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NYC Neighborhoods with Highest Rates of COVID-19 Expected to be Slammed by Evictions, Report Finds

NYC Neighborhoods with Highest Rates of COVID-19 Expected to be Slammed by Evictions, Report Finds

The neighborhoods that have the highest rates of COVID-19 will also have the highest levels of homelessness after the eviction moratorium is lifted in August, according to a new housing report.
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Businesses Say Black Lives Matter Street Mural is Financially Hurting Them

Businesses Say Black Lives Matter Street Mural is Financially Hurting Them

The first Black Lives Matter street mural in New York City was painted two weeks ago -- that street has been shut down since then and some businesses say it's hurting them. Judy Teko is the owner of J and K Beauty Supply.
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Cops Coax Escaped Peacock Back To Prospect Park Zoo

Cops Coax Escaped Peacock Back To Prospect Park Zoo

A peacock who made a break for it from the Prospect Park Zoo led cops on a wild goose chase through the streets of Crown Heights early Monday morning, according to cops and reports. The bird escaped from the zoo just before 6 a.m.
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‘Helps With the Grieving’: Musicians and Relatives Take to the Streets to Honor Slain Brooklyn DJ

Led by a truck blasting music, fellow musicians and relatives took to the streets of Brooklyn on Sunday to honor Jomo "DJ Trouble" Glasgow and protest the gun violence that took his life.
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With Distributed Absentee Ballots Vastly Outnumbering In-Person Vote, Impact of Mail-In Ballots Could Be Dramatic

With Distributed Absentee Ballots Vastly Outnumbering In-Person Vote, Impact of Mail-In Ballots Could Be Dramatic

The New York City Board of Elections is reporting that over 765,000 absentee ballots were distributed to voters before primary day, June 23, vastly exceeding a tally of in-person votes in the Democratic presidential primary, which came to 471,000, wi
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Brooklyn Student-Athletes Hit the Streets for Speak Up and Dribble March

Brooklyn Student-Athletes Hit the Streets for Speak Up and Dribble March

The Brooklyn Youth Sports Club took to the streets with a Speak Up and Dribble march. The student athletes marched from Greenpoint to Bedford-Stuyvesant to speak out against racism.
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Affordable Housing Lottery Odds Worst for Those Who Can Afford the Least

Affordable Housing Lottery Odds Worst for Those Who Can Afford the Least

THE CITY analyzed 18 million applications for apartments and confirmed low-income applicants' deeply felt sense that the system is stacked against them.
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NYS Sen. Myrie wants to strip cops of ‘qualified immunity’ that shields them from civil suits

Sen. Zellnor Myrie (D-Crown Heights) wants to remove a long-standing barrier legal shield that protects police officers from civil suits for on-the-job misconduct.
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Census Response Numbers Lag Behind In Large Swath Of Haitian Community

Census Response Numbers Lag Behind In Large Swath Of Haitian Community

The Census 2020 response rates in Brooklyn neighborhoods with large Haitian populations are lagging far behind average city and national numbers, raising concerns about how severe the undercount will be. ...
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Let the dogs in! Brooklyn dog owners demand de Blasio to open city dog runs

Let the dogs in! Brooklyn dog owners demand de Blasio to open city dog runs

Brooklyn dog owners are calling on Mayor Bill de Blasio to reopen dog runs as COVID-19-related restrictions loosen during Phase Two of reopening, saying that if officials can unlock playgrounds for kids, they should do the same for the city's pups. .
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