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Sheindy Weichman, who says her son is being deprived of a secular education | Ben Fractenberg/THE CITYBy Reuven Blau and Greg B. Smith,originally published [https://www.thecity.nyc/education/2020/9/20/21448158/brooklyn-yeshivas-schools-nyc-secular-classes-deblasio] by THE CITY [https://www.thecity.nyc/] The future does not look so bright for
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Joel Lee Kulp at The Richardson, courtesy of Kulp.“I can’t even think about next week. That’s literally six months away for me right now,” Joel Lee Kulp acknowledges behind his paisley blue-and-red mask, his demeanor no less pleasant than before COVID. On March 17th, NYC Mayor Bill
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Interim MTA New York City Transit President Sarah Feinberg, MTA Construction & Development President Janno Lieber, MTA New York City Transit Senior Advisor for Systemwide Accessibility Alex Elegudin, and Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities Commissioner Victor Calise commemorate the 30th anniversary of the passage of the Americans with
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WILLIAMSBURG – A 37-year-old motorcyclist is dead after an NYPD car crashed into him while allegedly responding to a shooting. On Saturday, July 25 at around 9:25 p.m., cops were in a 2017 Ford Explorer NYPD vehicle with sirens on, traveling westbound on Metropolitan Avenue. They say they were
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Naftuli Moster.By Naftuli Moster Imagine being in a college-level biology class and hearing the word “molecule” for the very first time, or having such limited math skills that it’s difficult to calculate a tip or double a recipe. As a product of the ultra-Orthodox yeshiva school system, I
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Beans, beans, beans. Come to your local market and get them all.This Sunday, July 12, a new farmers market will be opening in Williamsburg. Located at Domino Park, the greenmarket is a partnership between Two Trees, who built and operate the privately owned public park, and Grow NYC [https:
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Portrait of Mayo Orozco by artist Nadia Westcott. Courtesy of Joe Matunis.Two new murals in Williamsburg – one at the event space 74Wythe [https://www.74wythe.com/], the other right inside the South 4th Street entrance to Domino Park – pay tribute to the people holding New York together. Just inside
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The outside of the new Williamsburg location. Courtesy of Levain.Levain Bakery [https://levainbakery.com/], famous for their thick and gooey cookies that inspire blocks-long lines, is opening its first Brooklyn location. The new store has been in the works for over a year, and will open in Williamsburg this
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WILLIAMSBURG – A 30-year-old man is dead after being shot in the chest and abdomen last night. On Tuesday, June 23 at around 9:30 p.m., cops arrived in front of Williamsburg Houses on Eyck Walk to find a 30-year-old man unconscious and unresponsive with gunshot wounds to the chest
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One South towers over Williamsburg. (Photo: Liena Zagare/Bklyner)By Claudia Irizarry Aponte, Originally published in THE CITY [https://www.thecity.nyc/2020/6/8/21284795/brooklyn-community-board-1-considers-suspending-its-2020-election] Community Board 1, which came under fire last year for using public funds to purchase an SUV for its leadership, weighs allowing executives
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When the city abruptly halted all composting initiatives as a cost-saving measure (with the announcement made just a couple of days before Earth Day) many residents were displeased, calling in on Brian Lehrer show to tell the Mayor just how much they did not like the move. Others decided to
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WILLIAMSBURG – Cops are investigating an act of anti-Semitism where a man was recorded making graffiti onboard the J train heading toward Williamsburg. On Tuesday, May 19 at around 8:30 a.m., an unidentified man was drawing graffiti inside a southbound J train at the Bowery Street Station. The train