Feet In Two Worlds Blog posted a report today about Arab American students’ struggles for an accurate census reading of the Arab community. According to the 2000 Census, there were approximately 1.25 million people living in the United States who identified as Arab. But many advocates estimate the Arab-American population to be three times that...
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April 30, 2010April 30, 2010Live Wire
Williamsburg Blamed for Possibility of Losing Congress Seats
The Gothamist posted a summary warning that low census returns may cost New York two congressional seats, while pointing fingers to Williamsburg- home of the hipsters, where census returns rank lowest in the city.
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April 30, 2010April 30, 2010Live Wire
De La Soul to Headline Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival
De La Soul was unveiled this morning as the 6th Annual Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival in Brooklyn by organizers, Brooklyn Bodega. The iconic hip-hop group will anchor the six-day-long hip-hop festival in early July on the DUMBO Waterfront.
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April 30, 2010April 30, 2010Live Wire
City Council Silences Tourist Buses
Residents of New York can take a sigh of relief because City Council has passed a bill requiring double-decker tour buses to replace loud speaker systems with headphones, http://www.manhattanstyle.com/news/city-council-passes-bill-to-silence-nyc-tour-buses/ reports. The double-decker tourist buses have long been an eye and ear sore for Manhattan and parts of Brooklyn.
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April 30, 2010April 30, 2010Live Wire
Park Slope Gets More Modern
A new building 580 Carroll Street in Park Slope is catching the attention of some architecture lovers. The Daily News has more about the new building, designed by Enrique Norten.
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April 30, 2010April 30, 2010Live Wire
Dead Biker’s Mom Wants Bike Lane in Flatbush
The Brooklyn Paper has the story of a grieving mother of a bicyclist who was run down and killed on April 14th as he was on his way to class at Brooklyn College. Laraine McDonough is joinging a cycling advocate campaign for a bike lane in at the corner of Flatbush Avenue and Beverly Road,...
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April 30, 2010April 30, 2010Live Wire
Freddy’s Last Friday
Today, patrons of Freddy’s Bar will raise their beers one last time. In the past few years Freddy’s has been the epicenter of the Atlantic Yards Barclay’s Center controversy. Keep reading at The Brooklyn Paper.
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April 30, 2010April 30, 2010Live Wire
Search on for Sexual Assault Suspect
Police are searching for a man they believe robbed and sexually assaulted a woman at knife-point this past weekend in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. Find out more at NY1.
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April 30, 2010April 30, 2010Live Wire
Parker to be Tried for Assault
The latest on State Sen. Parker comes from NY1, who reports that the Brooklyn DA will be trying him this summer for assault on a New York Psst photographer last May. This comes after State Sen. DeFrancisco brushed off Parker’s attack, calling him a “white supremacist”. DeFranscisco said to “consider the source,” highlighting Parker’s history...
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April 30, 2010April 30, 2010Live Wire
Sex and the City Stars and Moms Help Sick Baby
Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon, Kristin Davis, Tina Fey, Naomi Watts, Rachel Weisz, Ted Danson and many others will be out in Brooklyn this weekend for a benefit to help a baby suffering from anaplastic ependymoma. The 9-month old is the daughter of Mei-Lei Hippisley-Coxe, a crew member who worked in the wardrobe department on...