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Brooklyn childhood education center closed for months over mold issues

NEW YORK — A Brooklyn childhood education center that has been operating for decades is fighting to reopen after waiting months for NYCHA to address mold issues. The federally funded Head Start progra...

September 19, 2024
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NYC afterschool programs to receive $3 million in extra state funding

NEW YORK — On Friday, Gov. Kathy Hochul's office announced an additional investment of $3 million to New York City to fund afterschool programs. Albany says it's making the additional pot of money ava...

September 13, 2024
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Is there renewed hope for a ferry in Coney Island?

NEW YORK — There's a sense of renewed hope for residents in Coney Island who have been fighting to get NYC Ferry service to the peninsula. This week, Councilmember Justin Brennan renewed a call for a ...

September 12, 2024
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Mayor's McGuinness Boulevard Plan leaves community divided

NEW YORK — For more than a decade, Brooklyn residents have been calling for changes to the design of the deadly McGuinness Boulevard in Greenpoint. Years of activism and studies brought a Department o...

September 11, 2024
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Meet the Brooklyn artist who painted the twin towers in 1971

NEW YORK -- There's a clear autumn day, more than half a century ago, etched in artist Ken Rush's memory. "It was a flawlessly clear blue sky, brilliant, brilliant light," he said recently. "I suddenl...

September 9, 2024
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Brooklyn parents upset over loss of free after-school program funding

NEW YORK -- On the first day of school Thursday, parents in southern Brooklyn were scrambling to find free after-school options for their kids following a change in the state's grant program. Alex Cho...

September 5, 2024
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Shooting at NYC's West Indian Day Parade leaves 1 dead

NEW YORK -- One person was killed and four others were hurt in a shooting Monday at New York City's West Indian American Day Parade in Brooklyn. Police said 25-year-old Denzel A. Chan, of Texas, was s...

September 2, 2024
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West Indian Day Parade: Brooklyn route map & street closures

West Indian American Carnival kicks off Brooklyn's biggest party NEW YORK -- New York City's annual West Indian American Day Carnival and Parade is taking over the streets of Brooklyn this Labor Day. ...

September 1, 2024
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Brooklyn Book Bodega helps kids build their own libraries

NEW YORK — As students head back to school next week, a Brooklyn-based nonprofit is working to make sure city kids have at-home libraries. Studies show that having books at home leads to better educat...

August 30, 2024
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Steelpan orchestras prepare for annual Panorama competition in Brooklyn

NEW YORK — The West Indian American Day Carnival in Brooklyn is Monday, but Carnival Week is already in full swing and musicians are preparing for this weekend's festivities. Steelpan orchestras cityw...

August 29, 2024
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Affordable housing lottery opens for Gowanus residential high-rise

NEW YORK — The first residential high-rise built after recent rezoning in Gowanus, Brooklyn hits the affordable housing market this week. Scaffolding, hard hat areas and new foundations stretch on for...

August 28, 2024
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NYC making big investment in maternal health in Coney Island

NEW YORK -- On the eighth floor of NYC Health + Hospitals/South Brooklyn Health, elected officials used a sledgehammer to hit an old wall, beginning work on a new integrated women's health center in C...

August 26, 2024
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CBS News New York hosting pop-up newsroom at Brighton Jubilee Festival

NEW YORK – This Sunday will be the 47th annual Brighton Jubilee Festival, a celebration of the diversity and history of the waterfront neighborhood. Close to 125,000 people, multiple entertainment sta...

August 23, 2024
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Child reported missing in Brooklyn found with the help of Chopper 2

NEW YORK - A child who had been reported missing in Brooklyn Thursday has been found, with the help of CBS New York's Chopper 2. The NYPD said a 9-year-old boy went missing at around 7 a.m. after head...

August 22, 2024
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Should lifeguards be part of the FDNY instead of NYC Parks?

NEW YORK – Some in South Brooklyn want lifeguards to be part of the New York City Fire Department instead of the Parks Department. It's a potential solution to the city's ongoing lifeguard shortage. T...

August 20, 2024