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Bed-Stuy State Rep Jabari Brisport Says 'Birds Are Our Friends,' Hosts 'ThanksVegan' Giveaway at Restoration Plaza

Bed-Stuy State Rep Jabari Brisport Says 'Birds Are Our Friends,' Hosts 'ThanksVegan' Giveaway at Restoration Plaza

On Wednesday at noon, State Senator Jabari Brisport will be hosting a vegan roast giveaway in Bed-Stuy at Restoration Plaza. Dubbed ‘ThanksVegan,’ the senator is teaming up with PETA and Humane [...] Click here to view original web page at patch.com
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Transforming the Streets of New York into a Photo Studio

Transforming the Streets of New York into a Photo Studio

When native New Yorker Oluwanisola “Sola” Olosunde started college in early 2013, he was ready for a new look.
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Indictment finally comes for murderer of Indiana tourist staying in Bushwick AirBnB

Indictment finally comes for murderer of Indiana tourist staying in Bushwick AirBnB

Justice may finally be coming for an Indiana tourist who was shot and killed while he was staying in a Bushwick AirBnB on a vacation in Brooklyn. District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced on Friday that [...
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Council Votes to Approve Creation of over 5,000 Units of Housing with over 65% Designated as Affordable in Brooklyn and Queens

Council Votes to Approve Creation of over 5,000 Units of Housing with over 65% Designated as Affordable in Brooklyn and Queens

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'He Didn’t Deserve any of This': Tourist Killed on Bushwick Stoop, Court Case Ongoing

'He Didn’t Deserve any of This': Tourist Killed on Bushwick Stoop, Court Case Ongoing

The heartbroken dad of an Indiana tourist gunned down on a Brooklyn stoop said Friday his son would’ve tried to befriend the killer if he hadn’t opened fire.
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Firefighters Take on Brooklyn Blaze That Left One Injured

Firefighters Take on Brooklyn Blaze That Left One Injured

At around 1:30 p.m. on Nov. 19, FDNY units responded to a fire at 488 Crescent Street in East New York. Firefighters were met with heavy fire conditions on the first floor of a two-and-a-half-story wood-framed [...
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Adams on $241K NYPD Post for Close Friend: ‘You’ve Got to Get the Best People for the Job’

Adams on $241K NYPD Post for Close Friend: ‘You’ve Got to Get the Best People for the Job’

Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday said he rented a room in a Brooklyn apartment from a longtime associate and friend — a retired 911 dispatcher who was appointed this year to one of the top-paying [...] Click here to view original web page at www.thecity.
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Flatbush Boy, 12, Beaten by a Stranger with a Crutch

Flatbush Boy, 12, Beaten by a Stranger with a Crutch

A 12-year-old boy was randomly beaten with a crutch wielded by a stranger on a Brooklyn street, police said Tuesday. The child was walking alone, nearing the corner of St. Paul’s Court and St. Paul’s Place in Flatbush about 7:40 a.m.
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Building in Bushwick? Councilmember Lays Out Priorities for Rezonings: Affordability

Building in Bushwick? Councilmember Lays Out Priorities for Rezonings: Affordability

Developers looking to rezone rapidly gentrifying sections of Ridgewood, Bushwick and Williamsburg now have a rubric to follow if they want to earn the support of the local councilmember.
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Details on How Suspects were Captured after Allegedly Plotting to Attack NYC Synagogue

Details on How Suspects were Captured after Allegedly Plotting to Attack NYC Synagogue

New York City is taking action after two men accused of plotting to attack a synagogue were arrested over the weekend at Penn Station. MTA Police officers caught the men a few hours after receiving an alert about the suspect.
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