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Demolished! UPS ignores preservationists’ plea, begins bulldozing Red Hook factory

May 24 | Lore Croghan

Red Hook residents were outraged Friday when UPS started bulldozing the 1880s...

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Stagehand Chris Beck(center), a member of Local 1, led a chant on Thursday at a rally to decriminalize “gravity knives” in front of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Manhattan office. He said that stagehands are frequently arrested for possessing common folding knives necessary for work, after leaving their theaters late at night. Right: Assemblymember Dan Quart and Marty Lafalce, Legal Aid Society. Photo by Mary Frost

Will Cuomo decriminalize ‘gravity knives’ in New York this time around?

May 24 | Mary Frost

A bill to decriminalize so-called “gravity knives” has passed the New...

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Firefighters embrace outside the wake for Faizal Coto. Eagle photo by Todd Maisel

Push to memorialize Coney Island firefighter beaten to death on Belt Parkway

May 24 | Meaghan McGoldrick

The street corner of a Coney Island firehouse may soon bear the...

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The Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice announced Friday it will create a task force to smooth the implementation citywide of state-mandated criminal justice reform. Eagle file photo by Rob Abruzzese

New task force announced to smooth rollout of criminal justice reform

May 24 | Noah Goldberg

After a tense hearing on Wednesday during which prosecutors and councilmembers criticized...

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This is the 26th overall conviction overturned since the CRU was founded. Image via Pexels

Rape conviction overturned due to dementia diagnosis

May 23 | Noah Goldberg

The Brooklyn DA threw out the conviction of a man who pleaded...

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Carolina Salguero of PortSide NewYork is involved in a campaign to save the historic Lidgerwood Building from demolition. Eagle photo by Lore Croghan

Red Hook activists fight to save historic factory from UPS demolition

May 23 | Lore Croghan

Red Hook community activists are protesting the scheduled demolition of the Lidgerwood...

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Coney Island. Photo by Paul Frangipane

Brooklyn beach season starts Saturday. Here’s what you need to know.

May 23 | Scott Enman

Summer doesn’t technically begin until June 21, but Saturday marks the...

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For Brooklyn libraries, the 2020 executive budget calls for $105.9 million, down from the $106.4 million proposed in the Fiscal 2019 Adopted Budget. Eagle file photo

Libraries face ‘undemocratic’ cut, jeopardizing 2020 Census

May 23 | Mary Frost

The city’s three public library systems — Brooklyn, Queens and New York...

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A rendering of the proposed BQX streetcar runs through Downtown Brooklyn. Photo courtesy of Friends of the BQX

Proposed BQX streetcar faces its first test

May 23 | Scott Enman

The proposed Brooklyn-Queens Connector streetcar will face its first major test...

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