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November 29, 2011September 27, 2019Live Wire
Ultra-Orthodox women fight for right to join Hatzalah ambulance service- Haaretz
The fight against the exclusively male character of Hatzalah, a veteran EMS service, is led by Rachel Freier, known as “Rochi” among her friends, a Haredi attorney and resident of the predominately ultra-Orthodox and Hasidic Borough Park neighborhood. Read the full story at Haaretz.
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November 29, 2011September 27, 2019Live Wire
“Brooklyn came awfully close to becoming an East Coast Detroit.” – City Journal
In 1982, I moved with my husband and our two young children into a partly renovated brownstone in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Last year, New Yorkpronounced the area “the most livable neighborhood in New York City,” but in those days, real-estate agents euphemistically described it as “in transition,” meaning that the chances you’d get mugged during a...
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November 29, 2011September 27, 2019Live Wire
Panel Recommends Broad Changes for Brooklyn Hospitals- WNYC
A state panel says says six of Brooklyn’s 15 hospitals aren’t economically viable in their current state — and three are in the middle of “financial crises.” The hospitals are running deficits, they have many empty beds and their patients often stay longer and have worse outcomes than state and national averages. Read the full...
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November 15, 2011September 27, 2019Brooklyn Life
As it Happened: The Occupy Wall Street Eviction
Live coverage from Ink reporters and the social media universe, as events unfold in Zuccotti Park and beyond.
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November 15, 2011September 27, 2019Live Wire
Good Morning Brooklyn: OWS is our story today
Today, The Brooklyn Ink is all about Occupy Wall Street. Earlier this morning, hundreds of officers cleared Zuccotti Park and ended, for now, a two-month encampment. For in-depth, on-the-scene coverage from around the city, follow The Ink’s live coverage. Any questions, notes from the scene, thoughts, pictures? Email us : thebrooklynink@gmail.com Twitter: @thebrooklynink
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November 14, 2011September 27, 2019Brooklyn Life, Politics
Silvio Steps Down – Not That You’d Know it in Brooklyn
Silvio Berlusconi’s resignation as Italy’s prime minister may have sent shockwaves across Europe, but it has barely sent a ripple through Brooklyn’s Italian neighborhoods. The Ink speaks with Italian-American Brooklyners and the chief editor of a prominent Italian-American publication.
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November 1, 2011November 6, 2011Brooklyn Life
Make Room, Brooklyn: 7 Billion and Counting
The world’s population just passed seven billion, according to the United Nations. There are 21 megacities—metropolitan areas having a population of over 10 million—around the globe, and New York is one of them. Things are getting more crowded in Brooklyn too. The Ink created a map of the borough’s community districts to learn where Brooklyn...
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October 31, 2011November 3, 2011Brooklyn Life, Politics
At Sea in America: Arab Immigrants May Lose Key Services
On January 1, The Arab American Association of New York will lose AmeriCorps support. Hiten Samtani looks at the impact of this decision through the community's eyes.
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October 20, 2011November 8, 2011Politics
Brooklyn, Twitterverse, react to Qaddafi’s death
A Storify on the praise for President Obama's "leading from behind" policy, and its role in ending the Gaddafi era. We also spoke with the Egyptian American Community Foundation in Brooklyn.