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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's first budget will add more than 1,000 workers to the public payroll-- a 35 percent increase-- reversing a six-year trend of downsizing city government, Crain's New York Business reports.

1. Weather: Highs will be in the upper 70s, low 80s all week with a chance of showers on Thursday 2.

NYC's A-Train has been a popular subject for music, migration, and activism since its opening in 1932.

Lisa Nuse Dekka Franklin, Ovarian Cancer survivor One year ago today, 46-year-old Lisa Nuse Dekka Franklin was diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer. A vibrant, energetic and health-conscious dancer, Nuse looked not a day over 30.

DIVAS for Social Justice hosted the second annual STEAM (Science Technology Engineering Arts Math) Awards at Weeksville Heritage Center on August 15, 2014.

Brooklyn Bridge The Brooklyn Bridge will be closed Manhattan-bound on Saturday from 12:01 am to 7 am and Sunday from 12:01 am to 11 am . Motorists will be detoured to the nearby Manhattan Bridge or may choose other crossings.

The 2014 Summer Classic Charity Basketball Game at Barclays Center Brooklyn, the hoops game of the season is around the corner: On Thursday, August 21, at Barclays Center, Robinson Cano and CC Sabathia will host the Summer Classic Charity Basketball

Police arrested a Crown Heights woman on Wednesday, after she checked her girlfriend into Kings County Hospital for gunshot wounds and it was discovered the shooter was the same woman who check her in.

(l to r) New York City Council Chair Daniel Dromm, New York State Assembly Chair of the Education Committee Cathy Nolan, NYC Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina, Mayor Bill de Blasio, Brooklyn Brownstone School Principal Nakia Haskins and Brooklyn Borou

Dear Miss Dinna — I am a male, 38 years old. A couple of years ago, I met this amazing Australian woman (I live in Brooklyn) briefly and it was like love at first site.