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Daily Archives: June 4, 2021

Posted inCrime

The Week in Crime: Spotlight on Bed-Stuy

by Brooklyn Reader June 4, 2021

Overall, crime is down Bed-Stuy, and in Brooklyn as a whole. There has no change in crime levels reported to Bed-Stuy’s 79th Precinct, but there has 41.6% decrease reported to […]

Posted inArts & Entertainment

Is the NYPD’s New ‘Graffiti Cleanup’ Blotting Out Brooklyn Street Art?

by Jessy Edwards June 4, 2021June 15, 2021
Posted inHealth & Wellness

City Launches Block Parties for Teens in an Effort to Increase Vaccination

by Brianna Lopez June 4, 2021June 7, 2021
Posted inHousing

New 14-Story 100% Affordable Apartment Building to Be Built in Brownsville

by Brooklyn Reader June 4, 2021June 7, 2021
Posted inHousing

NYC Immigrant Renters to Get Legal Guidance, Rent Relief Through New Housing Helpline

by Anna Bradley-Smith June 4, 2021
Posted inIn Other Brooklyn News

Andrew Yang, Hoping to Troll Mayor de Blasio at YMCA, Is Chased Away by Protesters

by Brooklyn Reader June 4, 2021June 7, 2021
Posted inIn Other Brooklyn News

MTA Bus Driver Punched by Man Refusing to Wear Mask in Brooklyn

by Brooklyn Reader June 4, 2021June 7, 2021
Posted inIn Other Brooklyn News

Activists Call on Adams to Oppose Stop-and-Frisk

by Brooklyn Reader June 4, 2021
Posted inIn Other Brooklyn News

New York City Can’t Just Gentrify Its Way Back to Normal

by Brooklyn Reader June 4, 2021June 7, 2021

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