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A LaGuardia AirTrain is part of Gov. Cuomo's newly announced plans. AP Photo/Richard Drew

LaGuardia rail link highlights Cuomo’s transportation plan

January 20 | By Jonathan Lemire

Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo unveiled plans Tuesday to fulfill a long-held...

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Two advocacy groups say they won’t be uniting in their fight against two unrelated developments in Brooklyn Bridge Park – one at the southern end at Pier 6, and one further north near Pier 1. Left: A rendering of one of more than a dozen Pier 6 proposals, courtesy of Asymptote Architecture. Right: The Pierhouse project near Pier 1. Photo by Mary Frost

Trouble at both ends of Brooklyn Bridge Park

January 20 | By Mary Frost

Two different advocacy groups are fighting two separate developments in Brooklyn Bridge...

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As the Brooklyn Historical Society celebrates Black History Month with several special programs, visitors are invited to view the institution’s current exhibition, “Brooklyn Abolitionists/ In Pursuit of Freedom,” an interactive presentation that uncovers the lesser-known stories of Brooklyn activists who fought for freedom and racial justice in the 19th century. Eagle file photo by Rob Abruzzese

Brooklyn Historical Society celebrates Black History Month

January 20 | Shlomo Sprung

In honor of Black History Month, Brooklyn Historical Society (BHS) has compiled...

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Lawmakers look at how Airbnb affects NYC housing, economy

January 20 | By Jennifer Peltz

With home-as-hotel sites like Airbnb doing booming business, New York...

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Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) commemorated Martin Luther King Jr. with a ceremony featuring patriotic and spiritual music from the New York Fellowship Mass Choir, which sang with Sandra St. Victor and Oya's Daughter. Eagle photos by Benjamin Preston

D.A. Thompson, Dr. Cornel West highlight BAM’s King celebration

January 19 | By Benjamin Preston

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Brooklyn hosted New York Police Commissioner William Bratton at a breakfast event...

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De Blasio touts progress in affordable housing plan

January 19 | By Jonathan Lemire

Mayor Bill de Blasio is announcing that New York...

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NYC remembers MLK at time of focus on race relations

January 19 | By Jonathan Lemire

The life of Martin Luther King Jr. was remembered across New York...

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Keeping history alive in revival of key retail blocks of Montague Street: "What we really want," said Calfa brothers," is the Brooklyn Women's Exchange..."


Friday, July 1, 2022

CITY OF WATER DAY IN GOWANUS: A set of events centered around the Gowanus Canal will be part of the 15th annual City of Water Day coming to New York and New Jersey’s shores on July 16. 

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CENTRAL LAWN REOPENS AT FT. GREENE PARK: The Central Lawn at Fort Greene Park has reopened, just in time for the Fourth of July, but with different rules in two sections of the lawn.

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CAFFEINE APP FOR MOVIE SERIES: “Summer Movies Under the Stars,” hosted at Fort Greene Park in July and then in Prospect Park in August, will have a new Brooklyn-born culinary feature for coffee aficionados. 

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— 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.

— Environmentalist, commenting on a
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Red Winged Blackbird, spotted in Brooklyn Bridge park. Photo by Heather Wolf, text by Joseph Palmer.

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“In a bold move against a recent Supreme Court d “In a bold move against a recent Supreme Court decision striking down New York Pistol & Rifle Association v. Bruen, Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Senate passed a series of reforms, the most sweeping in recent years, to address a sharp increase in gun violence across the country.

State Senator Andrew Gounardes spoke with the Eagle and mentioned that the Bruen decision indicates the “just cause” or “may issue” doctrines that many states use to regulate firearm licensing are considered too subjective for the Supreme Court, but change requires reform “driven by federal legislation” for significant impact.”

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“New York Democrats are considering enshrining a “New York Democrats are considering enshrining abortion rights in the state constitution following the overturn of Roe v. Wade, possibly as part of a broader amendment that would also prohibit discrimination based on gender expression.

Lawmakers held a special legislative session Thursday that Gov. Kathy Hochul called primarily to pass an emergency overhaul of the state’s gun permitting rules after they were struck down by a Supreme Court ruling.”

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