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Last Call For Census 2020

It’s not too late to complete the census! (Photo: Liena Zagare/Bklyner)BROOKLYN – It’s official. The deadline for completing the 2020 census online [https://my2020census.gov/] is tomorrow, Friday, October 16, at 6 a.m. For those who have yet to submit the census, you have just a

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Batya Goldberg Turns On Trump: How The President Lost One Of His Fiercest Supporters

Batya Goldberg. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)ISRAEL – Brooklyn’s passionate young conservative activist is no longer conservative. And she is no longer a Trump supporter. And she’s currently stuck in Israel during the coronavirus pandemic. Remember Batya Goldberg? We spoke with Goldberg, 19, in September of 2017 for a

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Local Pols Discuss ICE Threats in Sunset Park

Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerSUNSET PARK – Local politicians, community leaders, and several organizations met together in Sunset Park High School to discuss U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) threats and deportations in the neighborhood. Sunset Park has been a target for ICE. Since Saturday, July 13, there have been four

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Maloney to Rally for Impeachment

Carolyn Maloney. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)GREENPOINT – Rep. Carolyn Maloney, who represents parts of Brooklyn, will join a rally to call for President Donald Trump’s impeachment, Kadia Goba of BuzzFeed News reports. > Sources: Rep. @CarolynBMaloney [https://twitter.com/CarolynBMaloney?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] to attend #impeachtrump [https://twitter.com/

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37 Brooklynites Become U.S Citizens On Flag Day At Wyckoff House

Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerCANARSIE – Today is Flag Day, and the day 37 Brooklynites became new American citizens at the Wyckoff House Museum. The historic farmhouse was filled with cheers and claps from new citizens, their families, and their friends this afternoon. The Wyckoff Farmhouse [https://wyckoffmuseum.org/about/history/] is

Coney Island

Shutdown Halts Rebuilding Together NYC

CONEY ISLAND – Low-income Coney Island homeowners still recovering from Superstorm Sandy are feeling the wrath of what is now the longest U.S. government shutdown in history that started on December 22, 2018. Rebuilding Together NYC [/rebuilding-together-nyc-debuts-new-headquarters-in-gowanus/], a Brooklyn-based non-profit, provides free home repairs and accessibility modifications to low-income homeowners,

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This Republican Apologizes For His Offensive Tweets, Says He Made A 180 — And Blames Fox News

In March, we published a story about a young man who was planning on running for office. [/earl-blum-congress-cd9/] The Trump-supporting Republican, who had yet to file for elections, insulted black people, Mexican-Americans, and said Muslims belong in “internment camps.” A few hours after the article surfaced on social media, Earl

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Powerful “We Are Brooklyn” Exhibition Showcases Immigrant Stories At Brooklyn College

Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerFLATBUSH – At the lobby of the Brooklyn College Library, lies a new exhibit celebrating Brooklyn’s diversity and immigrant life. The various panels tell the stories of immigrants in their own words. It’s called “We are Brooklyn.” [https://wearebrooklyn.org/] “Here we are in one of

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Meet Your Candidate: John Quaglione For Bay Ridge’s District 43

Photo: Quaglione CampaignThe 43rd District currently has nine candidates running for Vincent Gentile’s City Council seat. Those candidates include four Republicans and five Democrats vying to represent Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, Bensonhurst, and Bath Beach. We’ve reached out to all nine candidates for a Q & A to help

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Bay Ridge Man Who Yelled “You ISIS B**ch I’m Going To Slit Your Throat” At Muslim Cop Has Been Arrested

Ridge Boulevard and 67th Street photo via Google Maps. Aml Elsokary photo via NYPD Muslim Officers Society’s Twitter.On Saturday, at 6 p.m., 11 year veteran NYPD officer Aml Elsokary was getting out of her car on Ridge Boulevard and 67th Street when she noticed a man verbally

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UPDATED: Public School Employees Tell Immigrant Students In Bay Ridge, Sunset Park To “Start Packing Your Bags”

There haven’t big any big protests in Sunset Park or Bay Ridge yet, but here is an image from a rally held in Brooklyn Heights this weekend in response to swastika graffiti found on a children’s playground. (Photo by Pamela Wong / BKLYNER [/check-your-hate-senator-squadron-beastie-boys-ad-rock-lead-rally-after-hate-graffiti-found-at-adam-yauch-park/] )On the heels of Donald

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Assemblymember Dov Hikind Denounces Trump; Says He Will Support Paul Ryan For President

Assemblymember Dov Hikind. (Photo via the Assemblymember’s Facebook page [https://www.facebook.com/assemblymandovhikind/])A Brooklyn Democratic Assemblymember, who said in September that he was considering a vote for Donald Trump [/assemblyman-dov-hikind-clinton-not-option-trump-possible-president/], now says that he cannot vote for the Republican nominee. Local Assemblymember Dov Hikind, who represents sections