News on Brooklyn (New York City)

Barbara Boxer

2010-10-26T20:50:59Z

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Ofo Ase- Words of Wisdom 5-23-2010

2010-11-03T00:20:23Z

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U.S. settles suit with Muslims in post-9/11 abuse

2010-06-25T20:00:05Z

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. government will pay $1.26 million to five Muslim men detained for months without charges after the September 11 attacks who sued for unlawful imprisonment and abuse, their lawyers said on Tuesday.

The men claimed they suffered inhumane and degrading treatment in a Brooklyn detention center, including solitary...

Let the children speakKing and Obamafulfilling the dream

2010-10-22T12:06:55Z

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Obama Fried Chicken may be toast

2010-10-22T11:54:45Z

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Sam Obama wants world peace

2010-10-22T11:39:05Z

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Watching and waiting for Barack

2010-10-22T10:59:40Z

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DiNapoli's Hire, Praise for Duffy

2010-04-16T14:10:11Z

Tom DiNapoli hired Obama pollster Joel Benenson to work on what will be the comptroller’s first statewide election. [Liz]

Larry Silverstein praises Barack Obama's plan for rebuilding infrastructure. [The Real Estate]

The Bill Richardson is reportedly a top contender for commerce secretary. [WP]

The Brooklyn House of Detention won't re-open before developers work out a deal with opponenets, according to one report. [Brooklyn Paper]

Also, the project is sort of out of money. [Brownstoner]

An upstate columnist is highly s...

Daschle for H.H.S., LICH Can't Close Wing, Congressman Lopez?

2010-06-26T00:06:36Z

Adding insult to injury for New Yorkers on the right, Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long closed his Bay Ridge liquor store. [Brooklyn Paper]

The State Department of Health denied Brooklyn neighborhoods a majority of donations went to Barack Obama, but in the south part of the borough, a majority went to John McCain. [C.J.R. via Brownstoner]

David Yassky has become the "whipping boy" of politicians and voter...

Straniere vs. McMahon

2010-04-16T16:38:04Z

The so-called "experts" on politics were unanimous in their conclusion about New York's 13th District (Staten Island-Brooklyn) after Republican Rep. Vito Fossella announced he wasn't running again. With Democratic leaders settling on City Councilma...

Elsewhere: Palin's Investigation, Reporter Rebellion, Another Ethics Committee Meeting

2010-04-16T13:21:12Z

Five Republican lawmakers in Alaska are asking a judge to stop the investigation into Sarah Palin's firing of a top police official.

From the AP: "Asked about her refusal to turn over e-mails to an Alaska investigator, Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin looked up, smiled — and then stepped wordlessly into her waiting car. "

"She's really done a l...

Elsewhere: Clinton, Giuliani, Coney Island

2010-09-10T19:40:19Z

A new Washington Post/ABC News poll shows Clinton slipping in Iowa.

Clinton and Barack Obama engaged in some aggressive comparison of their respective abilities to handle the economy.

The former principal of the Eliot Spitzer hosts a breakfast for attendees of the Somos El Futuro Conference, in Puerto Rico.

11 a.m. Erik Dilan presents $9 million for green buildings projects, at 203 Arlington Avenue, in Michael Bloomberg speaks with Rich Masters of The Bill Press Show, on Sirius Satellite Radio, Channel 146. (It will also be streamed live at www.billpressshow.com).

8 a.m. Andrew Cuomo speaks at a fund-r...

Winter Weather Garbage

2011-01-03T17:30:53Z

After a Christmas weekend blizzard that dumped 20 inches of snow on New York City, garbage collects in piles on the sidewalk outside Flatbush Gardens apartments in Brooklyn on Monday, Jan. 3, 2011. Sanitation workers began to pick up garbage Monday for the first time since the blizzard struck. (AP Photo/Bebeto Ma...

Travel Trip Winter in Backcountry

2011-01-03T08:32:39Z

This Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010 shows Donna Lawlor of the Brooklyn borough of New York as she snowshoes through the pine forests of Hancock County, Maine. The solitude, quiet and frozen cold of a winter la...

Imperfect Storm

2011-01-01T14:30:48Z

FILE - In this Dec. 28, 2010 file photo, a street in the Sunset Park section of the Brooklyn neighborhood of New York remains unplowed two days after snow fell across every corner of the city. The city has cleaned up from big storms before with ease, but this blizzard became unlike anything New Yorkers had seen in decades. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Angelo Annunziata, 58, complains about the still unplowed snow in front of his house on 62nd Street and 23rd Avenue in Brooklyn, N.Y., Thursday, Dec. 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Chris Hawley)

APTOPIX Winter Weather

2010-12-29T07:01:25Z

A Sanitation Dept. plow truck is stuck on West 16th St. in the Coney Island neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York, Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)