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Activists protest National Grid’s sponsorship of Climate Week NYC

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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Marine Park Salt Marsh Nature Center to get $2 million makeover

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Man shot in broad daylight at MetroTech Commons

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East New York man charged with killing of four-year-old boy

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Councilmember Alicka Ampry-Samuel tapped by Biden to head HUD regional office

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Brooklyn Book Festival returns with hybrid event starting September 26

By Craig Hubert

Police & Fire

‘Bay Ridge tradition’: Memorial run for fallen police officer kicks off in-person

By Jessica Parks

Landlords in the Crosshairs

Leveling the ‘playing field’: Brooklyn pol breaks down commercial rent bill

By Morgan C. Mullings

Downtown

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By Jada Camille

Bay Ridge

Bay Ridge street co-named for beloved Supreme Court judge Arthur Schack

By Jessica Parks

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Adams pitches converting distressed hotels to supportive housing

By Ben Verde

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Bound, gagged body found rotting under the Coney Island Boardwalk

By Robert Pozarycki

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By Ben Verde

Police & Fire

Nine NYCHA contractors busted for bribing supers for repair work

By Ben Brachfeld

DA Gonzalez continues to send people to rikers island

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DA still sending some defendants to Rikers, despite jail’s chaos

By Ben Brachfeld

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Nine NYCHA contractors busted for bribing supers for repair work

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