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Health

Maimonides welcomes Brooklyn’s first baby of 2026

By Gabriele Holtermann

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AMNY

Five-alarm fire at Brooklyn matzoh factory injures firefighter, three others

NYSNA nurses rallied outside Maimonides Hospital for a fair contract. Photo by Gabriele Holtermann

Health

NYSNA nurses call for healthcare protection during week of action

By Gabriele Holtermann

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News

Driver fatally strikes 84-year-old pedestrian in Borough Park

By Kirstyn Brendlen

NY: Maimonides Children’s Emergency Department Opening

Health

Maimonides celebrates unveiling of Brooklyn’s largest and only standalone Children’s Emergency Department

By Gabriele Holtermann

Maimonides Health summer youth employment

Health

Maimonides honors nearly 300 students in Brooklyn summer jobs program

By Olivia Seaman

NY: Maimonides Health Unveils New Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Department

Health

Maimonides unveils new psychiatric emergency department, expanding mental health care in Brooklyn

By Gabriele Holtermann

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Health

‘Keep shining your light’: Maimonides honors 1,700 volunteers at annual luncheon

By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil

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Politics

NYC Primaries | Meet the candidates for Brooklyn’s City Council District 38

By Max Levine Murray

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84th Precinct: Office thief snatches laptops

Over a hundred seventy five firefighters responded to a three alarm fire which heavily damaged a shoe store and apartments above, displacing 12 residents.

Three-alarm fire in Borough Park shoe store displaces 20 residents

By Lloyd Mitchell

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News

As Brooklynites struggle with food insecurity, Met Council distributes kosher food for Passover

By Gabriele Holtermann

A rendering of the planned seven-story mixed-use building at 1547 60th St. in Borough Park.

Environment

Former auto body shop site in Borough Park to become seven-story development

By Lauren Rapp

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News

Pro-Palestine, pro-Israel protestors clash at Borough Park real estate event

By Robert Pearl and Robert Pozarycki

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Politics

AM Lester Chang sworn in for second term, calls for unity and community service

By Robert Pearl

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News

Oh, baby! Brooklyn welcomes first newborns of 2025

By Robert Pozarycki & Lloyd Mitchell

Health

Maimonides’ Community for Kids benefit breaks records, raising over $200K for pediatric care

By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil

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Health

Maimonides and local churches unite in annual Celebration of Light

By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil

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Development

City Council approves ambitious Brooklyn Yards development plan

By Anna Bradley-Smith

NY: UJA Brooklyn Hub

News

UJA Federation unveils state-of-the-art facility to combat poverty in Brooklyn

By Gabriele Holtermann

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