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How These Brooklyn Public Housing Residents Became Models for Tenant Rights Activism

How These Brooklyn Public Housing Residents Became Models for Tenant Rights Activism

The coronavirus pandemic laid bare the critical need for affordable housing across the United States.
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Man Stabbed to Death Outside Brooklyn Bar

Man Stabbed to Death Outside Brooklyn Bar

A man was stabbed to death after an argument outside a Brooklyn bar Tuesday, police sources said. The 30-year-old victim got into it with another man outside Kaché Restaurant and Lounge on Flatbush Ave. near Avenue O in Marine Park around 8:15 p.m.
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Citi Bike Rider, 37, Killed After Colliding with Box Truck in Gowanus

Citi Bike Rider, 37, Killed After Colliding with Box Truck in Gowanus

A 37-year-old woman riding a Citi Bike e-bike was killed in a smash-up with a box truck in Brooklyn early Tuesday, authorities said. The woman was pedaling east on Ninth Street near Second Avenue in Gowanus around 7:20 a.m.
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Bed-Stuy Tenants 'Hoodwinked' By Rent Hikes File Class Action Lawsuit

Bed-Stuy Tenants 'Hoodwinked' By Rent Hikes File Class Action Lawsuit

A group of Bed-Stuy tenants filed a class action lawsuit against the landlord they accuse of hiking rents illegally despite receiving a hefty tax break from an expired controversial state program, court records show. Residents of 27 Albany [...
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Man Rescued From Subway Tracks in Carroll Gardens

Man Rescued From Subway Tracks in Carroll Gardens

Police officers pulled to safety a man who had fallen onto train tracks in Brooklyn, in an incident captured on the bodycam of Officer Meir Green. At 2:34 p.m.
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NYC Nurses Strike Update: The Brooklyn Hospital Center Reaches Tentative Agreement

NYC Nurses Strike Update: The Brooklyn Hospital Center Reaches Tentative Agreement

Several major Brooklyn hospitals came to agreements or tentative agreements with [...] Click here to view original web page at brooklynreporter.com
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Pedestrian Run Over In Crown Heights Shabbos Hit-And-Run: Police

Pedestrian Run Over In Crown Heights Shabbos Hit-And-Run: Police

Police are seeking the driver who slammed into a man in Crown Heights then sped away from the scene, according to officials. The 55-year-old man was crossing Union Street near [...] Click here to view original web page at patch.com
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Sighting of Missing Deaf Woman Moves Search to Brooklyn

Sighting of Missing Deaf Woman Moves Search to Brooklyn

The family of a missing deaf woman who disappeared before Christmas moved their search into Brooklyn after a reported sighting. “It’s 17 days today,” Genevieve Primus, the sister of 46-year-old Samantha Denise Primus, who goes by Denise, said Monday.
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Curtis Sliwa Tries to Convince Mayor’s Brooklyn Neighbors to Use Feral Cats to Combat Rats

Curtis Sliwa Tries to Convince Mayor’s Brooklyn Neighbors to Use Feral Cats to Combat Rats

Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa spent Sunday trying to drum up support from Mayor Eric Adams’ Brooklyn neighbors to use feral cats to combat the local rat problem — as two cops kept him under their watch.
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Brooklyn Robbers Steal Money, Marijuana During Violent Home Invasion

Brooklyn Robbers Steal Money, Marijuana During Violent Home Invasion

Three armed home invaders stole marijuana, money, and jewelry from a Brooklyn apartment last month, police said Sunday. A 22-year-old woman was leaving her apartment near Linden [...] Click here to view original web page at pix11.com
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