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Now that we are in the middle of Passover, perhaps the time has come to talk about the media’s constant use of the term “Ultra-Orthodox Jews” – a term newscasters and writers sometimes misuse or overuse.  … Full Article

A man who spent more than two decades behind bars was freed by a judge on Thursday after a reinvestigation of his case cast serious doubt on evidence used to convict him in the shooting of a Brooklyn rabbi.  … Full Article

Earlier this month, the Eagle reported on Two Trees’ ambitious plans for a residential-commercial-open space development … Full Article

Five days before the criminal charges against suspect Julio Acevedo were upped to manslaughter in the hit-run deaths of a young husband and wife in Williamsburg, Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes appeared on a radio show hosted by Councilman David Greenfield (D-Borough park-Bensonhur … Full Article

Kings County District Attorney Charles J. Hynes on Tuesday announced that charges in the indictment of Julio Acevedo, 44, have been increased to Manslaughter in the Second Degree in connection with the well-publicized death of a Hasidic couple. … Full Article

The unit manager for the film “The Amazing Spider-Man 2,” The Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment and a local City Councilman are all hearing the complaints of Hasidic Jews in South Williamsburg about Columbi … Full Article

Back in the 1960s, Simon and Garfunkel sang “Slow down, you move too fast.” That warning could also be given to motorists who drive on McGuiness Boulevard in Greenpoint, according to a local lawmaker. … Full Article

The Brooklyn Latin School, one of the city’s highly-touted specialized high schools, will be relocating from Bushwick to East Williamsburg this September, trading places with  … Full Article

If, even 10 years ago, someone said that Bushwick would be the Brooklyn neighborhood with the greatest increases in rent during a two-month period, that person’s sanity would have been severely questioned, since Bushwick was just beginning to recover from being a burned-out, crime-ridden sl … Full Article

A man arrested in connection with a car crash that killed a pregnant woman, her husband and eventually their newborn arrived back in Brooklyn on Thursday, a day after surrendering in Pennsylvania. … Full Article