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July 20, 2017 Brooklyn Daily Eagle
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THE LEDE: Happy Thursday, Brooklyn! The Pier 6 saga continues, a Brooklyn family is thrown off a JetBlue flight, and we tour a cat cafe where rats babysit kittens. Next, there’s a town in Colorado that requires every household to own a gun. In Georgia, a woman can’t get strangers out of her house. Then, an Arizona man fights a rabie-infested bobcat. Finally, the league-worst Cyclones get a rare win.

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The Rundown

~CATS, RATS AND HIPSTERS: Meow! We took a trip to the Brooklyn Cat Cafe on Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn Heights to learn about its furry inhabitants. The cafe has two rats employed at the store named Emile and Remy whose sole job is to babysit orphaned kittens. The cafe recently shared a video of Emile bathing one of the felines. Meanwhile, Pizza Rat has some competition after an exterminator in Bed-Stuy solved the mystery of who was stealing a woman’s mail. A rat (not Emile or Remy) had taken 35 letters from her mailbox for its nest. (via the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, HuffPost and the Brooklyn Paper)

~BP ADAMS RIGHTS A WRONG: Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams and others recently called for an independent state commission to investigate who was responsible for dozens of wrongful convictions over the past decades at the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office. Out of 70 cases investigated since 2014, 23 have been overturned by Brooklyn’s Conviction Review Unit, initiated by former Brooklyn DA Ken Thompson, now deceased. Dozens of these cases originated during the era of former DA Charles Hynes, but Adams said, “This is not a criticism of one particular individual, one particular prosecutor, one particular office.” The idea has the support of acting DA Eric Gonzalez and those running against him in the September primaries. (via the Brooklyn Daily Eagle)

~THE PIER 6 SAGA CONTINUES: To build or not to build. The Brooklyn Heights Association is set to go to court today at noon to ask New York State Supreme Court Justice Lucy Billings to prevent the start of construction on two residential towers at Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 6. Billings agreed on Tuesday to hear argument on BHA’s emergency request. Plus, a group of activists say Billings’ decision on Pier 6 could affect not only BBP, but parks across the country. (via the Brooklyn Daily Eagle and the Brooklyn Paper)

~HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEM: Just months after United Airlines went under fire for forcibly dragging a passenger off one of its flights, JetBlue is now in hot water for a similar situation involving a Brooklyn family. A mother and her three young children were thrown off a flight from Florida to New York after her daughter kicked the back of a seat. After exchanging words with the other passenger, a flight attendant demanded that the family get off the plane. The airline says the mother used physical threats, but the family’s lawyer says it’s not possible that a mom “would have the gumption to behave like that in front of her kids.” (via IBTimes and ABC7NY)

~FEEL THE BERN IN MADISON: Come with us as we tour Madison, the ’hood where Sen. Bernie Sanders went to high school. Other neighborhood notables include U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sen. Chuck Schumer, singer-songwriter Carole King and TV personality Judge Judy. As Brooklyn real-estate aficionados know, Madison is a place of great charm, with fab suburban-style houses with lawns scattered among smaller homes and 20th century rowhouses. (via the Brooklyn Daily Eagle)

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Bulletin Board

***Metro New York has Industry City down as your “essential NYC summer destination” … From mini-golf, to one of the city’s best food halls, and movies under the moonlight, take a look at the full piece from Metro on why you need to pencil Industry City events into your calendar: www.metro.us/things-to-do/new-york/why-industry-city-your-essential-nyc-summer-destination.***

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Staff Picks:

LONG READ: “How Uber’s Hard-Charging Corporate Culture Left Employees Drained.” (via BuzzFeed News)

ANOTHER LONG READ: Take a tour of a town in Colorado where every single household is required to own a gun. “People who live in cities have no conception of what a gun means in a side town like this,” said one resident. (via the Guardian)

LOOK: New Yorkers currently experiencing the “Summer of Hell” will want to look back at these photos from the 1970s subway system. It will make you very, very appreciative. (via Business Insider)

CULTURE: “Kermit the Frog Performer and Disney Spar Over an Ugly ‘Muppet’ Firing” (via NYT)

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NATIONAL BULLETIN: There was yet another health scare at a Chipotle restaurant after several customers got sick with symptoms “consistent with Norovirus.”…A woman from Georgia found squatters living in her house, and now she can’t get them out…And a man in Arizona fought off a rabie-infested bobcat attacking a dog. (via CNN, USA Today and WaPo)

FOREIGN FLASH: Meet the torture survivors who are suing the Syrian regime…Saudi police officers released a woman who was detained for wearing a short skirt…And the Afghan girls robotics team that was denied visas won something better than gold. (via CNN, WSJ and NYT)

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ROYAL WATCH: From the Queen’s rainbow coats to Prince George’s short shorts, the Royal Family’s wardrobe has piqued the interest of people far and wide. Here’s a look at their strict dress code. (via BBC)

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BROOKLYN TONIGHT

12:00pm – Preservation Hall Jazz Band at MetroTech Commons. Details.

5:00pm – Movies with a View at Brooklyn Bridge Park. Details.

5:30PM – Kayaking at Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 2. Details.

6:00pm – Live at the Archway presents: Ola Fresca under the Manhattan Bridge. Details.

6:30pm – American Food and Immigration Policy: Past, Present, and Future at Museum of Food and Drink. Details.

7:00pm – Superhero Drink and Draw at Brooklyn Art Library. Details.

7:00pm – Conor Oberst at the Prospect Park Bandshell. Details.

7:00pm – Screening and Discussion: When We Fight Back: Resistance, Survival, and Risk at Interference Archive. Details.

8:00pm – A Drinking Game NYC presents “CLUE” at Littlefield. Details.

8:30pm – Journey to the Stars at Brooklyn Bridge Park. Details.

8:30pm – Falling Stars, Valley Lodge at Union Hall. Details.

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⚾ EAGLE SPORTS: Jose Carlos Medina has been the Brooklyn Cyclones’ most consistent starting pitcher during the team’s dismal start to the 2017 campaign. And now, he finally has a win to show for it. “[Medina] is the guy who keeps us in the game every time,” said Cyclones first-year manager Edgardo Alfonzo after the 6-foot-2 southpaw from Culiacan, Mexico tossed six strong innings in a 3-2 victory over archrival Staten Island on Tuesday night.

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MILESTONES

Happy birthday to Ray Allen, Gisele Bündchen, Kim Carnes, Judy Chicago, John Daley, Pavel Datsyuk, Donna Dixon, Peter Forsberg, Josh Holloway, Sally Ann Howes, Michael Ilitch, Cormac McCarthy, Barbara Ann Mikulski, Enrique Peña Nieto, Claudio Reyna, Diana Rigg, Carlos Santana and Dean Winters!


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