Brooklyn Paper News Headlines Archive for April 16, 2024

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Sports

Carl Erskine, Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher and last surviving member of ‘Boys of Summer,’ dies at 97

By Beth Harris, AP

Helicopter flying over East River in NYC

AMNY

NYC lawmakers seek to ban ‘non-essential’ chopper flights from city heliports

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Religion

Brooklyn Diocese reaches sexual abuse settlement with Attorney General Letitia James

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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Bakery and cafe with basement cocktail bar to open in Bed-Stuy

By Anna Bradley-Smith

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News

Bouncer arrested in connection to fatal Bay Ridge bar stabbing

By Jada Camille

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FDNY makes first lithium-ion battery arrest at Flatbush bike shop

By Dean Moses & Brooklyn Paper staff

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News

‘Young greatness’: WNBA draft draws record attention with star athletes in Downtown Brooklyn

By Jada Camille

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Sponsored

Op-ed | Closing SUNY Downstate University Hospital will negatively impact borough

By Redetha Abrahams-Nichols

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QNS

NYPD implements American Sign Language training for recruits as part of equity and inclusion initiative

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Politics

Reynoso seeks to ‘close the gaps in maternal healthcare’ with Brownsville community baby shower

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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AMNY

Op-Ed | Scoring a goal for affordable housing

Devorah Halberstam and Rivkie Feiner speak at the ADL summit "Never is Now" about antisemitism in the Orthodox Jewish community. Photo by Gabriele Holtermann

AMNY

Big hate in the Big Apple: Why New York City saw record levels of antisemitism last year, according to Anti-Defamation League

More from Around New York

Don Lemon attends the premiere of the fourth season of the "The Morning Show" in New York City, U.S., September 9, 2025.

Federal agents arrest Don Lemon in connection with St. Paul church protest

Jamaican-born entrepreneur Jermaine Parker.

Jamaican Jermaine Parker opens state-of-the-art recording studio in the Bronx

Dancers dressed in red holding a traditional lion for the Lunar New Year Lion Dance.

New York Family

34 Family-Friendly Events to Celebrate Lunar New Year in NYC

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NYCLU sues NYPD over racial profiling in traffic stops