New York Post Banned from Brooklyn Jail
In a move some are calling unconstitutional, the Brooklyn Detention Center, the borough’s only jail, has banned the daily New
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Feds Chip in to Fix-up Brooklyn Icon
One of New York City’s most beloved and recognizable symbols, the Brooklyn Bridge, is about to embark on a major
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City Strengthening Enforcement of Negligent Private Sanitation Truck Industry
The New York City Police Department is stepping up its enforcement of traffic laws routinely violated by private sanitation trucks.
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The Verazzano Bridge Gets the Z It Deserves
The Verazzano-Narrows Bridge, the nation’s longest suspension bridge, is finally getting the additional letter “Z” it has been entitled to
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Brooklyn Tenants Still Uncompensated Six Years Later
In 2012 a huge fire devastated a rent-stabilized apartment building in Prospect Lefferts Gardens. Although six long years have ensued,
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Shirley Chisolm State Park Slated to Open Next Year
The largest state park in New York City, built on re-claimed landfill along Brooklyn’s Jamaica Bay, is scheduled to open
Read moreQueens Nazi Deported to Germany After Years of Struggle to Find a Place that Would Take Him
After 15 years of statelessness, Nazi collaborator Jakiw Palij has finally been deported. It took 14 years to find a
Read moreEl Chapo Causing Brooklyn Bridge Back-ups
Joaquín Guzmán Loera, better known as El Chapo, is a Mexican drug kingpin facing trial in a Brooklyn court for
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Villavicencio Granted Stay, Deportation Delayed
In a follow-up to a story already reported here, Pablo Villavicencio Calderon will not be deported immediately due to the
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Brooklyn Restaurants Boycott Fort Hamilton Army Base in Response to Delivery Man’s Arrest by ICE
Many restaurants across Brooklyn will no longer be making deliveries to the Fort Hamilton army base. The restaurants are reacting
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