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Brownsville affordable housing lottery launches with $711 one-bedrooms

By Anna Bradley-Smith

Brooklyn intersection that was the site of deadly hit-and-run

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Advocates urge Mamdani’s DOT to lower speed limit on road after boy killed in Brooklyn hit-and-run

handguns seized from Brooklyn gun trafficking suspect

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AG James hits alleged Brooklyn gun trafficking boss with massive 176-count criminal indictment

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Former NYPD officer Michael DeCillis enters Democratic primary in NY-11

By Kirstyn Brendlen

suspect in hate crime on N train in Brooklyn

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Brooklyn hate crime: Man charged with assaulting Jewish man, stealing yarmulke in N train attack

Mr. Moto has launched a new Brooklyn-based sushi delivery service.

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Mr. Moto launches new sushi delivery service in Brooklyn

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Arts & Entertainment

Brooklyn Public Library’s night of ideas returns with headliner Werner Herzog

By Susan De Vries

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From Buffalo to Brooklyn: Over 50 Faith Leaders Support Auto Insurance Reform in New York

St. Patrick's Day

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Parades, pints and parties: Where to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in Brooklyn 2026

By Olivia Seaman

Sherry Cardoso is competing on the new season of "Top Chef."

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Brooklyn-based chef Sherry Cardoso to compete in new season of ‘Top Chef’

First Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan, Mayor Zohran Mamdani's top cabinet member, said on Thursday that a proposal to greatly expand metered and permitted parking is among possible revenue raisers the administration is considering to help close a sizable budget gap and fund its priorities.

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Top Mamdani deputy mayor doesn’t rule out expanding metered parking to help close budget gap

Gov Hochul and Mayor Mamdani arrive to speak at Women In Need (WIN) in Manhattan on Thursday to highlight their proposal for universal child care for children under five.

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MAMDANI’S FIRST 100 DAYS: Hochul ‘not frustrated’ by Mayor’s ‘tax the rich’ push as City Hall signals optimism in Albany

Jamie Rubin to lead Regional Plan Association

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NYCHA Chair Jamie Rubin tapped to lead Regional Plan Association, a major civic advocacy group

NY: Mayor Mamdani holds story time with 3-K students

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Story time: Mayor Mamdani visits Canarsie preschool as NYC launches free 2-K

By Gabriele Holtermann

intersection in Brooklyn where child was fatally struck by suv driver in hit-and-run

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4-year-old boy in Brooklyn struck dead by SUV driver in hit-and-run crash

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Business

Chase expands Brooklyn footprint with opening of new Flatbush Avenue branch

By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil

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Man stabbed while riding bicycle in Brooklyn: cops

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Three neglected Brooklyn parks to be upgraded as part of larger City Hall investment

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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Transit crimes, shootings increased in Brooklyn in February, though overall crime declined

By Kirstyn Brendlen

Brooklyn pols rally for speed limiters to stop Super Speeders

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NYC’s worst ‘Super Speeders’: Safe streets advocates highlight dangers of reckless drivers in push for speed-limiting devices bill

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