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Thursday, September 12, 2013

NYC Light Brigade Brings "Practice Peace" to Brooklyn Bridge Park

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The NYC Light Brigade , which uses lights for activism, set up this sign made of individual glowing letters within sight of the blue Septemb...
Tuesday, September 10, 2013

NYC Primary Voting Ends at 9pm, and Some Machines Still Not Working

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Patriotic Cow, outside Flipsters in Park Slope. Photo: MK Metz Every vote counts in New York City, especially if you want to avoid a run...

NYC Voting Guide; Fashion Week; and more Brooklyn Briefs

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- Here's the official NYC Votes voting guide. [ nycvotes ] - Brooklyn is where the cools kids headed during Fashion Week. [ The Atla...
Monday, September 9, 2013

Election Eve in Brooklyn, Robocalls Up the Wazoo

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Just back back from a trip when the phone rang. It was Nydia Velázquez robocalling, asking us to vote for Stephen Pierson for City Council...
Thursday, September 5, 2013

Brooklyn Bridge Jumper Survives; Gerritsen Beach Swimmer Rescued; and More Brooklyn Briefs

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- Man, 29, survives jump off Brooklyn Bridge. NY Daily News has mid-air photo. - Gerritsen Beach woman rescues drowning man from Sheeps...
Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Today Is the Last Day to Mail In Your Absentee Ballot Application for the NYC Primaries (Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013)

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Do you plan to vote in the NYC primaries on Sept. 10 via absentee ballot? (For example, if you'll be out of town or if you're dis...

De Blasio Family Dances The Smackdown Down Eastern Parkway; and More NYC Politics

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- Forget twerking: Everyone's talking about the de Balsio family dancing The Smackdown at the West Indian Day parade. [ Muck Rack ] ...
Monday, September 2, 2013

Huge Crowd On Empire Blvd, Cops Call for Backup

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From the scanner: a crowd of roughly 500 people has gathered at Bedford and Empire Blvd. Cops are calling for reinforcement, at roughly 4:1...
Friday, August 30, 2013

New Survey Shows De Blasio On Fire in Mayoral Race

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Photo: MK Metz Complementing the recent Quinnipiac University poll that showed Bill de Blasio way ahead in the New York City mayoral ra...
Thursday, August 29, 2013

Hands Off, SUNY: Brooklyn Judge Puts LICH Property in a 'Constructive Trust'

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Photo: MK Metz Supreme Court Justice Carolyn Demarest has imposed “a constructive trust for the benefit of the Othmer Endowment Fund” o...