Refugees are welcome, say New Yorkers at Brooklyn forum
Over 200 people gathered in Fort Greene Wednesday to express solidarity with refugees from across the world and discuss ways to connect and
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Bikers at Motorcycle Show Fight Back Against Negative Public Image
Engine sounds roared through the vast Jacob K. Javits Convention Center Friday night as hundreds of spectators milled around motorcycles in all
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At Community Board Meeting, A Pitch for a More Connected Harlem
For Joi Dailey, the Starbucks and Dunkin’ Donuts in her neighborhood are more than just places to grab breakfast or a hot beverage.
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Advocates Call for Expanded Access to Hart Island
Community advocates, U.S war veterans and City Council members called on the Parks and Recreation Department Thursday to increase efforts to make Hart
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Brooklyn Residents Worry Citi Bike Expansion Could Hurt Parking
Around 70 Prospect Heights and Crown Heights gathered in the basement of St. Francis de Sales School for the Deaf in Crown Heights
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Castro Mourners Pay Homage in Manhattan
Hundreds of New Yorkers traveled to midtown Manhattan during the past week to pay homage to the late Cuban dictator Fidel Castro. On
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Survivors Remember Pearl Harbor at Intrepid Ceremony
It was a beautiful Sunday morning. The sun was shining and twin rainbows stretched across the sky. That’s how Clark J. Simmons, a
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Court Rules Closed Primary System is Constitutional
Tiffany Pennamon @tiffanypennamon Nearly 50 independent voters packed into a tiny courtroom Tuesday afternoon waiting to learn if the state’s primary system would
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Jews and Muslims Meet for an Evening of Food and Solidarity
Around 50 Muslims and Jews met on a rainy Tuesday evening at the Society for the Advancement of Judaism synagogue for a Peace
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Nate Silver, Columbia Professors Call on Media to Improve After Election Failures
Nate Silver, FiveThirtyEight founder and editor-in-chief, and three Columbia University professors called upon journalists to improve their work during a panel discussion on
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