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The King’s College loses accreditation, poised to close after years of financial woes

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Street art, more trees, and transportation improvements coming Downtown Brooklyn as part of $40 million investment

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Downtown Brooklyn streets come to life with colorful new asphalt art

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Brooklyn Friends School to offer new ‘Justice and Transformational Change’ development programs for educators

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Lower Manhattan garage had history of violations for ‘loose,’ ‘defective’ concrete; will be demolished

Posted on April 19, 2023

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The King’s College students get eviction notices at Downtown BK apartments as school faces financial crisis

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‘He was king of New York’: Art installation honors Biggie at foot of Brooklyn Bridge

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‘As local as possible’: Ceramics shop A.mano Brooklyn celebrates one-year anniversary

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Trick or treat yo’ self to Brooklyn’s most beloved Halloween events

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Street relief: Downtown Brooklynites ask DOT to flip traffic on Bond Street after Schermerhorn redesign

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‘Dampened by the rain’: Atlantic Antic draws few crowds due to weather

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New Columbus Park sculpture “Mind Forged Manacles/‌Manacle Forged Minds,” examines fences, incarceration

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Attorney General to investigate police shootings in Brooklyn, Queens

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Kids of all ages celebrate Pride Month at Coney-themed City Point spectacular

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Brooklyn Cat Café gets $10,000 grant from Petco Love

Portrait of a cute Yorkshire Dog with woman legs (low section) on the street, New York

Copper Dog matches adoption fees for National Rescue Dog Day

Posted on May 20, 2022

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‘Drive-Thru’ outdoor film installation opens at 300 Ashland Place

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‘My house is sinking’: Two Bridges residents call for independent monitor to protect their community

Posted on February 9, 2022

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Artist begins three-month public engagement process for contentious Abolitionist Place installation

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New digital placard readers set to roll out in Downtown Brooklyn in bid to curb illegal parking

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Chelsea tenant-chosen development plan looks to change the way NYCHA repairs are made

Posted on December 1, 2021

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One year later protesters seek harsher punishment for Queens woman who mowed them down in Midtown

Posted on December 1, 2021

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Holiday season kicks off in Downtown Brooklyn with Albee Square tree lighting

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City pumping $110M into climate change resiliency project for Seaport District

Posted on October 27, 2021

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Thousands march across Brooklyn Bridge protesting vax mandate

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Download the Eat. Drink. Win. pass to win cool prizes for dining and drinking in Lower Manhattan

Posted on September 10, 2021

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Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism Dean Sarah Bartlett retiring next summer

Posted on August 30, 2021

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Stuyvesant Square District street to be co-named after composer Harry T. Burleigh

Posted on August 24, 2021

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Yonkers man booked for bloody hatchet attack at Financial District bank

Posted on August 18, 2021

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On the road again: Lower Manhattan’s Water Street redesign starts construction

Posted on July 22, 2021

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Shake Shack manager sues NYPD unions, city over ‘poisoned’ milkshake incident

Posted on June 15, 2021

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Tunnel to Towers run set to return this September after COVID-19 hiatus

Posted on June 9, 2021

Climate activists demand public power, end to climate corruption

Climate activists cuffed at Downtown protest over Public Renewables Act

Posted on June 3, 2021

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AD ART SHOW brings bright, contemporary art back to The Oculus this month

Posted on May 2, 2021

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Closed for business: Ground lease management files eviction lawsuit against Gramercy Park Hotel

Posted on April 25, 2021

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Shea dispels NYPD no-knock warrant myths, has eye on possible Chauvin trial protests in NYC

Posted on April 15, 2021

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A second chance: FDR homeless couple start GoFundMe amidst eviction threats

Posted on April 15, 2021

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Influential women of NYC: Our cup runneth over

Posted on March 23, 2021

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Motorcyclists in five-pattern robbery series target E-Bike riders exclusively

Posted on March 21, 2021

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‘Put her in the grand jury’: Sharpton calls for justice in Arlo Hotel profiling incident in SoHo

Posted on December 30, 2020

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Vehicle bursts into flames near Union Square

Posted on December 28, 2020

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UFT welcomes elementary students return back to school

Posted on December 7, 2020

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Rally outside of City Hall to re-open schools for middle and high school students

Posted on December 6, 2020

Suspect sought for shooting man in face on Lower East Side

Posted on December 4, 2020

Political leaders say Lower East Side fliers are hate-filled smears against local lawmakers

Posted on December 3, 2020

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Downtown Independent Democrats Zooms its fundraiser, engages members

Posted on November 24, 2020

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Holiday lights and magic at Brookfield Place, World Trade Center

Posted on November 11, 2020

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Downtown Connection Bus has new look and more COVID protections

Posted on October 16, 2020

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Celebrating community and history, Church of the Master approaches its centennial

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Ridgewood drivers beware: ABLE cameras activated along B26 bus route

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Downtown Brooklyn Arts Festival to showcase music, dance, and experimental arts starting Sept. 29

Amanda Darrow, director of youth, family and education programs at the Utah Pride Center, poses with books that have been the subject of complaints from parents on Dec. 16, 2021, in Salt Lake City.

Challenges to library books continue at record pace in 2023, American Library Association reports