[simpleviewer gallery_id=”177″]“I would rather live one hour of freedom than 40 years of enslaved life. That is what the poem says.” Ari Weekts, an African American third grader from Brooklyn, stands solemnly in front of the class board and translates into English with a steady voice one of the most famous poems of the Greek...
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April 7, 2013September 30, 2019Brooklyn Life
A Greek Tragedy: Starting Over in Brooklyn
Dimitris Kokotos is one of the victims of the notorious financial crisis that has turned thousands of Greeks into immigrants. He moved from Athens to Coney Island, Brooklyn, because of the crisis. Men and women of all ages and educational status are leaving Greece, fleeing from a record unemployment rate of 27 percent and a GDP that contracted by 6 percent in 2012, according to the International Monetary Fund.
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March 31, 2013September 30, 2019Live Wire
12 People Injured In Crash At Brooklyn Bus Stop
A 2-year-old baby and his mother were among the 12 people injured when a car ran up on a sidewalk and rammed through a bus stop in East Flatbush, Brooklyn, on Saturday. Today, doctors at Kings County Hospital said that the 2-year-old Little Denim McLean may never recover. Read the full story on New York...
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March 31, 2013September 30, 2019Live Wire
115 Weapons, Including Assault Rifle, Turned In At Brooklyn Gun Buyback
An assault rifle, 56 revolvers and 33 semi-automatic weapons were among the 115 guns turned in at a gun buyback in Brooklyn sponsored by the NYPD held on Saturday. According to the police, all guns were turned in anonymously. Read full story on CBS New York.
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March 27, 2013September 30, 2019Live Wire
Private Hospital Investment Proposal Dropped from State Budget
A proposal that would allow private investors to put capital in two hospitals, one in Brooklyn and one upstate, has been dropped from New York State’s budget. This would have been the first time that health care systems would be open to private investors. With many hospitals that serve poor patients in Brooklyn facing bankruptcy...
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March 27, 2013September 30, 2019Live Wire
Brooklyn’s D.A. Gets His Own Reality Show
Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes will star in “Brooklyn D.A.,” a six-part reality TV show series that follows hard-charging prosecutors with larger-than-life personalities both inside and outside the courtroom, said CBS. The show will begin airing on May 21, when Hynes and his press staff will be dealing with a potentially brutal re-election campaign. Read full...
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March 20, 2013September 30, 2019Live Wire
Psychiatric Patient Beaten to Death in Brooklyn Hospital
A psychiatric patient was beaten to the death in a high-security behavioral health services ward of a hospital in Brooklyn on Tuesday night. According to the police, the assault occurred inside a bathroom of the Interfaith Medical Center. The 47-year-old victim and the accused, a 20-year-old man that has been taken into custody, were both...
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March 17, 2013September 30, 2019Live Wire
Williamsburg Hasidic Community Protests “Insensitive” Spider-Man Shoot
Leaders of the Hasidic Jewish community in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, have asked the City to not hand out permits for the filming of The Amazing Spider-Man 2. Columbia Pictures plans to film scenes of the second installment of the franchise next week in South Williamsburg. But the Hasidic community is protesting through Community Board 1, claiming...
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March 14, 2013September 30, 2019Live Wire
Judge Stops Attempt to Halt NYS New Gun Control Law
A state Supreme Court judge rejected a preliminary injunction against the New York state new gun control, arguably among the strictest in the US. The motion was filed by a group of more than 1,200 Second Amendment-supporters on the grounds that Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the Legislature’s process for passing the law violated the state...
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March 13, 2013September 30, 2019Live Wire
Driver Faces Seven Years in Prison for Williamsburg Deadly Crash
The driver that allegedly caused the fatal hit-and-run that killed a newly-wed couple and their prematurely delivered child was indicted on a charge of leaving the scene of an accident. He faces up to seven years in prison for this charge. At the same time, the grand jury is still investigating other initial charges that...