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Does city have quota for business fines? Public advocate announces probe

Downtown
Outraged by an explosive report in the New York Daily News alleging that the city’s Department of Consumer Affairs has a quota system of fines against small businesses in Brooklyn and the other outer boroughs, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio announced that he is launching an investigation in … Full Article

Golden, Malliotakis demand NYPD crackdown on ‘day spas’

Bay Ridge
Alarmed at the number of massage parlors and day spas opening up in Bay Ridge, two of the neighborhood’s elected officials called on the New York Police Department and other agencies to investigate the establishments to make sure there’s no hanky-panky going on behind closed doors. … Full Article

Tech Triangle seeks to be top US Tech hub

Navy Yard
More office space for high-tech companies to grow, re-use of older buildings like the Empire Stores, green connections between different parts of the “Brooklyn Tech Triangle" – these are all parts of the Brooklyn Tech Triangle Coalition’s plan to overtake Silicon Valley as the largest tech  … Full Article

Cobble Hill grocer vows to fight J.Crew eviction

Cobble Hill
Cobble Hill residents are up in arms at the news that a J.Crew clothing store is looking to take over the site operated by Pacific Green, a beloved local grocer and greenmarket at the corner of 151 Court Street at Pacific Streets since 1991. … Full Article

DiNapoli meets with small business owners

Bay Ridge
State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli met with a group of small business owners in Bay Ridge on June 14, assuring the merchants that they had a sympathetic ear in state government and promising to do what he could to make their lives easier. … Full Article

KEEPING IT CLASSY: Bikini Bar near Barclays?

Atlantic Yards
A retired NYPD detective is proposing a “Bikini Bar” in the shadow of Barclays Center in Downtown Brooklyn, Pix 11 reports. … Full Article

Navy Yard CEO Kimball steps down

Navy Yard
Andrew Kimball, who was appointed by Mayor Michael Bloomberg in 2005 as president and CEO of the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation, will be leaving his position at the end of this month to join the real-estate management a … Full Article

Retail Resurgence in North Heights Gateway

Brooklyn Heights
It’s the also-ran of Brooklyn Heights retail corridors, second best by a long stretch when compared to Montague Street. … Full Article

Prescient Old Timer Flourishes: Antonio of Noodle Pudding

DUMBO
It seems like only yesterday that one of Henry Street’s highly regarded destination restaurants, Noodle Pudding, had a manufacturer as its neighbor.  … Full Article
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