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Protesters say child care agency needlessly tearing apart families

July 18 | By Matthew Taub

Protesters stood outside the Administration for Children’s Services’...

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July 18 | By Matthew Taub

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U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm, pictured at a parade earlier this year, paid tribute to Fire Lt. Matt Ambelas on the floor of the House of Representatives on Tuesday

Congressional tribute to fire lieutenant killed in Williamsburg blaze

July 17 | By Paula Katinas

The story of the bravery of Fire Lt. Gordon “Matt” Ambelas, who...

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The New York City Department of Homeless Services (DHS) could not show...

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Unions, MTA reach LIRR agreement after Cuomo steps in

July 17 | By Mary Frost

With the personal involvement of Governor Andrew Cuomo, chaos for LIRR commuters...

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July 16 | By Matthew Taub

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Pedestrians wait to ride a train at Jamaica station on the Long Island Rail Road on Tuesday. Prospects of a strike which the unions said they were planning at 12:01 a.m. next Sunday, would affect 300,000 daily riders who travel in and out of New York City from Long Island

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July 16 | By Jonathan Lemire

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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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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.

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