Carl Paladino, the Republican candidate for governor, told a gathering of people in Williamsburg on Sunday that he disagrees with Andrew Cuomo’s support for gays, The New York Times report. Addressing Jewish Orthodox leaders, Paladino said that he did not think it was ok for children to be brainwashed into thinking that homosexuality was acceptable....
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October 11, 2010October 11, 2010Live Wire
NYC firefighter questioned in Bensonhurst hit and run killing
Police yesterday questioned a NYC firefighter whose car killed a Brooklyn man in a hit and run, amNewYork reports. The firefighter, Pat Quagliariello, turned himself in at the 62nd Precinct to identify the vehicle that killed 25 year old Manuel Tzajguachiac, at the corner of 65th Street and 20th Avenue at 12:30 a.m. Sunday. Tzajguachiac was...
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October 7, 2010November 30, 2010Brooklyn Life
State Seizes Vox Pop, but not its Spirit
By Richard Nieva
Like most businesses, the Vox Pop café in Flatbush stayed closed last Thanksgiving. Its mostly young staff was able to spend the day with their families. But for many of the café’s regulars, the day off was more like a day with nowhere to go.
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October 7, 2010October 8, 2010Brooklyn Life
Defense for Teen Stabbing Trial Continues
By Joe Deaux The grandmother of a teenager on trial for killing her cousin by stabbing her 30 times took the stand yesterday and testified that her granddaughter suffered from posttraumatic stress disorder after being raped. Tiana Browne, 17, is accused of stabbing Shannon Braithwaite to death in September 2008 in Crown Heights. Browne told...
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October 7, 2010October 8, 2010Brooklyn Life
A Truckin’ Hearse?
By Abigail Ronck Outside the red brick of St. Michael’s Roman Catholic Church in Sunset Park on a Saturday afternoon, there’s a vehicle parked curbside that looks like some kind of Chevrolet-inspired hearse—but even more lengthy. Either someone very tall has died, or this truckish-looking thing is some kind of new trend, the occasion for...
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October 1, 2010October 5, 2010Brooklyn Life
Brooklyn Mosque Rally Turns Ugly
by Vegas Tenold It was supposed to be a rally about parking. Somehow it turned into praise for Qu’ran burning, declarations of war and enough vitriol to warrant almost 20 police officers. Almost before it began, it became clear that the crowds lining Voorhies Avenue for last Sunday’s rally against a proposed mosque had different...