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The Week Ahead: Dec. 1 - Dec. 5

1. Alternate side of the street parking and meter regulations are in full effect this entire week. 2. Weather: The week starts out warm, with temperatures in the high 50s.

Nov 30, 2014 9:12 PM Read more >

City Food Pantries Report They are Running Low

Photo: cdn.turner.com Food banks and soup kitchens all across New York City are feeling the pinch in their food pantries this year: the number of New Yorkers needing food assistance has almost doubled while their inventory has not.

Nov 30, 2014 3:25 PM Read more >

Central Brooklyn Readies for 'Small Business Saturday'

Saturday, November 29, is "Small Business Saturday!" It has become a holiday shopping tradition. In 2010, American Express founded Small Business Saturday to help businesses with their most pressing need — getting more customers.

Nov 28, 2014 3:29 PM Read more >

Lonely and Small by Dinna Alexanyan, MFT

Dear Miss Dinna — I'm a 42 year old woman going through a divorce with two pre-teen children. The husband and I have been separated for a couple of years now, I just haven't been able to actually afford the divorce.

Nov 28, 2014 10:06 AM Read more >

Bed-Stuy Deli Sells Lottery Ticket Worth $7 Million, Winner Remains a Mystery

One lucky person who lives in or visited Bedford-Stuyvesant this past week has seven million extra reasons to be thankful this Thanksgiving and doesn't even know it yet! A Cash4Life New York Lottery ticket worth at least $7,000,000 was sold on Monday

Nov 28, 2014 9:53 AM Read more >

Real Talk: Pratt Post Office in Clinton Hill to Become 141-Unit Apartment Building

490 Myrtle Avenue Photo: madisonrealtycapital.

Nov 28, 2014 9:29 AM Read more >

Bazaar Kreyòl: One-Day Haitian Market Coming to Bklyn!

The Haiti Cultural Exchange in Crown Heights, in collaboration with the Haitian-American Community Coalition (HCC), is encouraging Central Brooklyn residents to skip Black Friday this weekend and instead shop for their holiday gifts at Bazaar Kreyòl

Nov 28, 2014 7:57 AM Read more >

Cops Union Pissed Over New Database Recording NYPD Misdeeds

Program leaders of Legal Aid Society's new Cop Accountability Program has begun collecting news articles, lawsuits and city Civilian Complaint Review Board reports about cops accused of wrongdoing to share with lawyers and attorneys from outside firm

Nov 28, 2014 7:23 AM Read more >

Cumbo Takes on 'Greedy Landlords' in Crown Heights

City Councilmember Laurie Cumbo, with Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, joins protestors Saturday morning on Schenectady Ave for housing protest Photo: Homesteading Assistance Board Some 62 low-income families living in rent-stabilized Crown Hei

Nov 26, 2014 5:09 AM Read more >

Black, Brown and Unjust

Photo: thinkprogress.org My fearfulness can't be properly summarized by words, because words can be an unworthy representation of feelings.

Nov 26, 2014 4:45 AM Read more >