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Solutions to Sewage Problems Are Top Priority, East New York Residents Say

Solutions to Sewage Problems Are Top Priority, East New York Residents Say

Residents are fed up with all the flooding in and around Jewel Streets and urged the city to hold off building more housing until sewage problems are fixed.
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Head to This Brooklyn Music Fundraiser For Some Post-Election Catharsis

Head to This Brooklyn Music Fundraiser For Some Post-Election Catharsis

The Brooklyn Conservatory of Music will host its annual House Party on Nov. 7, with over 30 musical acts.
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Brooklyn Dominates NYC’s 42nd Design Awards With Community-Centered Projects

Brooklyn Dominates NYC’s 42nd Design Awards With Community-Centered Projects

Five Brooklyn-based projects earned recognition this year.
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DOE Mulls Closing Down Brooklyn School Due to Low Enrollment

DOE Mulls Closing Down Brooklyn School Due to Low Enrollment

District 16 Superintendent Brendan Mims informed families of P.S. 25 that the DOE may close down the school, according to Chalkbeat.
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Renovated Basketball Courts Open up at Breukelen Ballfield in East New York

Renovated Basketball Courts Open up at Breukelen Ballfield in East New York

The basketball courts got a complete makeover.
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Brooklyn Children’s Museum Names New Executive VP, COO

Brooklyn Children’s Museum Names New Executive VP, COO

Michael G. Williams is the new executive vice president and chief operating officer at the museum.
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Brooklyn NAACP Mobilizes for Early Voting Push

Brooklyn NAACP Mobilizes for Early Voting Push

The Brooklyn NAACP reached thousands of voters in New York state through its "Golden Day" outreach event. Early voting in the city ends on Sunday, Nov. 3.
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Affordable Housing Tenants in Carroll Gardens Fight to Stay in Their Homes

Affordable Housing Tenants in Carroll Gardens Fight to Stay in Their Homes

Tenants called for the passage of the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act and Community Opportunity to Purchase Act so they could buy the building.
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Public Schools to Begin Winter Break Early Thanks to Brooklyn 7th Grader

Public Schools to Begin Winter Break Early Thanks to Brooklyn 7th Grader

Three cheers for Isaac Regnier, at student at I.S. 96 in Bensonhurst, who started a petition and a letter-writing campaign.
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Record Number of NYC Traffic Fatalities, Injuries so Far in 2024

Record Number of NYC Traffic Fatalities, Injuries so Far in 2024

Traffic violence has killed a New Yorker every 34 hours this year, a new study found.
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