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Seniors are especially vulnerable to phone scammers. (Photo: The FBI)To protect the elderly from a surge in telephone scams, City Councilman Chaim Deutsch has introduced legislation requiring the Department of Consumer Affairs to educate seniors and their caregivers about how to recognize the frauds. “Concerns about deceitful telemarketing calls
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Photo by ricangeekn [http://instagram.com/p/y3MWjiuzak/?modal=true]Some of our local Councilmembers, along with a group of business, labor, and transit advocates, will be pushing the de Blasio administration and the MTA tomorrow on the issue of renewed F express service in Brooklyn. Councilmembers David Greenfield of
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Photo: Ditmas Park CornerWith all this focus on the presidential election, is it still true that all politics are local? Robert Carroll [http://www.robertcarroll2016.com] thinks so. A lifelong Brooklyn resident and a member of a politically active family, Carroll is running for Democratic State Committee Member of the
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Photo: Ditmas Park CornerWith all this focus on the presidential election, is it still true that all politics are local? Robert Carroll [http://www.robertcarroll2016.com] thinks so. A lifelong Brooklyn resident and a member of a politically active family, Carroll is running for Democratic State Committee Member of the
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City Councilman Chaim Deutsch speaking to Community Board 15. (Photo: NHSatSheepshead [https://twitter.com/NHSatSheepshead/status/702297626574598144] / Twitter)City Councilman Chaim Deutsch told the Community Board Tuesday that he will stand with his colleagues in passing two controversial pieces of the mayor’s affordable housing plan so long as he
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Photo courtesy of FELD EntertainmentAfter 145 years, the “greatest show on earth” is reinventing itself. Feld Entertainment, the parent company of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey, announced the retirement all elephants from their traveling circus, in March 2015 — two years ahead of schedule. “Legends,” [https://www.ringling.com/shows/
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A renovated basketball court. Stairwell lighting at Ingersoll and Whitman Houses. New security cameras and paint at Farragut Houses. Bathroom and technology upgrades at local schools. Real-time bus signs along the B44 and B65 routes. These are just a few of the 19 projects that have made it to the
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Mercedes Narcisse announcing her candidacy for the 19th Senate District. (Photo: Mercedes Narcisse [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10154012806839073&set=pb.524464072.-2207520000.1456179135.&type=3&theater] / Facebook)A turf war is underway for control of East Brooklyn’s State Senate seat. Mercedes Narcisse, a
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Rendering of the proposed Brooklyn-Queens Connector streetcar, via Friends of the Brooklyn-Queens ConnectorAs Mayor Bill de Blasio continues to throw his support behind the construction of the Brooklyn-Queens streetcar (BQX), the administration has begun to discuss more details and logistics for the massive undertaking. According to the New York Times
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https://youtu.be/M4tVlLtakic Chants of “Justice, justice!” and “No scapegoat!” rang out in Downtown Brooklyn Saturday as local pols and representatives from Chinese American organizations gave impassioned speeches at a rally protesting the conviction of ex-NYPD officer Peter Liang. More than 10,000 people poured into Cadman Plaza to