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For most New Yorkers, smoking marijuana in public will now result in a ticket instead of an arrest (Photo by dankdepot/Flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/dankdepot/5457588074/])Yesterday, Mayor Bill de Blasio formally announced a long-expected change in New York City’s policing policy towards marijuana smoking in
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Assemblyman Joe Lentol at a groundbreaking in North Brooklyn last year (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)With the closure of the Canarsie Tunnel—aka the L Train Shutdown—now less than a year away, politicians are beginning to get serious with the MTA about the details of how the organization plans to
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RED HOOK – Council Member Carlos Menchaca [https://council.nyc.gov/district-38/] (District 38) has released a statement regarding Thursday night’s two-alarm fire at the historic S.W. Bowne Grain Storehouse [/fire-tore-through-historic-s-w-bowne-grain-storehouse-thursday-night/] located at 595-611 Smith Street. S.W. Bowne Grain Storehouse, 595-611 Smith Street (Photo taken June 15, 2018,
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Michael Grimm (Left) and Dan Donovan (Right)BAY RIDGE – Tonight at 7 pm tune in to watch Congressman Dan Donovan and convicted felon Michael Grimm debate at College of Staten Island – broadcast live on NY1. It should be interesting. Congressional primaries are on June 26th. We are just hours from
Central Brooklyn
With this week’s tragic death of Shaena Sinclair in Canarsie [/canarsie-crash-fatal-mother-son/], the safety of New York streets are once again under scrutiny as residents, community activists and political leaders hope to reduce the number fatal car crashes in the city. Yesterday, the activist group Transportation Alternatives released a statement
bath beach
Former Assemblymember Pamela Harris pleaded guilty to fraud and witness tampering this week (Photo by Alex Ellefson/Sheepshead Bite)Former 46th District Assemblymember Pamela Harris, who resigned earlier this year, pleaded guilty yesterday to charges of fraud and witness tampering, admitting to defrauding government agencies like FEMA out of tens
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FLATBUSH – The job representing residents in the New York City Council comes with a paycheck of $148,500 annually, up from $112,500 before it was last raised in February 2016, in exchange for council members giving up all outside income. Now that may not be much in Manhattan, but
Bushwick
The North Williamsburg traffic study is finally here… almost. While the final report is due to be released by the Department of Transportation in the near future, the DOT has already begun presenting the findings to a community that has waited patiently for results since the study was first announced
Bed Stuy
P.S. 25 Eubie Blake SchoolBedford Stuyvesant – When the Hon. Judge Levine issued a stay on May 24th to keep P.S. 25 Eubie Blake open [/p-s-25-will-stay-open-for-another-year/] while the lawsuit parents have brought to keep it open [/parents-file-lawsuit-to-keep-the-best-elementary-school-in-district-16-open/] gets resolved, what was not discussed was the impact this decision would
Bensonhurst
The 64,000 pound truck came to a rest after pancaking a number of parked cars (NYC911News LLC)BENSONHURST – Early in the morning on Saturday, June 9, residents of Bensonhurst were greeted by a horrifying sound: a 32-ton private sanitation truck plowing into parked vehicles, crushing and crunching nine cars
Coney Island
Southern Brooklyn- After months of speculation, Chris McCreight [https://www.chrismccreight.com/why] has thrown his hat into the race to fill the vacant assembly seat in the 46th Assembly district. The news came as two local political clubs prematurely endorsed the candidate on social media. Yesterday, immediately following a
mill basin
SOUTHERN BROOKLYN – Almost two weeks have passed since three of the Sheepshead Bay party boats were scheduled to arrive in the waters of Mill Basin, off Flatbush Avenue, but the boats have yet to be relocated. Residents aren’t complaining about the delay—they’ve been very much opposed to