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Artist Arrested After 'I Heart NY' Light Installations Mistaken For Bombs
A New York-based artist was arrested and charged over the weekend after police mistook his latest art installations for bombs.
According to authorities, Takeshi Miyakawa was taken into police custody Saturday while he was in the middle of setting up...Tags: Emergency Incidents, Williamsburg (Brooklyn, New York), New York City Police Department, Police Arrests, Brooklyn (New York City)
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Report Names Neighborhoods With Most NYPD Stop And Frisks Incidents
PIX11.com / @pix11mikeThe N.Y.P.D. stop and frisk program policy has been controversial in minority communities from the start leading to protests and arrests, but now the New York Civil Liberties Union is coming out with a report saying the policy was leveled on gentrifying...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, East New York, Williamsburg (Brooklyn, New York), Car Safety Tips and Advice, Police Arrests
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Stop And Frisk: How Controversial NYPD Practice Affects Real People
PIX11.com | @jamesfordtvThe practice of NYPD officers stopping and frisking people, whether or not they've committed a crime, is squarely in the spotlight now that the New York Civil Liberties Union, or NYCLU, has compiled a list of the ten police precincts where the practice is...Tags: Crimes, East New York, Crime, Law and Justice, Williamsburg (Brooklyn, New York), Police Arrests
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Free Friday: Art Exhibition and Tastings
PIX11.comEach week we tell viewers what they can get for free. This week's free list: 1) The Black Venus' Art Exhibition 2) Tastings from CU 29 Copper An art exhibition, known as "My Soliloquy of Chaos," will be held tomorrow, January 7, 2012. Where: Jade Eatery...Tags: Forest Hills, Pizzas, Williamsburg (Brooklyn, New York), Foods and Beverages, Brooklyn (New York City)
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Queens Woman Survives Williamsburg Bridge Jump [PHOTO]
Staff reporterA Queens woman survived a 20-foot plunge off of the Williamsburg Bridge earlier today after landing on the windshield of an SUV on a street below. According to reports, Jenna Marie Filippi was driving east bound on the bridge around 2:30pm, when she...Tags: SUVs and Crossovers, Williamsburg (Brooklyn, New York), Queens (New York City), New York City Police Department, Honda
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Williamsburg Waterfront Concert Concerns
pix11.comIt was a calm day at the East River State Park in Williamsburg. The only sounds were coming from the water brushing the shore, a sprinkler going off in the distance and a saxophone player working on his tune. "I like it. It's quiet," said one local...Tags: Williamsburg (Brooklyn, New York), Steve Jobs, John Lennon
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City Yanks B'klyn Signs Telling Women To Move For Men
pix11.comControversial signs in Yiddish, warning women to step aside when a man is walking down the sidewalk in South Williamsburg, were yanked by city officials today. A Parks Department spokesperson tells PIX11 News, "It is illegal to nail any sign to a...Tags: Williamsburg (Brooklyn, New York)
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On The Chopping Block: List Of Academically At-Risk Schools Out
PIX11.com / @jamesfordtvA new list of academically troubled New York City schools is out, and while parents and students citywide are wondering what their school's fate is, the new list is hitting one neighborhood particularly hard. The building that houses Wadleigh High School...Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Examinations, Frederick Douglass, Washington Irving, Charter Schools
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'Glee' Star Matthew Morrison Welcomes GRAMMY Foundation Campers
PIX11.comGlee's Matthew Morrison and The GRAMMY Foundation welcomed campers from across the country to kick off GRAMMY Camp last night.The campers, consisting of high school students, met for the first time Tuesday night at an open mic event hosted by Converse...Tags: Glee (tv program), Williamsburg (Brooklyn, New York), Matthew Morrison
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Rabbis To Williamsburg Women: Don't Wear Tank Tops!
Staff reporterJust in time for New York's first heat wave of the summer, members of the Hasidic Jewish community in trendy Williamsburg are posting fliers asking women not to wear tank tops. The Central Rabbinical Congress, a council of rabbis, placed posters...Tags: Christianity, Williamsburg (Brooklyn, New York), New York, Judaism, Human Interest
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New Ferry Opens on East River
PIX11.comAn alternate route into Manhattan has opened for commuters on the east side. Despite the gloomy skies, the East River Ferry, run by NY Waterway took its inaugural ride at 7 a.m. Monday. The ferry operates between Manhattan, on Wall Street and East 34th...Tags: Michael Bloomberg, Manhattan (New York City), Arts and Culture, Queens (New York City), Williamsburg (Brooklyn, New York)
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Craigslist Apartment Seeker Held As Sex Slave
A 27-year-old Wisconsin woman who agreed to cook and clean for a Brooklyn man in exchange for free rent, ended up being forced into sexual slavery, she told police.
On Tuesday, prosecutors said that 45-year-old John Hopkins is being held on $350,000 bail...Tags: Rentals, Upper East Side, Slavery, Social Issues, Rape
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