Dressed as a black basketball star for Purim, State Assemblyman Dov Hikind was the brunt of criticism for his lack of sensitivity in his choice of costume on this festive Jewish holiday. Purim is the day on the Jewish calendar which commemorates the miraculous rescue of the Jews of Persia from destruction during the 5th century...
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Ok, maybe Nemo is not the official name of this mega snow storm; it still has a nice ring to it. We can thank The Weather Channel for this cute name, originally the great submarine captain of Jules Vernes 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, later morphing into a little Disney character fish that gets lost in the movie Finding Nemo. Never...
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More than one third of the 146 robberies that took place in 2012 in the quickly gentrifying neighborhoods of Brooklyn Heights, Downtown Brooklyn and Boerum Hill happened to those who either left their doors open or unlocked. The police explain that because there is an overriding feeling of safety today in these neighborhoods...
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Philanthropist Joshua Rechnitz has decided that his proposal to construct a year-round sports facility in Brooklyn Bridge Park, including an inclined bike track, will most likely be scuttled. Rechnitz’s reason for canceling the project is that he determined that it was not “financially viable” to build a velodrome on the site. He...
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One of the city’s key youth organizations, the Police Athletic League, set up some special programming to help some of the youngsters hit hardest by Hurricane Sandy. PAL is offering an entire day’s worth of activities at MCU Park in Coney Island with kids ages 6 through 19 in mind. Richard Guevara, field operations director for...
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CLEAR is a company that offers facilitated flight travel for its customers. With CLEAR’s recent return to Westchester County Airport, frequent fliers are able to navigate security there much more easily. Bradley Tusk, of Tusk Strategies, has been working with this company to achieve its goals. He explained, “if we are...
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