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The renovated playground now offers new play equipment suitable for children of all ages and abilities, including a toddler playhouse, two swing sets, and painted games.

Bay Ridge

Bay Ridge’s Vinland Playground reopens after $3.4 million makeover

By Adam Daly

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Cold cash: Sanitation Department now recruiting for emergency snow shovelers in NYC

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Affordable housing lottery opens for East New York’s Empire State Dairy redevelopment

By Anna Bradley-Smith

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Prime Minister of The Bahamas, Phillip Davis.

Caribbean Life

Bahamas, TCI, Grenada say no to Trump deportee plans

Mayor Eric Adams announces City of Yes passage

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City of Yes zoning plan to boost housing growth narrowly passes City Council

Girls for Gender Equity new report revealed potential need for dress code reform.

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Girls for Gender Equity looks to change NYC public schools dress code and help end student discrimination

Police in Brooklyn are investigating a police-involved shooting on Thursday afternoon that left one man dead and another victim wounded.

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Brooklyn police-involved shooting leaves murder suspect dead, child unharmed amid hail of bullets

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Gowanus

Bronx man gets 20 years for fatal Gowanus bouncer stabbing: DA

By Adam Daly

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MTA details congestion pricing discount program for low-income drivers

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Prospect Heights

Lenape culture to takes center stage at inaugural Prospect Park Eenda-Lunaapeewahkiing fair

By Susan De Vries

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New American eatery with Eastern European flair, Breva, set to open on Brighton Beach boardwalk

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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MIDTOWN SHOOTING: Face revealed of assassin who shot UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson dead at hotel

Mayor Adams backs low income tax break

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‘Axe the tax’: Adams-backed state proposal could free over 400,000 low-income New Yorkers from paying city income taxes

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Maimonides and local churches unite in annual Celebration of Light

By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil

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Funding debate looms over effort to reduce overwhelming Family Court caseloads

Art of Play, at 69 Atlantic Ave., offers a carefully selected collection of items to help patrons discover the magic of play. Adam Rubin (r) and other staff members are on hand to lead curious folks down the rabbit hole.

Brooklyn Heights

‘Antidote to the mindless scroll’: Brooklyn Heights’ new magic shop Art of Play redefines curiosity

By Adam Daly

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Bay Ridge

Inspiration for generations: Fontbonne honors alumna Ita Ford with inspiring mural dedication

By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil

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Two stabbed during botched robbery of delivery worker in Sunset Park

By Dean Moses

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As temperatures dropped in November, so did violent crime in Brooklyn, per latest NYPD statistics

By Kirstyn Brendlen

Mayor Adams speaking about broker fees bill

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Mayor Adams says he won’t veto Council bill to free renters from paying broker fees, clearing way for its enactment

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Syracuse judge under fire after refusing to marry same-sex couple: report

Ribbon cutting: From left Camille Hastick, Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, Senator Kevin Parker, Kamla Millwood, Vaughn T Mayers Esq., Assembly Member Rodneyse Bichotte-Hermelyn, Vladimir Sterlin, Senator Leroy Comrie and Council Member Farah Louis.

Trinidadian-American lawyer Vaughn Mayers opens licensed cannabis dispensary in Brooklyn

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Op-Ed | Keeping our promise to NYC retirees: The City Council’s duty to defend healthcare rights