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NYC DOT authorizes on-street ‘microhub zones’ to combat negative environmental and safety effects of truck deliveries

January 15 | Special from NYC DOT

NYC DOT Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez today announced that the agency will establish...

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For nearly 100 years, violence, chaos and death have defined the jails on Rikers Island. Some say that could change with the appointment of a federal receiver, but anyone running the jail complex will have a lot of history to contend with. Eagle file photo by Jacob Kaye

Rikers Island’s troubled history leads to call for receivership

January 15 | Jacob Kaye

Judge said that she was “inclined” to take control of the jail...

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For nearly 100 years, violence, chaos and death have defined the jails on Rikers Island. Some say that could change with the appointment of a federal receiver, but anyone running the jail complex will have a lot of history to contend with. Eagle file photo by Jacob Kaye

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A century of violence, chaos and death

January 15 | Jacob Kaye

This story covers the lead up to the call for receivership, and...

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For nearly 100 years, violence, chaos and death have defined the jails on Rikers Island. Some say that could change with the appointment of a federal receiver, but anyone running the jail complex will have a lot of history to contend with. Eagle file photo by Jacob Kaye

Rikers Island’s troubled history leads to call for receivership

January 15 | Jacob Kaye

Judge said that she was “inclined” to take control of the jail...

On Saturday, most parents at Brooklyn’s Carroll Park didn’t know a murder had taken place there hours earlier. Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle

Murder in Carroll Park stuns Brooklyn neighbors

January 13 | Mary Frost

A man was shot and killed in a hail of gunfire early...

Police & Fire

For nearly 100 years, violence, chaos and death have defined the jails on Rikers Island. Some say that could change with the appointment of a federal receiver, but anyone running the jail complex will have a lot of history to contend with. Eagle file photo by Jacob Kaye

Rikers Island’s troubled history leads to call for receivership

January 15 | Jacob Kaye

Judge said that she was “inclined” to take control of the jail...

For nearly 100 years, violence, chaos and death have defined the jails on Rikers Island. Some say that could change with the appointment of a federal receiver, but anyone running the jail complex will have a lot of history to contend with. Eagle file photo by Jacob Kaye

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A century of violence, chaos and death

January 15 | Jacob Kaye

This story covers the lead up to the call for receivership, and...

Sports

Nets burn Blazers in Portland

January 15 | By John Torenli, Sports Editor Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Cam Johnson returned from an ankle injury and scored a team-high...

‘Rebuild’ tag wearing on sliding Nets

January 14 | By John Torenli, Sports Editor Brooklyn Daily Eagle

“No moral victories. I’m pissed off," fumed Nets center Nic Claxton...

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John Abi-Habib founded a number of civic organizations in Bay Ridge.Photos: Wayne Daren Schneiderman/Brooklyn Eagle

Faces of Bay Ridge: John Abi-Habib, a mover and a shaker

January 22 | Wayne Daren Schneiderman

BAY RIDGE – John Abi-Habib is all about foresight and being on...

Staten Island Man With History of Hate Indicted For Firefighter’s Murder

December 18 | Christina Carrega

A Staten Island man pleaded not guilty on Tues., Dec. 18 for...