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Well over a thousand striking school bus drivers, matrons and their supporters poured into Cadman Plaza Park in Brooklyn Heights on Sunday afternoon to rally and march over the Brooklyn Bridge to City Hall. … Full Article

Thousands of striking school bus drivers and their supporters staged a protest Sunday, calling New York's mayor "heartless" a day before the city opens competitive bidding for new contracts. … Full Article

Sen. Chuck Schumer starred at President Barack Obama's Inaugural where he deftly performed as master of ceremonies and a few days later stopped off at the Bay Ridge Manor for the Bay Ridge Community Council's Presidents Luncheon. … Full Article

After SUNY voted to close Long Island College Hospital (LICH), an overflow crowd packed Brooklyn Borough Hall's courtroom for a hearing on the borough's health care crisis.  … Full Article

Long Island College Hospital won't close right away, but it might as well. It's a dead man walking. … Full Article

Acclaimed author Ron Currie, Jr. will be appearing at WORD Bookstore in Greenpoint on Tuesday, Feb. … Full Article

The SUNY board of trustees voted unanimously Friday morning to close Long Island College Hospital. … Full Article

Doctors from embattled Long Island College Hospital are raising funds to head off the proposed closure of the Cobble Hill medical center.  … Full Article

Councilman Brad Lander clashed Thursday with SUNY Chairman Carl McCall, questioning whether SUNY's acquisition of Long Island College Hospital was a transaction driven by real estate rather than medical considerations. … Full Article

A Bangladeshi man pleaded guilty Thursday in Brooklyn Federal Court to trying to blow up the Federal Reserve Bank in lower Manhattan last October with what he thought was a 1,000-pound bomb.
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