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Tag: Guns

Using gun database to target negligent firearm makers not so easy, ATF tells NYC Mayor Adams

August 1 | Mary Frost

When New York City Mayor Eric Adams met with Steven Dettelbach, the...

After Supreme Court gun decision, what’s next?

June 24 | Jessica Gresko and Mark Sherman, Associated Press

The Supreme Court has issued its biggest gun rights ruling in more...

More mass shootings are happening at grocery stores – 13% of shooters are motivated by racial hatred

May 16 | Jillian Peterson and James Densley, The Conversation

We are criminologists who study the life histories of public mass shooters...

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Gun violence soared during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study finds – but the reasons why are complex

November 17 | By Paddy Ssentongo and Jennifer McCall-Hosenfeld, The Conversation

In a new study, we found that the overall U.S. gun...

Kirsten Gillibrand, Eric Adams announce federal gun trafficking bill

July 19 | Brooklyn Eagle Staff

Almost 90 percent of the guns seized by police in New York...

AG James joins fight to require background checks on ammo sales

June 23 | Rob Abruzzese

A law passed in California could impact gun protections across the state...

New York State’s “red flag” gun bill goes into effect on Saturday. Shown at Thursday’s press conference: NY State Senator Brian Kavanagh at podium. Left of Kavanagh is state Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon. To the right and behind Kavanagh is Sen. Brad Hoylman. Photo courtesy of the Office NY State Senator Brian Kavanagh

New York’s ‘red flag’ gun bill goes into effect on Saturday

August 23 | Mary Frost

After years of efforts from gun control advocates, New York State’s...

Photo by Kevin P. Coughlin/Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo

New York ‘Red Flag’ gun bill signed by Cuomo

February 27 | By Mary Frost

After years of effort from Brooklyn officials, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a...

Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon and state Sen. Brian Kavanagh. Photos courtesy of their offices

Brooklyn officials behind sweeping gun laws that just passed NYS legislature

January 31 | By Mary Frost

It’s going to be easier to keep guns out of the...

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Thursday, August 18, 2022

HOSPITAL PROGRAM PROVES EARLIER DETECTION OF COVID: Wastewater data can detect COVID and flu 10 to 14 days before those results are seen clinically at the hospital, thanks to new technology that the NYC Health and Hospitals system is using.

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MTA LAUNCHES REVAMPED TRAINTIME APP: Nearly 50,000 New Yorkers have downloaded the MTA’s new TrainTime one-stop app within the first 15 hours of its launch on Wednesday. 

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SCHOOL SUPPLY DRIVE IN NEW UTRECHT: Another backpack and supply giveaway for low-income children will take place a week from Saturday, on August 27, in southwest Brooklyn. 

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The Double Crested Cormorant, spotted in Brooklyn Bridge park. Photo by Heather Wolf, text by Joseph Palmer.

On Buddy Scotto

If Buddy Scotto had his way, there would be gondolas plying the waters of the Gowanus Canal...

— Helen Klein, opening remarks in a remembrance of Buddy Scotto, at the recent renaming of a Carroll Gardens Street

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Could humans live through another ice age? Probably. But like the frog in the frying pan, they may have more trouble with the man-made,  incremental warming of oceans and the LOSS of ice in glaciers.

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“While the problem of abandoned outdoor dining s “While the problem of abandoned outdoor dining sheds has given rise to community complaints, it seems to be mainly a Manhattan problem, and on the whole, Brooklyn restaurants and their dining sheds are doing well — with some exceptions.

The outdoor dining program has been widely hailed as having saved the restaurant industry during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic.”

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“The misguided assumption that rural America is “The misguided assumption that rural America is hopelessly backward and bigoted erases centuries of same-sex relationships in rural communities. It tells young queer people that they must flee their rural hometowns to far-flung cities in order to find safety and acceptance.”

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“The last time these detainees awaiting trial we “The last time these detainees awaiting trial were free, Eli Manning was quarterback for the Giants, Bill de Blasio was in the middle of his first mayoral term, and Donald Trump was just taking office as president.

This isn’t supposed to happen.”

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