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Budget cuts could shutter veterans suicide prevention program, lawmakers say

March 25 | Paula Katinas

A state-funded program that gives traumatized military veterans a chance to...

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State Legislature approves 610 new speed cameras for city streets

March 20 | Paula Katinas

The number of cameras catching reckless drivers in the act of dangerously...

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325 Kent Ave. in Williamsburg. Photo by Chase Brush.

Demands for racial impact studies grow amid de Blasio rezonings

March 19 | By Chase Brush

Tommy Torres is used to watching friends and families move away from...

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Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams (third from left), Assemblymember Tremaine Wright (center, speaking) and State Senator Velmanette Montgomery (sixth from left) sponsored a packed hearing on the housing theft crisis in Brooklyn. Eagle photo by Mary Frost.

Brooklyn facing crisis in housing theft and foreclosures, advocates say

March 19 | Mary Frost

As real estate values in Brooklyn have gone through the roof, homeowners...

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Speed camera bill will save lives, victim’s mom says

March 11 | Paula Katinas

A Brooklyn woman whose son was struck and killed by a speeding...

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$Stephen Levin is one of nine Brooklyn councilmembers scoring 100 percent in a scorecard released on March 8 by the New York League of Conservation Voters. He is shown above congratulating Mayor Bill de Blasio at the signing of a bill prohibiting the use of fracking products in the city. File photo courtesy of Levin’s office$