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Style guide delves into Brooklyn’s fashion scene

Brooklyn’s eclectic, creative style has made the New York City borough a global fashion mecca recognized worldwide as the epitome of present-day “cool.” “BROOKLYN STREET STYLE: The No-Rules Guide to Fashion” explores what has made the borough a fashion trendsetter and presents style advice … Full Article

Brooklyn bard Walt Whitman would feel right at home on the R train platform beneath Brooklyn Heights — “Mannahatta” is the name he used for Manhattan in his poetry. Eagle photo by Lore Croghan

This way to Mannahatta

Calling Walt Whitman! Somebody out there riding the rails sure loves ya, baby. Perhaps there's a poetry-minded prankster out there thinking of you. … Full Article

Reflections on my first 'semester' as a freshman legislator

From “So, how was it in Albany? Are you loving it? Is it everything you expected/hoped it would be?” to “Tell me, how awful is it up there?” and “Who’s the next indictment?” I have been getting lots of questions. … Full Article

Members of the Brooklyn Law Entrepreneurship Club hosted the first ever Legal Eats in the courtyard of the Brooklyn Law School on Wednesday. Pictured left to right: Ben Brash, Daria Spieler, Dan Chertok, Lili Rogowsky, Michael Seiden and Amir Kadri. Eagle photos by Rob Abruzzese.

Brooklyn Law School hosts first Legal Eats

Students from the Brooklyn Law School converted the courtyard in front of the school on Joralemon Street into Legal Eats, a food festival featuring local food, drink and crafts, on Wednesday afternoon. … Full Article

U.S. Rep. Nydia Velázquez says Congress should vote in favor of the agreement because “inaction at this stage is simply unacceptable.” Photo courtesy of Congresswoman Velazquez’s Office

Two more Brooklyn Democrats sign onto U.S.-Iran deal

As members of Congress prepare to return to work in Washington D.C. next week now that the summer recess has ended, the debate over the Obama administration’s controversial nuclear agreement with Iran is sure to heat up. … Full Article

Photo of the Dept. of Education’s proposed changes to P.S. 8’s zoning lines. Eagle photo by Claude Scales

Draft plan for Brooklyn's P.S. 8 and P.S. 307 rezoning revealed

At last evening’s meeting of CEC13 Brooklyn, planners Greg Whitten and Jonathan Geis from the Dept. of Education (DOE) revealed a map (see photo) of a proposed change to the zone boundaries for P.S. 8 and for neighboring P.S. 307. The area shaded blue on the map is the present P.S. … Full Article