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Asar John

Asar John

Asar John is a freelance writer and graduate student based in Brooklyn, NY. He is on the edge of finishing up a degree in engagement journalism at the Craig Newmark School of Journalism. Several of Asar’s words can be found at The City, City & State NY and Amsterdam News. A graduate of York college in Queens, Asar served as editor-in-chief of the school’s newspaper, Pandora’s Box.

Recent Work by Asar

Alamo Drafthouse Lays Off 40 Workers at Downtown Brooklyn Location

Alamo Drafthouse Lays Off 40 Workers at Downtown Brooklyn Location

Employees from the Downtown Brooklyn location of Alamo Drafthouse Cinema were fired on Monday, shocking current and ex-workers who were in the midst of contract negotiations.
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Praise And Pushback For New Crown Heights Open Streets Proposal

Praise And Pushback For New Crown Heights Open Streets Proposal

Franklin Avenue in Crown Heights is in the running for an Open Streets program, according to a presentation at a Community Board 8 subcommittee meeting Tuesday.
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Brooklyn Asylum Seekers Start to Feel The Pressure of Shelter Closures, Trump Orders

Brooklyn Asylum Seekers Start to Feel The Pressure of Shelter Closures, Trump Orders

Many migrants who live at the Clinton Hill shelter complex, expected to close by June, are now unsure of their fate in New York City.
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Flatbush Assemblymember to Focus on Criminal Justice Reforms, Workers’ Rights And Tax Cuts in 2025

Flatbush Assemblymember to Focus on Criminal Justice Reforms, Workers’ Rights And Tax Cuts in 2025

Constituents of Assembly District 42 packed Brooklyn College's Don Buchwald Theater to hear the annual State of the District address by Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichotte-Hermelyn.
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Brooklyn's Atlantic Avenue is Due For a Major Change With Community Board Vote

Brooklyn's Atlantic Avenue is Due For a Major Change With Community Board Vote

With approval from Community Board 8, Atlantic Avenue, between Vanderbilt and Nostrand Avenues, will eventually see major development with added housing, businesses and updated streetscapes.
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Atlantic Avenue Rezoning Sparks Tenant Displacement Fears in Brooklyn

Atlantic Avenue Rezoning Sparks Tenant Displacement Fears in Brooklyn

Community Board 8 members want the city to include tenant protection measures before a rezoning plan is approved.
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Brooklyn's Atlantic Avenue Rezoning Stirs Questions About Transparency

Brooklyn's Atlantic Avenue Rezoning Stirs Questions About Transparency

Members of a Community Board 8 subcommittee postponed making recommendations to the city's Atlantic Avenue Mixed Use Plan after several members agreed they did not have enough information on the proposal.
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Brooklyn Vigil Remembers Christine Fields Who Died Giving Birth at Woodhull Hospital

Brooklyn Vigil Remembers Christine Fields Who Died Giving Birth at Woodhull Hospital

Fields, a pregnant Black woman, died at NYC Health + Hospitals/Woodhull last year during childbirth.
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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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Brooklyn Victims Speak Out About Stolen SNAP Benefits

Brooklyn Victims Speak Out About Stolen SNAP Benefits

Thousands of recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) have reported their benefits being stolen right from under them, often leaving them without funds for groceries.
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