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Bed-Stuy Rep Jeffries Has 3rd Most House Speaker Votes Ever: Report
Top House Democrat and local rep Hakeem Jeffries has already received over two thousand votes for House Speaker — so far.

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Top House Democrat and local rep Hakeem Jeffries has already received over two thousand votes for House Speaker — so far.

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The national award was given to the five librarians behind the Books Unbanned campaign.
The orange compost containers appeared on Wednesday up and down several Bed-Stuy avenues, the first smart-bin composting sites in Brooklyn.
Park Slope is where Al Pacino cried "Attica!" and where "Julie & Julia" producers found a French cafe that they passed off as Paris.
The 79-year-old store owner was savagely beaten by two robbers who made off with $100,000 of jewelry, according to reporting.
Also: You've Got Jail: PLG Postal Worker Who Stole $4M Sentenced, DOJ Says | Atlantic Avenue Rezone Hosts First Public Workshop.
Former Utica Avenue postal worker Jaleesa Wallace, 31, was sentenced to two years six months in prison, prosecutors announced Wednesday.
The first public workshop which seeks to make the neighborhood's M-CROWN rezone plan a reality will be on Jan. 17.
With two more tickets issued for rats at the mayor's Bed-Stuy home, Curtis Sliwa says why not try two wild cats?
Also: After 21 years, Park Slope Toy Shop Leaves 5th Ave | Grand Army Plaza Should March To Pedestrian Friendly Design: Survey.
The renderings show a contemporary building with ample outdoor space for residents.
Over 2,000 respondents responded, with nearly 80 percent calling for fewer cars and more pedestrian space.
Lulu's Cuts and Toys is leaving the storefront and heading to the internet.
Two men robbed a jewelry store right before the end of the year, police said.
A man dragged a 12-year-old boy before snatching his cellphone, police said.
The theft happened in December inside the Seventh Avenue subway station.
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Instead of leaving your Christmas tree on the sidewalk, bring it to one of these Parks Department sites to have it recycled into wood chips.