betty Anne Canizio — the Board Of Elections (BOE) official who was suspended in the aftermath of the purge of registered Brooklyn voters [/thousands-of-brooklyn/#.VzDADKODGko] revealed during New York’s presidential primary — has no intention of ending her campaign
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(Courtesy Brooklyn Borough President Adams)“A baby does not arrive in the delivery room with an instruction manual,” said Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams Adams, as part of his recent initiative to encourage breastfeeding in New York City, was speaking at the Brooklyn Hospital Center [/?s=brooklyn+hospital+center] on
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Photo via Gothamist [https://www.instagram.com/p/BDeA1W-LEMy/]Donald Trump may not be buried in Central Park, but he has a headstone ready to go in case things change. And it was crafted in our very own Brooklyn neighborhood. Call it an elaborate hoax, a political statement, or a
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Photo by José BayonaBelow you’ll find information on events through the week in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. Check back Thursday to see what’s scheduled this weekend! Submit your event listing [/calendar/] to our BROOKLYN-WIDE CALENDAR [/calendar/]. TUESDAY, MAY 10 What’s old is new again. #SartorialAndOtherwise (Courtesy
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Mute swans in Sheepshead Bay. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites) Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz announced his third attempt at legislation to protect Sheepshead Bay’s swans from eradication passed the Assembly last week. Cymbrowitz has doggedly tried to place a moratorium on the state’s plan to cull New York’s
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Souce: Michael Grimm/FacebookDisgraced ex-congressman Michael Grimm was released from prison last week after serving seven of his eight-month prison sentence for tax evasion, the Daily News reports [http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/tax-dodging-rep-michael-grimm-finishes-horrible-prison-term-article-1.2627765] . Grimm was sent to a federal prison [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2015/09/michael-grimm-inmate-83479-053-begins-eight-month-prison-sentence/
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Souce: Michael Grimm/FacebookDisgraced ex-congressman Michael Grimm was released from prison last week after serving seven of his eight-month prison sentence for tax evasion, the Daily News reports [http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/tax-dodging-rep-michael-grimm-finishes-horrible-prison-term-article-1.2627765] . Grimm was sent to a federal prison [/michael-grimm-inmate-83479-053-begins-eight-month-prison-sentence/] after admitting to underreporting earnings and
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Source: katerha via flickrThe City Council on Thursday narrowly passed a controversial shopping bag fee aimed at curbing the use of disposable grocery bags in favor of reusable, environmentally-friendly materials. Proponents of the bill, which passed 28-20 [http://legistar.council.nyc.gov/MeetingDetail.aspx?ID=484894&GUID=B22E7F6F-30CC-4A14-9BF8-A6F55432642E&
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Source: katerha via flickrThe City Council on Thursday narrowly passed a controversial shopping bag fee aimed at curbing the use of disposable grocery bags in favor of reusable, environmentally-friendly materials. Proponents of the bill, which passed 28-20 [http://legistar.council.nyc.gov/MeetingDetail.aspx?ID=484894&GUID=B22E7F6F-30CC-4A14-9BF8-A6F55432642E&
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Source: katerha via flickrThe City Council on Thursday narrowly passed a controversial shopping bag fee aimed at curbing the use of disposable grocery bags in favor of reusable, environmentally-friendly materials. Proponents of the bill, which passed 28-20 [http://legistar.council.nyc.gov/MeetingDetail.aspx?ID=484894&GUID=B22E7F6F-30CC-4A14-9BF8-A6F55432642E&