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Prospect Heights Ratsperts Say Rat Czar Needs 'Science, Not Swagger'

Prospect Heights Ratsperts Say Rat Czar Needs 'Science, Not Swagger'

After the city posted a tongue-in-rat-cheek job posting for a Rat Czar, Brooklynites warned, "The rats are smarter than we are." A neighborhood psychotherapist who made major progress with Prospect Heights' rodent problem by analyzing local [...
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NYC Violence Leaves 1 Shot, 1 Slashed in Brooklyn and Queens

NYC Violence Leaves 1 Shot, 1 Slashed in Brooklyn and Queens

Big Apple bloodshed left one person shot and another slashed in separate incidents in two boroughs.
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Mother, 4 Kids Struck by Hit-and-Run Car in Midwood; Police Searching for Driver

Mother, 4 Kids Struck by Hit-and-Run Car in Midwood; Police Searching for Driver

A mother and four of her children were struck by a hit-and-run driver in Brooklyn Wednesday night. The incident happened shortly before 5 p.m. at New York Avenue and Avenue J in Midwood.
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Armed Guards' Fare-Evader Crackdown Already Saving MTA $100K a Month at 2 Bushwick Stations

Armed Guards' Fare-Evader Crackdown Already Saving MTA $100K a Month at 2 Bushwick Stations

Armed guards placed in the subway by the MTA to discourage fare evasion have already saved the agency tens of thousands of dollars at two Brooklyn stations in recent months, officials said Tuesday as fare-beaters are on track to cost the MTA a half-b
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Bed-Stuy Man Arrested in Crutch Attack on Boy Near Prospect Park

Bed-Stuy Man Arrested in Crutch Attack on Boy Near Prospect Park

Police arrested a Bed-Stuy man they say used a crutch to beat a 12-boy in an unprovoked and bizarre attack near Prospect Park last week, according to the NYPD.
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Beloved Chicken Takes Magical Mystery Tour Of Crown Heights

Beloved Chicken Takes Magical Mystery Tour Of Crown Heights

The panic was clear in the prose of the message posted to the Crown Heights Patch's neighbor post board: MISSING!!! CHICKEN!! "I was losing my mind, honestly," said chicken mom and couples sex counselor Lovetta Taillor, 37.
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Brooklyn Man Sought for Violent Stabbing at 3 Train Station

Brooklyn Man Sought for Violent Stabbing at 3 Train Station

Transit detectives in Brooklyn are looking for the violent brute who stabbed and [...] Click here to view original web page at www.amny.com
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Crown Heights Gets Ready For Santa Land Parade Street Closings

Crown Heights Gets Ready For Santa Land Parade Street Closings

Santa Claus is coming to town — and he's shutting some streets down! On Saturday, the third annual Santa Land Community Parade is hitting Brooklyn, spreading holiday cheer and merriment as it travels from Crown Heights to Atlantic Terminal Mall [...
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Adams Vows Action to Hospitalize People With Serious Untreated Mental Illness

Adams Vows Action to Hospitalize People With Serious Untreated Mental Illness

In a scripted speech on a fraught issue, Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday said the city’s police, mental health and other responders will step up measures to ensure [...] Click here to view original web page at www.thecity.nyc
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Man Accused of Past Animal Abuse at his Brooklyn Puppy Mill Busted During Traffic Stop

Man Accused of Past Animal Abuse at his Brooklyn Puppy Mill Busted During Traffic Stop

A man who was accused last year of running a Brooklyn puppy mill is facing 23 new counts of animal abuse after police found an emaciated dog and several puppies in the back of his car in Queens, police said. Ramon Service, 27, was arrested [...
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