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Generally Speaking: Week of October 18

October 17 | Theodore W. General

Citizens Union announces endorsements

  • Crown Heights pizzeria Barboncino to close down at the end of February
  • Proposition for a new public school in Greenpoint digs up old community concerns
  • Man shoots girlfriend in apparent murder-suicide: Police
  • Study links high serum IgE levels to asthma severity in Brooklyn adults
  • ‘Portals of Love’ debuts at Brooklyn Art Cave
  • ICE can target undocumented immigrants with NYC’s surveillance system
  • Exploding manhole covers cause power outages in Gravesend
  • Krueger and Simon call for NY HEAT Act in response to Con Ed rate hike
  • The Hotel Bossert set for auction after yet another period of financial instability
  • 28 Wellington Court, a ‘picture-perfect’ Victorian, is up for sale
  • Belt Parkway showoffs anger residents
  • Comptroller Lander pledges ‘aggressive legal action’ over removal of FEMA funds from city coffers
  • MTA launches ‘Convo Access’ pilot for live ASL interpretation
  • ‘Gypsy’ at Majestic Theatre features Red Hook actress
  • NY Attorney General fines Bay Ridge merchant $6M for selling unlicensed cannabis products
  • Center for Brooklyn History marks NYC Landmarks Law’s upcoming 60th birthday
  • NYC mayoral candidate Walden to run as Independent, after Adams DOJ ‘deal’
  • Former Congressman Ed Towns will be in conversation at Center for Brooklyn History
  • Recall issued for Louisiana-harvested oysters, believed to be tainted with norovirus
  • FDA reports multi-brand recall of canned tuna
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    President Donald Trump, accompanied by Marc Fogel, speaks in the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, in Washington.
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