Starrett City Tenants Demand N.Y. Senate Save Their Homes
      An estimated two hundred Starrett City tenants stormed Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno's office in Albany on Tuesday following an earlier press conference at which they demanded the Senate pass legislation before the upcoming end of the session to protect their apartments from dramatic rent ...
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Guilty Verdict In 2002 Truckelman's Lane Murder
By Charles Rogers
      A man who was filled with rage at the thought of being evicted from his home and thus killed a relative of the home owner in cold blood in 2002, was found guilty of the crime last week and could face 25 years to life in jail, according to a spokesman for District Attorney Charles Hyne...
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NYPD Negotiators Apprehend "Disturbed" Man On East 84 St.
By Charles Rogers
      More than a dozen NYPD vehicles (see photo below), including an elaborate technical Hostage Negotiating Team command post, were lined up and put to use at about 9 a.m. Tuesday when an apparently emotionally disturbed man engaged in a standoff in a basement apartment of a home at the cor...
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Housing Police Satellite Hq. Now Located At Breukelen Houses
By Dara Mormile
      Residents of the Breukelen and BayView housing projects no longer have to wait for their own PSA-1 - Police Service Authority - officers, with headquarters in Coney Island, to respond to emergencies.
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Area Students Named To University Deans' Lists
      Universities and colleges around the nation send us information on students from the area who have made the dean's list, or honors list, during the previous semester. To show our pride in students from Canarsie and the surrounding areas, we periodically publish the names and colleges!
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District Attorney To Speak At His Satellite Office Here
      Kings County District Attorney Charles Hynes will visit his neighborhood office, located at the Abe Stark Senior Center at 103-05 Far-ragut Road, on Monday from 11 a.m. until noon. Hynes said the purpose of his visit is to allow residents to ask questions, learn about the programs and i...
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Antique Automobiles Stir Memories For Some Local Seniors
      The Antique Automobile Association of Brooklyn made its annual visit to the Four Seasons Nursing & Rehabilitation Center on Rockaway Parkway last Friday for a brief trip down memory lane for some of its seniors.
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Sunrise Adult Day Center Celebrates National Fitness Day
      For the past ten years, senior citizens from all over the country have participated in National Fitness Senior Health Day on June 1st. Not to be outdone, the past ten years have seen the seniors from Sunrise Adult Day Health Care Center on Avenue J overwhelmingly take part in the event.
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Cultures Connect At P.S. 279 International Festival
      Three years ago, the students and administration officials of P.S. 279 began a tradition that would show their parents, teachers, peers and others that those negative issues like intolerance and a lack of brotherhood is a thing of the past.
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Gov. Spitzer Signs Law For Internet Consumer Protection
By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press Writer
      Businesses that sell over the Internet will have to ship products within 30 days or provide a chance for a refund, under a bill signed Monday by Governor Eliot Spitzer (at right).
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Seniors In The Swing Of Things
      Just because there's snow on the rooftop, it doesn't mean some older folks can't show off that youthful spark now and then.
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School Chorus Wows Crowd!
      The P.S. 115 Chorus sang loud and looked proud as it entertained scores of attendees at a Tuesday evening concert in Marine Park, sponsored by City Councilman Few Fidler and the Millenium Development Corporation. Other local school groups, including one from Mary Queen of Heaven, were also fe...
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