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Tag: Politics

Five of the current 9 candidates for New York City Mayor attended the forum. Photo courtesy of Lantz Arroyo for Fridays For Future

Five mayoral candidates address climate issues in forum

February 14 | Ashlyn beck

The 2025 mayoral race heated up on Thursday, Feb. 6 as five...

Activists with the Indivisible Brooklyn urged Sen. Chuck Schumer to stop what many fear is a coup at a rally outside his home in Park Slope. Photo by Gabriele Holtermann

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Indivisible Brooklyn holds public protest urging Schumer to obstruct Trump agenda

February 10 | Gabriele Holtermann

About 200 protesters gathered across the street from U.S. Sen. Chuck...

Activists with the Indivisible Brooklyn urged Sen. Chuck Schumer to stop what many fear is a coup at a rally outside his home in Park Slope. Photo by Gabriele Holtermann

Protesters outside Schumer’s home demand the senator block Trump agenda

February 10 | Gabriele Holtermann

About 200 protesters gathered across the street from U.S. Sen. Chuck...

President Donald Trump speaks in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in Washington. Photo: Alex Brandon/AP

2nd federal judge adds a pause to Trump executive order on birthright citizenship

February 5 | Brooklyn Eagle Staff

U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman, a Biden appointee, ordered a second...

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

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January 24 | Jesse Goodman

Trump has made it clear he plans to repeal the policies of...

The New York Capitol is seen, June 30, 2022, in Albany, N.Y. AP Photo/Hans Pennink, File

New York bill would make ‘masked harassment’ a crime

January 24 | Anthony Izaguirre, Associated Press

A proposal introduced in the NY Legislature on Thursday could make it...

Queens state Sen. Jessica Ramos. Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle

Democratic mayoral candidates lay out their plans at Brooklyn forum

January 17 | Mary Frost

Hundreds gathered in the Moot Court Room at Brooklyn Law School and...

A side view of what remains of the migrant tent city on its projected final closing day. Photo by Loretta Chin

Public leaders gather for Floyd Bennett Field migrant tent shelter closure

January 17 | Loretta Chin

It was unprecedented, but it was considered an emergency. The placement of...

From left: State Sen. Andrew Gounardes, Kayla Santosuosso and Councilmember Justin Brannan. Photo by Wayne Daren Schneiderman

Brannan’s chief counsel launches campaign to win his council seat

January 7 | Wayne Daren Schneiderman

Justin Brannan’s chief counsel, Kayla Santosuosso, an Ohio native, civil litigation...

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    Boys jump together as they cool off on a hot summer day at Dal Lake in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Monday, June 23, 2025.
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    Firefighters battle with a large wildfire burning in Karyes village, on the eastern Aegean island of Chios, Greece, Sunday, June 22, 2025.
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    Kristin Chenoweth sings the national anthem before Game 7 of the NBA Finals basketball series between the Indiana Pacers and the Oklahoma City Thunder Sunday, June 22, 2025, in Oklahoma City.
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    Britain's King Charles III, right, shakes hands with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the occasion of their private audience at Windsor Castle, England, Monday, June 23, 2025.
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    A young woman jumps into the river Rhine to cool off during high temperatures, near Kaiserstuhl, Switzerland, Sunday, June 22, 2025.
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    Farmers work in fields filled with rainwater in Dharamshala, India, Monday, June 23, 2025.
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      ATLANTIC AVENUE — Exhausted shopper with cluster of bags and goods from mall at Boerum Place stops to look at huge construction site across the street. “Is that REALLY going to be a jail??”  Her male companion is reassuring, “Nothing like Rikers ... this is 21st Century.”
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      BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — Overheard in line at one of most popular pastry outlets on Montague Street: "Hope I can get them into a camp ..." A mother with two pre-schoolers in tow was showing a friend the Dodge Y flyer for Healthy Kids Day on Saturday, April 26.



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    Video surveillance cameras will be installed at tw Video surveillance cameras will be installed at two entrances to the Brooklyn Heights Promenade next month, thanks to funding from Councilmember Lincoln Restler’s office.

Restler’s office provided $90,000 in funding, and staffers said they expect the cams to be installed next month.

With its breathtaking protected views, the esplanade is often the site of film shoots and wedding proposals. But it has also been the scene of some disturbing incidents.

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Brooklyn Eagle photos by Mary Frost

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    Cranberry. Orange. Pineapple. Tucked into one of Cranberry. Orange. Pineapple.

Tucked into one of Brooklyn’s most scenic neighborhoods, these street names are as charming as they are curious.

Named out of spite? Modesty? Old fruit markets?

No one knows for sure — but the vibe is pure charm.

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#FruitStreets #BrooklynVibes #StreetNameMystery #OnlyInBrooklyn #HiddenHistory  #NeighborhoodStories #BrooklynHistory #BrooklynEagle
    New York City comptroller and Democratic mayoral c New York City comptroller and Democratic mayoral candidate Brad Lander was arrested by federal agents at an immigration court Tuesday as he was trying to accompany a person out of a courtroom.

A reporter with The Associated Press witnessed Lander’s arrest at a federal building in Manhattan. The person Lander was walking out of the courtroom was also arrested.

Lander had spent the morning observing immigration court hearings and told an AP reporter that he was there to “accompany” some immigrants out of the building.

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AP Photos/Olga Fedorova
    Hundreds marched in Downtown Brooklyn on Saturday Hundreds marched in Downtown Brooklyn on Saturday to mark “No Kings Day,” a national day of protest against the Trump Administration.

Despite the rain, the crowd grew larger as the marchers, almost all local residents, circled around two parks — Korean War Veterans Plaza and Cadman Plaza Park — next to the Federal Courthouse and other Downtown courts.

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Brooklyn Eagle photos by Mary Frost

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