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In the News

• Faculty Lockout at L.I.U.-Brooklyn Ends With Contract Agreement [NYT]
• Lexus SUV Crashes Into Lobby of Citibank in Flatlands [NYDN]
• City Council Passes Bill to Expand Pedestrians’ Right of Way [Streetsblog]
• Heights House Where Capote Lived Reveals Its Lovely Restored Facade [Curbed]
• Developer to Build $69 Million Project for Vets in Coney Island [Crain’s]
• Hearing Continues for Designation of Empire State Dairy in East New York [NYY]
• Police to Crack Down on Speeding Near Brooklyn Schools for One Week [DNA]

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Comment of the Day

Very pretty and fresh throughout! Is that art on the living room wall behind the swivel chairs or some kind of very groovy pocket-door-type of structure?

— The Insider: Crown Heights Reno Brings Light Into New Top-Floor Kitchen

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