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By Paula Katinas Brooklyn Daily Eagle The landscape of health care in Brooklyn is changing by the minute. First there was the news that Long Island College Hospital was closing. Then came word that a judge had issued an order to temporarily stop the closure. … Full Article

The city is trying to make like a little easier for owners of small businesses, but many merchants are unaware of the help that is available, a Brooklyn councilman said. … Full Article

An event at Brooklyn College calling for boycotts and sanctions against Israel went off calmly Thursday with the panelists speaking to a largely supportive crowd. … Full Article

Mayor Michael Bloomberg is speaking up for the cause of academic freedom amid controversy over an event at a public college. The speakers in question advocate boycotting Israel to try to influence its policy toward Palestinians. … Full Article

Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Midwood/Borough Park), who recently led a protest against the Brooklyn College Political Science Department’s co-sponsorship of a lecture advocating a  … Full Article

WASHINGTON— The U.S. Postal Service will stop delivering mail on Saturdays but continue to deliver packages six days a week under a plan aimed at saving about $2 billion annually, the financially struggling agency says. … Full Article

The decision by the Brooklyn College Political Science Department to endorse the BDS movement—which includes the boycotting of Jewish-Israeli academics—has been “justified” on freedom of … Full Article

Brooklyn College has become the latest battleground in the struggle for public opinion in the Arab-Israeli conflict. … Full Article

A rabbi at a religious school in Borough Park is suspected of sexually abusing students, a law enforcement official said Wednesday. … Full Article

A Brooklyn man finding himself the subject of the New York Police Department’s stop and frisk tactic, for a second time, has filed a lawsuit against the city.
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