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Gov. Andrew Cuomo says police are going to crack down on people violating the coronavirus social distancing guidelines, and fines are increasing from $500 to $1,000. The Brooklyn Bridge walkway was much emptier than usual on Sunday, however. Photo: Mary Frost

Cuomo extends coronavirus PAUSE order, bashes New York City rule breakers

April 6 | Mary Frost

Gov. Andrew Cuomo extended the state’s PAUSE mandate on Monday, ordering...

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The Brooklyn Cruise Terminal has been chosen as the site for a temporary coronavirus field hospital by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Shown: The Queen Mary 2 docked at the Cruise Terminal. File photo: Lore Croghan/Brooklyn Eagle

Cuomo: 1,000-bed coronavirus hospital coming to Brooklyn Cruise Terminal

March 27 | Mary Frost

Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on Friday that the federal government will build...

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In his coronavirus update on Sunday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he was dismayed to see the crowds in Prospect Park near Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn, where the Saturday farmers market was in full swing. Slide courtesy NYS Office of the Governor

The city has 24 hours to come up with a pedestrian streets plan to fight coronavirus

March 22 | Mary Frost

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Sunday gave New York City 24 hours to...

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New York on PAUSE after Cuomo issues mandatory coronavirus shutdown

March 20 | Mary Frost

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued an executive order on Friday mandating...

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Thursday he plans to visit three or four states where weed is legal. AP photo by Richard Vogel

Cuomo is embarking on a multi-state weed tour

February 20 | Mary Frost

Gov. Andrew Cuomo plans to take an epic trip to visit three...

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DSA sex workers campaign

DSA challengers push state legislature on criminal justice reform

January 22 | By Emma Whitford and David Brand

As Democratic leaders in Albany discuss rolling back new pre-trial criminal...

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Grassroots 2020 candidates demand major campaign finance reform to ‘level the playing field’

November 8 | Emma Whitford

More than a dozen Democratic primary challengers for state office gathered on...

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Cuomo says he’ll fight Trump’s anti-LGBTQ foster care rule 

November 5 | Alex Williamson

Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Sunday that his office would take legal action...

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Gounardes dismisses Golden staffer’s pending lawsuit as ‘frivolous’

November 5 | Paula Katinas

The bruising campaign between Democratic State Sen. Andrew Gounardes and his Republican...

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ULURP — What It Is, How It Might Affect You, Why You Should Care

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To learn more about ULURP, read Fast Facts about ULURP by Lore Croghan.

Brooklyn Bird Watch

Following up on your Bird coverage — as a former resident of Brooklyn now living in Florida, and a bird lover, I was pleased to see the excellent photo of the Northern Cardinal by Heather Wolf featured in the Brooklyn Eagle’s “BirdWatch” series.

I remember a few years ago a co-worker came in to work one day very excited about a bird she had seen. She had already told me about her grandfather in Albania who was a serious bird lover, and her fond memories from childhood of her grandparents’ home being filled with the sounds of Albanian goldfinches and canaries.

She knew I liked photographing birds, and she said: “I saw this bird in the park yesterday, I’ve never seen one like that, it was so beautiful; it was completely bright red all over.”  I smiled and told her it was the male cardinal.

A few months later, after seeing a red male cardinal fly through the courtyard where I live, I figured there might be Cardinals living nearby. I created a bird feeder, and soon,  as I had hoped, a pair of cardinals appeared. Neither the male nor female cardinal would visit the feeder placed up on the fence, but would instead, as your Eagle notes describe, stay close together and near the ground, very cautiously and quietly approaching the birdseed I had spread over the concrete. What a treat!

Photo by Joseph Palmer

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Another 'government swat,' as New York state halts Another 'government swat,' as New York state halts controversial construction on Marsha P. Johnson Park. Plastic surfaces, foam core flowers and more were included in 'environmentally challenged’ renderings. Read more on our website, link in bio.
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A Cedar Waxwing, seen in Brooklyn Bridge Park, Jan A Cedar Waxwing, seen in Brooklyn Bridge Park, January 2021. The Waxwings have a colorful scientific name: Bombycilla cedrorum. In no danger of extinction, they love fruit. Over-ripe berries that have fermented in the sun have intoxicated flocks of cedar waxwings, causing them to crash into windows. Photo by Heather Wolf, author of BIRDING AT THE BRIDGE. Join the Eagle family of supporters and get daily updates on Brooklyn news (and birds).
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