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Public school students will have continued bus service for another month thanks to an emergency 30-day contract, as the Department of Education and over 50 school bus companies try to hammer out a five-year contract extension.

On Sunday, Nov. 2, daylight saving ends at 2:00am when the clocks fall back one hour.

Brooklyn was soaked with about 2 inches of rain on Thursday, with parked cars submerging in water all across the borough including Sheepshead Bay, Midwood and Bed-Stuy. One Wingate resident died after trying to save his pet dogs from his basement.

The 87-year-old man was walking in the crosswalk on Avenue Z when he was hit by the bus operated by Andre Reid, just blocks from his home.

Officers were called to 626 Park Ave. just before 2:30pm on Wednesday.

Governor Kathy Hochul also allocated another $40 million in new funding for various state food aid programs, bringing the total to $106 million.

Thanks to a $13.2 million investment from Brooklyn-based state assemblymembers, 18 library branches will get new roofs, HVAC systems and other building upgrades.

The Brooklyn Academy of Music presents "I Guess It Was My Destiny to Live So Long," a poetry series curated by Hanif Abdurraqib celebrating June Jordan’s legacy through readings, film and performance from Nov. 18–21.