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Jay-Z and Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Grant $$$ in Bitcoin to Marcy Houses Residents

Jay-Z and Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Grant $$$ in Bitcoin to Marcy Houses Residents

Residents of the Marcy housing projects in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York are waking up one thousand dollars richer this weekend following the completion of a cryptocurrency training hosted by Jay-Z and Jack Dorsey.
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NY Officially Under a Polio State Of Emergency, Hochul Declares

NY Officially Under a Polio State Of Emergency, Hochul Declares

"On polio, we simply cannot roll the dice," said state health Commissioner Mary Bassett as the virus was detected in several more counties. Polio is officially a state of emergency [...] Click here to view original web page at patch.com
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Leader of Brooklyn-Based Eastern European Organized Crime Syndicate Extradited from Switzerland

Leader of Brooklyn-Based Eastern European Organized Crime Syndicate Extradited from Switzerland

Viktor Zelinger, also known as “Vitya” and “Vityok,” the alleged leader of an Eastern European organized crime syndicate that operated in the Brighton Beach, Sheepshead Bay and Coney Island neighborhoods of Brooklyn and was linked to high-level Russi
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Health Department to spray for mosquitoes in Brooklyn next week

Health Department to spray for mosquitoes in Brooklyn next week

New York City’s mosquito spraying season is in full swing, this time heading into four different boroughs next week. Health Department trucks will spray pesticides in parts of Brooklyn and Queens on Tuesday, Sept. 13 from 8:30 p.m. [...
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Video shows alleged vandal who ruined Notorious B.I.G mural in NYC

Video shows alleged vandal who ruined Notorious B.I.G mural in NYC

The vandal who police believe defaced a Brooklyn mural honoring legendary rapper Notorious B.I.G. is captured on new surveillance footage. The suspect allegedly approached the mural at the corner of St.
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Sheriff Tows Bushwick ‘Pot Trucks.’ They Return A Day Later.

Sheriff Tows Bushwick ‘Pot Trucks.’ They Return A Day Later.

'Lots of product seized,' says the sheriff’s office about their latest haul. Since early spring, a small armada of trucks have populated the corner of Wyckoff Avenue as it passes by Starr Street, before employing into busy Flushing Avenue.
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Brooklyn shelter cop suspended for caught-on-video punch of asylum seeker

Brooklyn shelter cop suspended for caught-on-video punch of asylum seeker

A cop at one of the city’s most notorious homeless shelters has been suspended after getting caught on video slugging a Venezuelan asylum seeker, officials said. Meiver Martinez, 21, was in the Bedford-Atlantic Armory shelter around 6 a.m.
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Man fatally shot while sitting in car on Brooklyn street

Man fatally shot while sitting in car on Brooklyn street

A 29-year-old man was fatally shot as he sat in a car on a Brooklyn street Wednesday night, according to police. The victim was sitting in a Nissan Altima on Belmont Ave. near Shepherd Ave.
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NYC’s Sheriff’s office gets rid of ‘ghost cars’ across Brooklyn

NYC’s Sheriff’s office gets rid of ‘ghost cars’ across Brooklyn

The New York City Sheriff’s office performed an operation in Brooklyn that saw the removal of “ghost cars” — illegal vehicles with expired paper license plates [...] Click here to view original web page at www.amny.com
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Brooklyn Schools Reopen With Focus on Recovery From Pandemic Losses

Brooklyn Schools Reopen With Focus on Recovery From Pandemic Losses

“We need to show them: We’re back,” said the head of the principals’ union as children return to school Thursday with Covid restrictions largely ended.
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