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...ON THIS DAY IN 1876, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “The services in memoriam of the Revolutionary martyrs will occur at Fort Greene Park promptly... ...ON THIS DAY IN 1888, the Eagle reported, “A Boston paper tells of a funny blunder which was made by Bishop Eastburn at a crowded church wedding in... ...There is Bath Beach, Brighton, Manhattan Beach, Coney Island, Sea Gate and a score of other places inside the city limits.... ...ON THIS DAY IN 1917, Eagle columnist Frederick Boyd Stevenson said, “Well, what about conscription and the manner of selection?...

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...(Manhattan & Bedford avenues in Greenpoint), and, this writer"s favorite, David"s Brisket House on Nostrand Ave.... ...BROOKLYN"S PASTRAMI HOUSES MAKE TOP TEN LIST ALL OVER BROOKLYN -- Katz"s Delicatessen on the Lower East Side may still make the city"s best pastrami... ...Deploy, which launched its Brooklyn Heights operation last year, is operated by Jimmy Lai and Daniel Singh, two Navy veterans, who hope that they... ...Reynoso had -- just last week -- proposed immediate legal opportunities for Governor Hochul, Mayor Adams, and the New York City Council to open up...

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...Anniversary of George Floyd"s killing: Changes were made, but short of "reckoning" on racial justice May 26, 2023 Aaron Morrison and Steve Karnowski... ...For more than nine minutes, a white officer pressed his knee to the neck of Floyd, a Black man, who gasped, “I can't breathe,” echoing Eric Garner"s... ...Ayanna Pressley, of Massachusetts, said during a recent press conference convened by a Black Lives Matter collective that she sees no evidence of... ...The beating death of Tyre Nichols at the hands of Memphis police officers in early January underscored just how long it could take....

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...Attorney General Letitia James has won a victory against pandemic profiteering this week when she secured a $100,000 settlement from Quality King... ...Serving a range of retailers, drug stores, and local grocery outlets throughout New York City and Long Island, Quality King was found to have inflated... ...This action against Quality King is part of a broader initiative by Attorney General James to crack down on price gouging and protect New Yorkers... ...PROF"S PODCAST EXAMINES USES OF AI IN HIRING AND HR THRUWAY"S BILLING METHODS HAVE LOST REVENUE AND MUST IMPROVE, REPORTS COMPTROLLER DINAPOLI REP...

brooklyneagle.com —  2+ day ago

...at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.... ...Amidst a backdrop of vibrant flowers, they were cheered on as they crossed the stage, their accomplishments recognized by Attorney General Letitia... ...James, awarded the honorary degree of Juris Doctor Honoris Causa, delivered an impassioned commencement address, urging graduates to stand up for... ...Student speaker Matthew Lign Fulton "23, selected by his peers, added humor to the ceremony, joking about “practicing for lawyer confidentiality”...

brooklyneagle.com —  1+ day ago

...The Brooklyn Women"s Bar Association (BWBA) hosted its Annual Gala at the Liberty Warehouse in Red Hook on Thursday, May 18.... ...Genine Edwards, who was awarded the Sybil Hart Kooper Award.... ...She also extended her gratitude to Justice Sylvia Hinds-Radix, the current NYC Corporation Counsel and a significant influence within the association... ...Mirman is now involved with the Brooklyn Women"s Bar Association Foundation and has worked alongside Hon....

brooklyneagle.com —  1+ day ago

...Prior to joining BDS, Yates served as the Director of Racial Equity and Social Justice at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene... ...John Yates, a seasoned community engagement and policy expert, has joined BDS as the new Managing Director of DEIB. ... ...He is a Sociology graduate from DePauw University, holds an MBA from Metropolitan College of New York, and is currently a J.D. candidate at the CUNY... ...Moreover, BDS"s Samuel Hamilton spoke out against Mayor Adams" proposal to cut critical programs provided by nonprofits in New York City jails during...

brooklyneagle.com —  1+ day ago

...Anita Gupta and her family know what it's like to live on the edge.... ...So when Gupta was invited by a colleague in 2019 to a charity lunch for NY Edge, a nonprofit organization that provides programming before and after... ...Gupta, who is the vice president of her family"s real estate group and serves on the Executive Board of the Community Housing Improvement Program... ...in all five boroughs of New York City and Long Island....

brooklyneagle.com —  1+ day ago

...ON THIS DAY IN 1843, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “The Bunker Hill Celebration will be an imposing ceremony.... ...ON THIS DAY IN 1846, the Eagle reported, “A writer in the Union, who appears to understand his subject, remarks as follows on the power of Mexico... ...Poor House.”... ...ON THIS DAY IN 1873, the Eagle reported, “Jonas Jordan, 96 years old, and a soldier of the war of 1812, is an inmate of the Bowling Green (Ky.)...