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Laundry Center Opens at Brooklyn School to Serve Students in Need
The school's fifth graders lobbied Sen. Persaud last spring to raise awareness of school absenteeism due to lack of clean clothes. The new laundry center is the cumulation of their efforts.
Mar 16, 2023 10:13 AM
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LIRR Changes Brooklyn Train Service to Improve Wait Times and Reduce Crowding
The Long Island Rail Road will be increasing its rush hour service to Brooklyn by adding additional trains during peak hours between Jamaica station and the Atlantic Terminal.
Mar 15, 2023 1:28 PM
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Attorney General James Secures $420,000 for Affordable Housing
Ray Huang and Bao Tang operated an illegal single-room occupancy rental business in Sunset Park.
Mar 15, 2023 11:30 AM
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Brooklyn Man Faces Charges For Allegedly Kidnapping And Lighting Woman On Fire
28-year-old Lashawn Duffie has been charged with first- and second-degree murder, first-degree kidnapping and third-degree robbery.
Mar 15, 2023 11:24 AM
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Brooklyn Waterfront Neighborhoods Are Considering Installing 17-Foot-Tall Floodgates
There are expected dramatic changes to Brooklyn’s waterfront neighborhoods including Greenpoint, Red Hook, Gowanus and Coney Island.
Mar 14, 2023 10:54 AM
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South Brooklyn's Ferry Service Just Got Faster in an Effort to Improve 'Transit Desert' Conditions
South Brooklyn route now operates with faster ferry connections on weekday mornings to reduce travel times to Manhattan.
Mar 13, 2023 11:34 AM
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Midwood Teaching Assistant Sentenced to 15 Years For Child Porn Production, Sextortion
Brian Quinones, a paraprofessional at Midwood High School, was found to have been trading multiple videos and images depicting child pornography with another individual between September 2019 and January 2020.
Mar 13, 2023 11:29 AM
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New York Comptroller’s Office Explains ESG Investing
Mar 9, 2023 8:15 AM
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A.G. Tish James Recovers $24,000 in Stolen Wages for Employees of So-Called Worker Co-op
Owners of Build With Prospect forced workers to buy shares of the design and construction company and stole their wages
Mar 9, 2023 8:13 AM
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Brooklyn BP and Building Owners Urge Mayor Adams to Implement Climate Law
Reynoso, Flatbush co-op building owners, and climate advocates joined together in support of Local Law 97 in order to fight climate change, save lives and cut costs.
Mar 8, 2023 9:07 AM
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