Politics

Oct
23
Officials Hope You Will Trust the Machine and Vote Early: Here’s How to Do It

Officials Hope You Will Trust the Machine and Vote Early: Here’s How to Do It

Board of Elections. Anna Van Der Heijden/BklynerThe General Elections [/all-you-need-to-know-on-novembers-elections/] are on November 5, but for people with busy
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Oct
22
More Folks Gave to Bernie, but Elizabeth Raised More: Brooklyn Donations for 2020 Presidential Campaign

More Folks Gave to Bernie, but Elizabeth Raised More: Brooklyn Donations for 2020 Presidential Campaign

Bernie Sanders for President campaign event. Photo by Phil Roeder/Flickr. [https://www.flickr.com/photos/tabor-roeder/21145251444/in/photolist-ydwWyL-ydFNii-DsEuaF-2dMhLeo-D3GAGN-D3GAE3-D3GAJG-Dsvjh7-D3GBq1-DuPfeP-DuPfrT-Dkf6ay-Dkf69S-D3GBDs-DsvjYY-D3GBhA-CWjsvB-Dkf6L3-Dkf6gf-Dsvjj1-CWjsQe-CxqNpK-D3GAQo-D3GBKu-Dkf62C-DsvjLU-CWjsHa-D3GAVd-D3GBEE-CxqNjz-CxiXVd-CxqND2-CxiXTu-uKPWCA-ydF3cx-ySXm3h-vVL7to-ySX8nC-yT3NpX-ydwjSA-zbo9aa-CD84u5-Dkf6hC-CWjtcg-Dkf6Ns-wakZkE-wsqemg-D9vYj1-D9vYQb-CD84pA]
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Oct
21
All You Need To Know On November’s Elections

All You Need To Know On November’s Elections

Early voting mailer. Liena Zagare/BklynerNew Yorkers on Saturday will, for the first time ever, get the chance to vote
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Oct
14
New Brooklyn Jail Expected to Have 885 Beds, City Says

New Brooklyn Jail Expected to Have 885 Beds, City Says

Brooklyn Detention Complex, 275 Atlantic Avenue (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER) Brooklyn’s new jail is expected to have 885 beds
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Oct
10
Former Montgomery Staffer Jason Salmon Enters Race to Replace Her…If She Retires

Former Montgomery Staffer Jason Salmon Enters Race to Replace Her…If She Retires

Jason Salmon. Courtesy of Salmon for Senate.The race to replace State Senator Velmanette Montgomery, currently the longest serving member
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Oct
03
Brooklyn Man Released From Prison After 26 Years For Crime He Did Not Commit

Brooklyn Man Released From Prison After 26 Years For Crime He Did Not Commit

Carlos Weeks (right) and his attorney Craig Cagney. Ben Brachfeld/Bklyner Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced on Thursday that
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Sep
27
Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities Are Only Partial Solution to Anxiety Of Growing Old In Brooklyn

Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities Are Only Partial Solution to Anxiety Of Growing Old In Brooklyn

A woman looks at the ocean in Brighton Beach. Liena Zagare/BklynerWill Brooklyn’s growing senior population age with the
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Sep
26
Community Land Trusts: Why Are Republicans Not Talking About It? (Opinion)

Community Land Trusts: Why Are Republicans Not Talking About It? (Opinion)

Homeless in Downtown Brooklyn. Liena Zagare/BklynerBy Joel Acevedo, President of the Brooklyn Young Republican Club The city that never
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Sep
24
Michael Hiller Is Running To Unseat Rep. Yvette Clarke In Congress

Michael Hiller Is Running To Unseat Rep. Yvette Clarke In Congress

Michael Hiller. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)DITMAS PARK – Rep. Yvette Clarke has a new opponent and it’s the social
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Sep
18
Shahana Hanif Is Running To Represent District 39 In City Council

Shahana Hanif Is Running To Represent District 39 In City Council

Shahana Hanif. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)KENSINGTON/PARK SLOPE – Shahana Hanif was meant to survive. When she was diagnosed with
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