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• Bay Ridge’s beloved Ragamuffin Parade turns 60, celebrating generations of community

  23-09-2026 16:48 via brooklynpaper.com
  
  The Bay Ridge Ragamuffin Parade is turning 60 — and the longtime neighborhood tradition is celebrating the milestone year by honoring the community that has maintained it.
  Ragamuffin Inc. hosted its annual kickoff brunch on Sept. 20 at Bay Ridge Manor, bringing supporters together ahead of the 60th annual Ragamuffin Parade this Saturday, which will once again transform Bay Ridge into a colorful procession of costumed children.
  The organization’s president, Allison Greaker, told Brook
  
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• ICE SHOOTING: DHS defends agents firing on Oscar Bergal, but admits they didn’t know child was in car; NYPD bodycam shows hospital rush

  09-10-2026 20:40 via amny.com
  
  ICE agents did not know a 5-year-old boy was inside the vehicle when at least one agent opened fire on the driver in Marble Hill Thursday afternoon, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin admitted Friday, as federal officials defended the shooting and revealed that the wounded man had been moved to an undisclosed detention facility outside New York.Mullin also confirmed that federal agents wore body cameras and that the cameras were on during Thursday’s operation. However, DHS has no
  
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• ICE SHOOTING: DHS defends agents firing on Oscar Belgal, but admits they didn’t know child was in car; NYPD bodycam shows hospital rush

  09-10-2026 20:40 via amny.com
  
  ICE agents did not know a 5-year-old boy was inside the vehicle when at least one agent opened fire on the driver in Marble Hill Thursday afternoon, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin admitted Friday, as federal officials defended the shooting and revealed that the wounded man had been moved to an undisclosed detention facility outside New York.Mullin also confirmed that federal agents wore body cameras and that the cameras were on during Thursday’s operation. However, DHS has no
  
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• Brooklyn Conservatory of Music opens new campus to expand music therapy and arts access

  09-10-2026 20:19 via brooklynpaper.com
  
  “Music is healing. Music holds things together,” Prince once said. The quote from the late artist, one of the most influential in modern music, captures the spirit of the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music’s (BKCM) new second musical hub, BKCM Prospect Park West, just four blocks from its original home at 58 Seventh Ave. in Park Slope, which opened 129 years ago.BKCM leadership and staff, elected officials, including Democratic congressional nominee Brad Lander, state Sens. Jabari
  
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• Who’s watching? Civil rights groups seek answers about NYPD’s use of Flock Safety

  09-10-2026 19:51 via brooklynpaper.com
  
  As police departments across the country increasingly turn to Automatic License Plate Recognition (ALPR) technology to fight crime, concerns about law enforcement agencies abusing the technology are also mounting.The AI-powered cameras record details about passing vehicles, including their location, date and time; make and model; and unique features such as dents, roof racks and bumper stickers. The system then automatically converts the information into digital data stored in an ALPR database,
  
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• Silent Writing Happy Hour returns to Pete’s Candy Store for ‘senior year’

  09-10-2026 15:00 via brooklynpaper.com
  
  Every Tuesday, writers gather at Pete’s Candy Store to do something that sounds almost impossible in a bar: sit in complete silence and write.Silent Writing Happy Hour (SWHH), a cherished weekly tradition among both writers and readers alike, has returned to the Williamsburg watering hole for its "senior year."Hosted every Tuesday from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., SWHH is introducing new programming for its fourth year, including senior seminars on the first Tuesday of every month. The night beg
  
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• Ops Wine & Pizza celebrates its 10th anniversary with a block party at its Bushwick location

  09-10-2026 13:00 via amny.com
  
  Ops opened 10 years ago at Himrod Street and Wyckoff Avenue. From the outset, it has given Bushwick a place for neighbors to hang out and taste wines from around the world. On Oct. 3, Ops threw a block party to celebrate its anniversary. What is Ops?Owner Mike Fadem started thinking about opening Ops as early as 2014, and when it opened in 2016, he intended it to be a neighborhood bar that would highlight his love for natural wine. Natural wine is wine that has not been artificially pr
  
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• ICE SHOOTING: Mamdani says talks with Trump failed to free man wounded by agents who fired seven shots in Marble Hill

  09-10-2026 06:07 via amny.com
  
  Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Thursday night that his efforts to secure the release of a man shot by ICE agents in Marble Hill had failed despite talks with President Donald Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin.NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said at least one ICE agent fired seven rounds during the confrontation, striking the 28-year-old man in the neck just below his left ear. A 5-year-old boy, believed to be the man's son, was inside the vehicle at the time but was unharmed and
  
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• Mamdani, Menin cut red tape to get hundreds of nonprofits paid faster amid years of contracting delays

  08-10-2026 23:45 via amny.com
  
  Mayor Zohran Mamdani and City Council Speaker Julie Menin said Thursday that the city will expand a program to speed up payments to hundreds of small nonprofits, allowing up to 800 organizations to receive their funding upfront rather than waiting months for reimbursement.Under the expanded program, eligible nonprofits receiving a cumulative $25,000 or less in City Council discretionary funding from participating city agencies will receive their full awards within 30 days after both the organiza
  
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• Mamdani admin considers charging for more parking spots, but not as a moneymaker: DOT Commissioner Flynn

  08-10-2026 22:00 via amny.com
  
  Expanding metered street parking and introducing dynamic pricing at the curb are "very much something" Mayor Zohran Mamdani's administration is "looking at," but it should be driven by policy and not a desire to raise revenue, Department of Transportation Commissioner Mike Flynn said on Thursday.Flynn made the comments during an Oct. 8 New York Law School event, when he was asked to shed more light on First Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan's remarks earlier this year that charging drivers for more of
  
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• ‘We remember’: Leaders push for permanent Oct. 7 memorial in Gravesend

  08-10-2026 21:05 via brooklynpaper.com
  
  As the Jewish community gathered at memorials across New York City and around the globe to remember the 1,200 victims of the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attack in Israel in 2023, local lawmakers and community leaders gathered in Gravesend to call for a permanent memorial honoring the victims.The group, which included Jewish politicians State Sen. Sam Sutton, U.S. Rep. Dan Goldman, NYC Comptroller Mark Levine, NYC Council Speaker Julie Menin and Council Member Eric Dinowitz, made the call at a press conf
  
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• ‘What I signed up for’: A cautious Mamdani stands by Oct. 7 response after getting backlash from both sides

  08-10-2026 19:30 via amny.com
  
  Mayor Zohran Mamdani defended on Thursday his handling of the third anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks, brushing off protesters who called him a traitor and standing by his statement that drew sharp criticism from some Jewish leaders.The mayor faced repeated questions about his handling of the anniversary at an unrelated press conference in Bushwick, less than 24 hours after pro-Palestinian demonstrators disrupted a Union Square vigil he attended to commemorate Israelis killed in the Oct. 7
  
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• A piece of home: Inside Tanya Weddemire Gallery at The Armory Show

  08-10-2026 17:45 via brooklynpaper.com
  
  The Armory Show is a highly significant art convention in New York City. Getting a piece shown here can change an artist’s life, and I was excited to see what they offered this year.After lingering at a few pieces that caught my eye, I stopped at the Tanya Weddemire Gallery exhibit at Booth 217. Tanya greeted me with a warm smile when I introduced myself. She told me that she is an immigrant herself, like the artists in her booth. Born in Montego Bay, Jamaica, and raised in Brooklyn, she s
  
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• Brooklyn’s Petri Plumbing marks 120 years with new generation at helm

  08-10-2026 17:22 via brooklynpaper.com
  
  A 1906 invoice is the oldest document the Petri family has kept to mark the beginning of its plumbing business.“The exact time that started, we don't know, it probably was before that because my great grandparents both came over in the late 1800s," said Michael Petri.Michael’s grandfather arrived from Italy in 1913 and rented a room above the company’s first office. From then on, generations of the family continued to live and work around the business.For more than a century, P
  
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• ‘The book is just the door’: Brown Babies n’ Books grows beyond story time

  08-10-2026 15:05 via brooklynpaper.com
  
  When snow was piling up across Brooklyn earlier this year, Brown Babies n' Books was preparing to host what would become a defining moment for the young organization.Despite the freezing temperatures and a winter storm, about 200 families made their way to City Point Brooklyn for the group's "Snowy Day" event. There was storytelling, but also music, dancing, a DJ, an emcee, and soft play — a far cry from the neighborhood story times that first brought families together. For Brown Babi
  
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• Editorial | Does Mamdani really care about Jewish New Yorkers?

  08-10-2026 13:30 via amny.com
  
  Oct. 7 is a date that all Jewish people relive the moments when 1,600 Israeli men, women, and children were brutally slaughtered, with hundreds more taken hostage for up to 2 years, during Hamas’ terrorist attack of 2023.It was a disgusting act of the worst traits that humans can have, and the worst crime committed against Jewish people since the Holocaust. The only parallel we have to Oct. 7 here in the U.S. would be 9/11.Had the U.S. suffered a similar attack of the same proportions as I
  
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• 2026 Governor’s Race: Hochul leads Blakeman by 11 points in new poll as Dems take a bite out of his public safety claims

  08-10-2026 00:20 via amny.com
  
  Gov. Kathy Hochul holds an 11-point lead over Republican challenger Bruce Blakeman in a new statewide poll released Wednesday, as New York Democrats seek to turn one of the Nassau County executive’s signature campaign issues, public safety, against him.The Marist poll found Hochul leading Blakeman 53% to 42% among registered voters, with 5% undecided. Blakeman led among independents, 49% to 42%, while the two candidates were tied at 48% among suburban voters.Hochul held a commanding advant
  
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• Fare evasion: Hochul, MTA leaders say stations testing modern fare gate models see 35% drop in the costly crime

  07-10-2026 22:00 via amny.com
  
  Fare evation has plummeted an average of 35% across the 20 stations where the MTA is testing modern subway entrance gates meant to deter the practice, Gov. Kathy Hochul and agency leaders announced on Wednesday.Hochul and MTA honchos also revealed on Oct. 7 that the transit agency is finally fulfilling its pledge to move the modern fare gate pilot to its next stage by expanding it to 20 more stations.The pilot program is testing the effectiveness of modern fare gate models from three companies &
  
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• Pink Runway returns to Brooklyn Museum for 15th anniversary celebrating breast cancer survivors

  07-10-2026 21:51 via brooklynpaper.com
  
  For 15 years, breast cancer survivors have traded hospital gowns for designer looks and treatment rooms for the runway at Maimonides Health’s annual Pink Runway — and this year, the celebration gets a new backdrop.The 15th annual Pink Runway will take place Oct. 27 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Brooklyn Museum, bringing survivors, families, doctors and supporters together for an evening dedicated to celebrating life after breast cancer.The event, titled “A Journey of Strength &a
  
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• Firefighter who died battling Brooklyn blaze receives posthumous honors at FDNY’s Upper Manhattan Memorial

  07-10-2026 21:00 via amny.com
  
  The name of an FDNY firefighter who suffered a fatal medical emergency while battling a Brooklyn blaze last November was officially added to the department's Upper Manhattan memorial on Wednesday.New York's Bravest held its annual name-adding ceremony on Oct. 7 at the Firemen's Memorial, located at the corner of West 100th Street and Riverside Drive. This year, the names of 11 members of the department, active or retired, who died over the past year were added to the memorial.That includes Lieut
  
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• Brooklyn Dems’ leadership battle hits new snag in court as parties clash over legal representation

  07-10-2026 20:01 via brooklynpaper.com
  
  The legal battle over who, exactly, is in charge of the Brooklyn Democratic Party cannot continue until a judge decides which lawyers are authorized to represent the party in court.Last week, Brooklyn Supreme Court Judge Lisa Lewis declared that former party chair Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn’s term ended on Sept. 23. For now, she ruled, the only person with county-wide authority is newly-elected county committee chair Nydia Velazquez. Velázquez promptly fired the party’s l
  
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• Brooklyn Dems’ leadership battle hits new snag in court as parties battle over legal representation

  07-10-2026 20:01 via brooklynpaper.com
  
  The legal battle over who, exactly, is in charge of the Brooklyn Democratic Party cannot continue until a judge decides which lawyers are authorized to represent the party in court.Last week, Brooklyn Supreme Court Judge Lisa Lewis declared that former party chair Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn’s term ended on Sept. 23. For now, she ruled, the only person with county-wide authority is newly-elected county committee chair Nydia Velazquez. Velázquez promptly fired the party’s l
  
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• From sirens to symphonies: Shuttered Cobble Hill firehouse gets new life as music school

  07-10-2026 18:17 via brooklynpaper.com
  
  For more than two decades, the former Engine Company 204 firehouse at 299 DeGraw Street in Cobble Hill has stood empty. The 6,000-square-foot firehouse, built in 1857, closed in 2003 amid budget cuts under then-Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Now, it is preparing for a new kind of public service.On Oct. 6, the city broke ground on a $17.8 million renovation project that will transform the historic fire station into a permanent home and music school for the Noel Pointer Foundation (NPF), allowing the cu
  
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• How some NYC bodegas are using AI to help decide what to charge you — with an eye on bigger profits

  07-10-2026 18:00 via amny.com
  
  New Yorkers are getting used to seeing AI-generated signs and posters on neighborhood storefronts, from bodega windows to signs at deli counters. Less visible is what the technology is starting to do behind the counter — including helping some stores decide what to charge.At one Brooklyn deli Tuesday afternoon, a worker scanned a box of Life Cinnamon cereal into the store’s new point-of-sale system, Bodega AI, while showing amNewYork how it handles pricing.  The price of the cer
  
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• Inside Government with PoliticsNY: A Q&A with Chair and Commissioner of the NYC Taxi and Limousine Commission Midori Valdivia

  07-10-2026 16:00 via politicsny.com
  
  PoliticsNY’s latest special edition, Inside Government: Transportation features the government officials shaping New York’s transportation landscape. Today’s Q&A is with Chair and Commissioner of the NYC Taxi and Limousine Commission (NYC TLC) Midori Valdivia. The NYC TLC which is responsible for licensing and regulating New York City's medallion taxi cabs, for-hire vehicles, commuter vans and paratransit vehicles, along with the businesses that operate them.How has your ca
  
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• NYC says it can handle AI-powered cyberattacks, but other safeguards are still catching up

  06-10-2026 20:30 via amny.com
  
  New York City says it is prepared to defend its computer systems from AI-powered attacks. Keeping tabs on how its own workers are using the technology is another story.At a marathon City Council hearing Monday, officials in the Mamdani administration acknowledged that the city cannot technically monitor employees’ use of outside AI tools, is still staffing the office charged with overseeing algorithmic systems, and does not yet know how the technology could reshape its workforce.The admiss
  
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• Brooklyn bus lanes: Mamdani admin breaks ground on project to boost bus speeds on pair of vital roadways

  06-10-2026 20:15 via amny.com
  
  The city Department of Transportation (DOT) announced Tuesday that it started construction on a sizable redesign of Brooklyn's Bay Parkway and Cropsey Avenue — adding bus lanes to the two roadways that the agency says will hasten trips for 85,000 daily riders.The undertaking will see the DOT paint a combination of offset and curbside bus lanes on Bay Parkway between Avenue J and Shore Parkway, covering nearly all of the thoroughfare that runs through the southern Brooklyn neighborhoods of
  
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• 50,000 to rally in Central Park for iconic Making Strides breast cancer awareness walk this month

  06-10-2026 18:57 via amny.com
  
  Tens of thousands of breast cancer survivors, families and supporters will gather in Central Park on Oct. 18 for the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk as the fundraiser returns for its 33rd year in New York.The annual fundraiser is hosted by the American Cancer Society and features approximately 50,000 survivors every year as one of the largest Making Strides walks in the country. It brings the city together to raise money and honor those affected by breast cancer.The event will be held
  
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• PHOTOS | Lenape/Lunáapeew roots take center stage at Brooklyn’s Prospect Park Pow Wow

  06-10-2026 17:38 via brooklynpaper.com
  
  The third annual United Lenape/Lunáapeew Nations Pow Wow returned to Prospect Park on Saturday and Sunday, bringing together members of the Native American community for a two-day celebration of Indigenous culture and Brooklyn’s Native roots.Families and participants traveled from as far as South Dakota, North Carolina and Wisconsin to take part in the event at the LeFrak Center at Lakeside. The Pow Wow featured traditional dance, song and drumming, as well as Native artists, vendor
  
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• At Barclays Center, Latin music is bringing Brooklyn together

  06-10-2026 17:23 via brooklynpaper.com
  
  From Bad Bunny taking over the Super Bowl to Latin music generating more than $1 billion in U.S. revenue, the genre is making waves across the country. In Brooklyn, Barclays Center has become a major stage for that growing popularity, drawing hundreds of thousands of fans to performances by some of Latin music’s biggest stars.Since 2022, Barclays has hosted nearly 10 Latin shows a year on average and has continued growing its Latino audience. Latin shows alone have generated more than $100
  
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