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The suspect arrested in the attack on a woman in the F train station on 18th Avenue in Borough Park might have been nabbed sooner if the Police Department had released the video that showed the shocking crime sooner, an angry Assemblyman Dov Hikind said this week. … Full Article

The suspect arrested for a brutal attack on a 56-year-old woman in an F train station in Borough Park was nabbed with help from a person who left on a comment on the Gawker website that led police to the alleged attacker, Councilman David Greenfield said. … Full Article

Brooklyn’s small business owners would be hit with fewer “gotcha” tickets for such things as sidewalk litter if city agencies were required to spell out the regulations, according to City Councilman David Greenfield, who has introduced legislation to put the onus on the city to inform merch … Full Article

An all hands fire broke out Monday morning at a three-story private house in the Orthodox Jewish neighborhood of Borough Park (also spelled Boro Park), Brooklyn. One person in the house was injured and was taken in serious condition to Maimonides Medical Center. … Full Article

Preparing for Passover, which begins next week, Kars4kids, a New Jersey-based car-donation organization whose proceeds benefit Jewish charities, just donated 6,000 pounds of matzah to the Jewish Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty’s distribution center i … Full Article

Councilman David Greenfield is a Democrat, but his name will also appear on the Conservative Party line on the ballot when he runs for re-election in November. … Full Article

I’ve been teaching writing and literature in New York City’s public school system for almost nine years.  This spring, my former building will graduate its final class just shy of reaching the century mark.  The school’s phase-out process followed the usual script that no education reformer … Full Article

Brooklyn judge William Miller has lived a full life representing the public’s interest.  … Full Article

In the 1999 movie “Music of the Heart,” a violin teacher played by Meryl Streep is faced with the elimination of the music education program from her public school in Harlem. … Full Article

Assemblyman Dov Hikind, who at first vigorously defended wearing blackface, an Afro wig and a basketball jersey to a Purim party, offered a modest apology Monday afternoon, saying he didn't mean to hurt anyone. … Full Article