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With Cases of Elder Abuse on the Rise, NYers Are Urged to Take Care of Older Neighbors

With Cases of Elder Abuse on the Rise, NYers Are Urged to Take Care of Older Neighbors

Elder abuse impacts more than one in ten New York seniors, a new study has shown
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The Week in Crime: Spotlight on Crown Heights

The Week in Crime: Spotlight on Crown Heights

Overall, crime is down in Crown Heights, and in Brooklyn as a whole.
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70-Year-Old Woman Hit By Car and Killed While Sitting on Her Steps

70-Year-Old Woman Hit By Car and Killed While Sitting on Her Steps

A memorial has been set up at the spot where 70-year-old Brenda Whidbee was hit by a car and dragged several feet. The Brownsville community say she was a pillar in the neighborhood.
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Meet the Farmer Expanding Her Fish and Veggie Farms Across Brooklyn

Meet the Farmer Expanding Her Fish and Veggie Farms Across Brooklyn

Brooklyn's Oko Farms is teaching New Yorkers how to cultivate their own food using aquaponics - a farming system that uses fish to nourish plants, and vice versa.
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Bed-Stuy ZIP Codes Have Most Vacant Apartments in BK, Census Data Shows

Bed-Stuy ZIP Codes Have Most Vacant Apartments in BK, Census Data Shows

The area roughly between Throop and Sarotoga Avenues has more than 3,000 empty apartments
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Pawfect Pairings: BK Animal Care Center Matches Prospective Owners with Pets For Adoption

Pawfect Pairings: BK Animal Care Center Matches Prospective Owners with Pets For Adoption

An increase in pet surrenders has created urgent needs to find forever homes.
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BK Renters Least Likely to Get Rental Discounts as Rents Climb

A new StreetEasy report shows Brooklyn rents were the least discounted of the five boroughs as rental prices closed in on 2019 highs
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Brooklyn Boy, 16, Dies a Week After He’s Shot Behind Wheel of Mercedes in Unsolved Drive-By

Brooklyn Boy, 16, Dies a Week After He’s Shot Behind Wheel of Mercedes in Unsolved Drive-By

A 16-year-old boy shot behind the wheel of a Mercedes-Benz in Brooklyn has died, police said Wednesday.
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Brooklyn’s Best Window Boxes Celebrated in Annual Greenest Block Competition

Brooklyn’s Best Window Boxes Celebrated in Annual Greenest Block Competition

The annual competition was delayed last year due to the pandemic, but this year organizers persevered with an adapted focus: the window box.
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What do we Know About the City's School Reopening Plan?

This year, New York City's public school students are being sent back to the classroom with no remote learning option. So how does the City plan to keep them safe?
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