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A group of fifth graders hold a sign they made. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner) DITMAS PARK – P.S. 139’s playground is in dire need of repairs and students, parents, and administrators are calling on State Senator Kevin Parker to help. About 60 parents gathered at the P.S. 139
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Assembly Member Rodneyse Bichotte speaks in support of tenants, 2015. (Photo by Shannon Geis/Ditmas Park Corner)Yesterday, Assembly Member Rodneyse Bichotte of District 42 (representing Flatbush and Ditmas Park) sent an urgent letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Jeh Johnson, asking the department to stop deporting Haitians
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From left: Dr. Jean Eddy, Saint Paul; Brooklyn Assembiy Member Nick Perry; Brooklyn College President Michelle J. Anderson and Brooklyn Assembly Member Rodneyse Bichotte. (Photo Courtesy Brooklyn College)Now, the city that boasts the second highest Haitian-American population north of Miami, is set to become the global epicenter for Caribbean