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Revelers celebrate the New Year as confetti flies over Times Square as seen from the Marriott Marquis on Jan. 1. Under a House bill sponsored by Brooklyn’s Dan Donovan and Manhattan’s Adriano Espaillat, cities would get federal funds to install pedestrian safety measures in heavy trafficked areas like Times Square. AP Photo/Mary Altaffer

De Blasio supports Donovan pedestrian safety bill

October 18 | By Paula Katinas

Cities across the country would get federal funds to install safety bollards...

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Former White House strategist Steve Bannon takes part in an interview with host Sean Hannity on the set of Fox News Channel's “Hannity” in New York on Monday. AP Photo/Craig Ruttle

Brooklyn braces for fallout from Bannon-Grimm partnership

October 10 | By Paula Katinas

The new partnership between former White House strategist Steve Bannon and former...

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Attorney General Jeff Sessions says confronting the opioid crisis in the U.S. “is one of the Department of Justice’s top priorities.” AP Photo/Stephan Savoia

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September 26 | By Paula Katinas

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U.S. Rep. Jerrold Nadler says Americans with pre-existing health conditions would be hurt under the new Republican plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.  Photo courtesy of Nadler’s office

Nadler blasts latest GOP effort to repeal Obamacare

September 21 | By Paula Katinas

As the latest Republican Party effort to repeal and replace the Affordable...

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U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer says he is concerned that gasoline prices aren’t falling “back down to earth” as quickly as possible after Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. Photo shows a BP gas station on 18th Avenue in Bensonhurst. Eagle photo by Paula Katinas

Schumer wants the Federal Trade Commission to look out for gas gouging

September 20 | By Paula Katinas

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) should be watching the gasoline pump to...

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Linda Sarsour has seen her political star rise since the election of Donald Trump. Eagle file photo by Paula Katinas

Politico names Sarsour to top 50 list

September 11 | By Paula Katinas

Linda Sarsour, a Bay Ridge political firebrand who shot to nationwide fame...

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Demonstrators gather outside U.S. Rep. Dan Donovan’s office in Dyker Heights at the start of the “Patriotism over Partisanship” rally. Photos courtesy of Courtney Scott

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September 7 | By Paula Katinas

Protesters from both the Southwest Brooklyn and Staten Island sides of U...

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, accompanied by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California, left, and other members of the House and Senate Democrats, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday. House and Senate Democrats gather to call for Congressional Republicans to stand up to President Donald Trump's decision to terminate Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana

Denouncing DACA:​ ​Brooklyn Bridge protest, statewide action, hit ​​Trump policies hard

September 7 | By Kathryn Cardin, Managing Editor

Following a slew of statements from Brooklyn politicians slamming President Donald Trump...

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U.S. Rep. Dan Donovan says President Trump has offered “a strong foundation” for the nation’s policy on Afghanistan. Eagle file photo by Paula Katinas

Donovan praises Trump’s America First foreign policy

August 24 | By Paula Katinas

A Brooklyn lawmaker whose district includes the only active military base in...

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BOROUGH HALL HOSTS CELEBRATING TRINIDAD & TOBAGO’S INDEPENDENCE: Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso hosts an event to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Independence of Trinidad and Tobago, this Thursday, August 11, from 5-8 p.m. 

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GRANT PANELISTS SOUGHT FOR ARTS COUNCIL: Art and culture experts are invited to become Grant Panelists for the Brooklyn Arts Council in the coming year of reviewing proposals. 

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MISSING CHILD FROM BROWNSVILLE: The NYPD seeks the public’s assistance in finding a missing child who resides within the 73rd Precinct, which encompasses Brownsville-Ocean Hill. 

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The Double Crested Cormorant, spotted in Brooklyn Bridge park. Photo by Heather Wolf, text by Joseph Palmer.

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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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“Brooklyn Botanic Garden announced the winners o “Brooklyn Botanic Garden announced the winners of the 2022 Greenest Block in Brooklyn contest today at a press conference held on the winning residential block, Lincoln Place between New York & Nostrand Avenues.

Representatives from the winning residential and commercial blocks and other participants were in attendance, along with Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso, BBG president Adrian Benepe, and president of National Grid—longtime supporters of the Greenest Block contest—Rudy Wynter.”

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“Chipotle Mexican Grill, the fast-casual Tex-Mex “Chipotle Mexican Grill, the fast-casual Tex-Mex chain, has agreed to a $20 million settlement with the city in connection with city allegations it violated workplace protection laws around fair scheduling and paid sick leave.

The payout, the result of a four-year investigation and complaint filed by the city Department of Consumer and Worker Protection in 2018 through the Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings, is the largest settlement of its kind, according to DCWP Commissioner Vilda Vera Mayuga.”

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“Coney Island is continuing to celebrate its sto “Coney Island is continuing to celebrate its storied history, this time honoring a now-closed fun park that operated after the amusement district’s heyday but before its recent renaissance.

The Coney Island History Project is celebrating the 60th anniversary of the opening of the Astroland Park with a new exhibit of history panels to be installed in front of the Astroland Moon Rocket, the park’s first ride.”

Read the rest of our “Coney History Museum celebrates 60th anniversary of Astroland Park” article, which is linked in our bio.
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