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May 4th, 2026
Daily Links: Arrests at ICE Protest Outside Bushwick Hospital
- 8 Arrested at Protest Over ICE Detention Outside Brooklyn Hospital [NYT]
- Protesters Tried to Block Eviction. But Was It a Case of Deed Theft? [NYT]
- Fight to Keep Two Historic Brooklyn Buildings for Community [NYT]
- How Mamdani Would Change Grand Army Plaza [NYT]
- City Proposes Truck Network Redesign to Protect Residential Streets [NYDN]
- Grande Dame of Brooklyn Heights Grace Gray Faison Dies at 101 [Eagle]
- Wall Collapse, Fire Rips Through East ‘Burg Building [Patch]
- Home Flipping Hikes Prices, Displaces Black Residents: Report [Gothamist]
- Dog Poo in Council Crosshairs After a Filthy Winter [The City]
- No Winners in Columbia Waterfront Montessori Garden Turf War [Hell Gate]
- Domino Refinery’s Small-Space Pivot [Curbed]
- Writer Transformed 325-Square-Foot Brooklyn Rental in 2 Weeks [AT]
- Permits Filed for 971 Dean Street in Crown Heights [NYY]
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