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$800K Grant Aims to Prevent Deed Theft, Scams in Brooklyn and Other Vulnerable Areas

The grant will go to getting information to those most often targeted by deed theft, including communities of color in Brooklyn.
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Community Comes to Aid of Brooklyn Doctor Hospitalized for 10 Months With COVID-19

Community Comes to Aid of Brooklyn Doctor Hospitalized for 10 Months With COVID-19

A GoFundMe page set up for the Brooklyn doctor has already reached $91,000 to help with his recovery
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Who Is Behind the Illegal Trash Dumping in Brownsville and East New York?

Councilmember Darma Diaz has partnered with youth organization Elite Learners to tackle the dirty problem and find out who’s causing it
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Brooklynites Share Their Thoughts on the COVID-19 Vaccine

Brooklynites Share Their Thoughts on the COVID-19 Vaccine

In part one of this two-part series on the COVID-19 vaccine rollout in Brooklyn, BK Reader took to the streets to see whether residents were feeling optimistic or hesistant about how things are going
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Vaccination Center to Open at Brooklyn's Medgar Evers College

Vaccination Center to Open at Brooklyn's Medgar Evers College

The center will be one of two new major vaccination sites in New York City opened in partnership between the White House and state government
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Community Health Organizations Are Key to Distributing COVID-19 Vaccine, East NY Provider Says

East New York’s Doral Health and Wellness distributed COVID vaccines last week, starting with 200 seniors residing in NYCHA buildings
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Indoor Dining to Restart at 25% Capacity, But Is It Enough to Help the Struggling Industry?

The city plans to resume indoor dining at 25% capacity before Valentine’s Day, and not everyone is enamored with the idea
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Cultivating Healthy Lifestyles: Owner of Brooklyn’s Natty Garden Opens Natural Food Store

Glenroy Mahfood has spent over a decade growing and selling plants to folks in Brooklyn and beyond
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Plans for Luxury Bushwick Development Are Illegal, Neighbors Find

At a community meeting on a 20-story luxury development in Bushwick Thursday, residents and electeds revealed they've found a way to stall developers
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This Flatbush Nonprofit Is Changing the Way We Tackle NYC's 'Massive' Cat Problem

This Flatbush Nonprofit Is Changing the Way We Tackle NYC's 'Massive' Cat Problem

By day, Flatbush Cats Founder Will Zweigart works as a strategist at an ad agency. He's bringing his problem-solving skills to help the street cats of Brooklyn and beyond.
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