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A Jackson, Miss., resident receives a Pfizer booster shot from a nurse at a vaccination site Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. Photo: Rogelio V. Solis/AP

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There’s a reason why it seems like everyone in Brooklyn is sick

January 10 | Mary Frost

A Jackson, Miss., resident receives a Pfizer booster shot from a nurse at a vaccination site Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. Photo: Rogelio V. Solis/AP

There’s a reason why it seems like everyone in Brooklyn is sick

January 10 | Mary Frost

Cases of the flu, norovirus and COVID-19 are all on the...

Owners of Kaya Bliss (from left) Giorgio Matesi and Edgar Kleydman. Photo by Wayne Daren Schneiderman

The first legal Cannabis Dispensary in Bay Ridge opens its doors

January 10 | Wayne Daren Schneiderman

Despite opposition from community members and elected officials, Bay Ridge’s first...

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks at a press conference, Wednesday, July 31, 2024, in the Bronx borough of New York. AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, File

New York students could get free meals under a plan from Gov. Kathy Hochul

January 10 | Anthony Izaguirre, Associated Press

Every student in New York could get free breakfast and lunch at...

Cartoon Sketchbook: January 10

January 10 | Curated by Brooklyn Eagle Staff

A collection of topical political cartoons from various artists curated by the...

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump appears remotely for a sentencing hearing in front of New York State Judge Juan Merchan in the criminal case in which he was convicted in 2024 on charges involving hush money paid to a porn star, at New York Criminal Court in Manhattan in New York, Jan. 10, 2025. Brendan McDermid via AP, Pool

Trump is sentenced in his hush money case, but the judge declines to impose any punishment

January 10 | Michael R. Sisak, Jennifer Peltz, Jake Offenhartz and Michelle L. Price, Associated Press

President-elect Donald Trump was sentenced Friday in his hush money case...

Attorney General Letitia James, who announced the sentencing of former pharmacy owner Aftab Hussain for orchestrating an $11.5 million Medicaid fraud scheme that targeted vulnerable HIV patients. Photo: Mary Altaffer/AP

NY Attorney General freezes $2.2M in cryptocurrency stolen in fake jobs scheme

January 10 | Brooklyn Eagle Staff

NEW YORK ATTORNEY GENERAL LETITIA JAMES FROZE $2.2 MILLION in cryptocurrency...

Rep. Dan Goldman. Photo: Craig Ruttle/AP

Brooklyn’s congressional team secures $160M to improve climate resiliency

January 10 | Brooklyn Eagle Staff

FOUR OF BROOKLYN’S POLITICAL POWER PLAYERS have secured $160 million for...

New York City Mayor Eric Adams. AP Photo/Mary Altaffer

At State of City address, Mayor Adams focuses on his working-class background

January 9 | Raanan Geberer

Before he got down to business, he thanked state and federal officials...

Front row, from left, President Joe Biden, first lady Jill Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff and second row from left, former President Bill Clinton, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former President George W. Bush, Laura Bush, former President Barack Obama, President-elect Donald Trump and Melania Trump, stand during the state funeral for former President Jimmy Carter at Washington National Cathedral in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Our world in photos: January 9

January 9 | Brooklyn Eagle Staff

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle editorial staff highlights images from around the world...

Ken Fairben holds a photo showing his son Keith, left, a victim of the Sept, 11, attacks, as he talks with reporters Oct. 15, 2012, outside Fort Hamilton Army base in Brooklyn, N.Y. AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File

A contentious push to wrap up the 9/11 prosecutions takes an emotional toll on victims’ families

January 9 | Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press

Among Sept. 11 survivors and victims' relatives, the potential end to the...

Cartoon Sketchbook: January 9

January 9 | Curated by Brooklyn Eagle Staff

A collection of topical political cartoons from various artists curated by the...

Diners sit outside a restaurant on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2020, in New York. Photo: John Minchillo/AP

New York to end restaurant reservation scalping with bill that goes into effect in February

January 9 | Brooklyn Eagle Staff

THE RESTAURANT RESERVATION ANTI-PIRACY ACT, signed into law by Gov. Kathy...

President-elect Donald Trump talks to reporters after a meeting with Republican leadership at the Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025, in Washington. AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana

New York’s highest appeals court declines to block Trump’s sentencing in hush money case

January 9 | Michael Hill, Michael R. Sisak and Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press

One judge of the New York Court of Appeals issued a brief...

Mayoral candidate Jim Walden. Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle

NYC mayoral candidate Walden sues X after site ‘permanently’ suspends his account

January 9 | Brooklyn Eagle Staff

ATTORNEY JIM WALDEN, independent candidate for NYC Mayor, has filed a lawsuit...

Roaring Pistons pass Nets at Barclays

January 9 | By John Torenli, Sports Editor

Armed with only eight healthy bodies, the injury-depleted Brooklyn Nets simply...

Wooden beams showed signs of decay underneath a pier at the Red Hook Container Terminal, Dec. 18, 2024. Credit: Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY

Thousands of New Apartments on Brooklyn’s Waterfront? Not So Fast, Say Some Local Leaders

January 8 | Samantha Maldonado, THE CITY

The city and state committed to invest $95 million on a new...

A JetBlue Airways Airbus A320-232 takes off from the Tampa International Airport in Tampa, Fla., May 15, 2014. AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File

Stowaways on planes and inside landing gear raise worries about aviation security

January 8 | Josh Funk, Associated Press

People have been found dead hiding in the wheel wells of planes...

A resident of a senior center is evacuated as the Eaton Fire approaches Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025 in Altadena, Calif. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)

Our world in photos: January 8

January 8 | Brooklyn Eagle Staff

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle editorial staff highlights images from around the world...

Cartoon Sketchbook: January 8

January 8 | Curated by Brooklyn Eagle Staff

A collection of topical political cartoons from various artists curated by the...

The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, more informally known as Brooklyn Federal Court, in Downtown Brooklyn. Photo: Rob Abruzzese/Brooklyn Eagle

Campaign treasurer for unsuccessful Brooklyn BP candidate pleads guilty

January 8 | Brooklyn Eagle Staff

THE CAMPAIGN TREASURER for a losing 2021 candidate for Brooklyn borough president...

Attorney General Letitia James, who announced the sentencing of former pharmacy owner Aftab Hussain for orchestrating an $11.5 million Medicaid fraud scheme that targeted vulnerable HIV patients. Photo: Mary Altaffer/AP

NY Attorney General extends deadline for rideshare drivers to claim settlement funds

January 8 | Brooklyn Eagle Staff

RIDESHARE DRIVERS WHO BELIEVE THAT UBER AND LYFT UNDERPAID THEM are urged...

The subway. Photo by John Minchillo/AP

Weekend R train disruption surprises some Bay Ridge residents

January 8 | Brooklyn Eagle Staff

SOME RESIDENTS OF BAY RIDGE said they were blindsided by this past...

Day’Ron Sharpe’s efforts not lost on Nets

January 8 | By John Torenli, Sports Editor

Sharpe is averaging a career-best 7.3 points to go with...

Yu Xiaofeng leaps as she jumps into a pool carved from ice on the frozen Songhua river in Harbin in northeastern China's Heilongjiang province, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Our world in photos: January 7

January 7 | Brooklyn Eagle Staff

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle editorial staff highlights images from around the world...

Sebastian Zapeta, accused of burning a woman to death inside a New York City subway train, left, is escorted into Kings County Supreme Court for an arraignment, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, in New York. AP Photo/Seth Wenig

Suspect in NYC subway burning told police ‘that’s me’ when shown video, transcript says

January 7 | Associated Press

The man accused of setting a woman on fire inside a New...

Cartoon Sketchbook: January 7

January 7 | Curated by Brooklyn Eagle Staff

A collection of topical political cartoons from various artists curated by the...

President-elect Donald Trump appears at Manhattan criminal court during jury deliberations in his criminal hush money trial in New York, May 30, 2024. Steven Hirsch/New York Post via AP, Pool, File

Appeals court rejects Trump’s latest attempt to get Friday’s hush money sentencing called off

January 7 | Michael R. Sisak and Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press

President-elect Donald Trump was denied Tuesday in his second attempt to...

Mad for Chicken, the previous occupant of the space. Eagle photo by Mary Frost

New German restaurant speculated to arrive in Brooklyn Heights

January 7 | Brooklyn Eagle Staff

The old site of Mad For Chicken, previously Teresa’s, at 80...

Pedestrians cross Delancey Street as congested traffic from Brooklyn enters Manhattan over the Williamsburg Bridge, March 28, 2019, in New York. AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File

E-ZPass site crashes briefly on first day of congestion pricing; issues alert on scam emails

January 7 | Brooklyn Eagle Staff

THE START OF CONGESTION PRICING was as tough on the E-Z...

John Ginsberg and his granddaughter Isabel Lohan, 3, look at the replacement makeshift goldfish aquarium in a tree bed, adjacent to the one previously filled-in with concrete by the city, Friday, Nov. 1, 2024, in Brooklyn. AP Photo/Philip Marcelo

Bed-Stuy Aquarium co-creator sentenced to prison for Brooklyn shooting

January 7 | Brooklyn Eagle Staff

THE CO-FOUNDER OF THE BED-STUY AQUARIUM, a makeshift goldfish pond...

Pacers run past injury-depleted Nets

January 7 | By John Torenli, Sports Editor

The walking-wounded Nets didn't get a scolding from fiery first...