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Two Trees Management's BAM South green roof project in Fort Greene is one of six winners in the city’s Green Infrastructure Grant program, which aims to soak up excess rain water and reduce sewer overflows. Rendering courtesy of Two Trees Management

Green projects aim to prevent sewage overflows in Brooklyn

February 12 | By Mary Frost

On Thursday, NYC Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Emily Lloyd announced that...

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It looks like Nets player Kevin Garnett, depicted over the entrance to Barclays Center, is tearing his shirt in despair because the Democrats are not bringing the 2016 convention to Brooklyn. Photos by Lore Croghan

Dem bums! DNC says NFW for NYC

February 12 | By Lore Croghan

Brooklyn merchants will be crying in their beer at McMahon’s...

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Assemblymember Joseph Lentol is demanding a halt to evictions in the wake of the bribery scandal at the city’s Dept. of Buildings. Photo courtesy Lentol’s office

Lentol seeks immediate halt to evictions in wake of bribery scandal

February 11 | By Paula Katinas

The shocking scandal that has shaken the New York City Department of...

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A Food Bank study shows five out of 16 Brooklyn community districts fall into the red category – meaning they are among the city’s hungriest areas. Map courtesy of Food Bank For New York City

Study reveals alarming hunger statistics in Brooklyn

February 11 | By Mary Frost

Across this gilded city, thousands of people are so poor they’re...

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Arian Trower, a U.S. Navy airman recruit, is serving aboard the U.S.S. George Washington in Asia. Photo courtesy U.S. Navy

Fort Hamilton HS grad serving aboard aircraft carrier

February 11 | Paula Katinas

Arian Trower is making Brooklyn very proud. Trower, a 2013 graduate of...

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A volunteer from the organization Soldiers’ Angels helps distribute cupcakes to veterans at the V.A. hospital in Bay Ridge on Tuesday. Eagle photo by Paula Katinas

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February 11 | By Paula Katinas

Military veterans got to enjoy an early Valentine’s Day gift that...

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Seven families had to be evacuated from their building, seen left, on Tuesday, after a fire hit 263 Prospect Park West in Brooklyn. Eagle photos by Samantha Samel

Fire hits Prospect Park West building, two seriously injured

February 10 | By Raanan Geberer

Two people were hospitalized with serious but non-life-threatening injuries, and...

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Brooklyn sites hard hit by Superstorm Sandy — including the The Red Hook Container Terminal, shown here — are receiving federal funding thanks to local politicians. In addition to $1.6 million for the terminal, Coney Island’s P.S. 90 Edna Cohen School is receiving $16.2 million. AP Photo/Mark Lennihan

Coney Island school gets more than $16M for Sandy-related repairs

February 10 | Shlomo Sprung

U.S. Sens. Chuck E. Schumer and Kirsten E. Gillibrand and Congressman...

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Justin Davidson, New York magazine architecture and classical music critic. Photo courtesy of Justin Davidson

Brooklyn Heights Association Annual Meeting features music & architecture critic Justin Davidson

February 9 | By Mary Frost

The Brooklyn Heights Association’s Annual Meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, Feb...

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Monday, October 3, 2022

NEW REGULATIONS SET ZERO-EMISSIONS GOAL FOR 2035: Governor Kathy Hochul commemorated National Drive Electric Week by directing the State Department of Environmental Conservation to take major regulatory action requiring all new passenger cars, pickup trucks, and SUVs sold in New York State to be zero emissions by 2035.

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STREET SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS BEGIN SOON IN GREENPOINT: Street safety improvements will be made in Greenpoint, around Cooper Park on the Sharon Open Street, Olive St., Maspeth Ave., and Morgan Ave., within Community Board District 1, as part of the NYC Department of Transportation’s Vision Zero goals.

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PUBLIC HEARING WILL ADDRESS PROPOSED INCREASES FOR BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS: Increases in annual expenditures for five Business Improvement Districts, including two in Brooklyn, will be the subject of a public hearing on Wednesday, October 12.

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