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The sixth annual Brooklyn Book Festival will have its Children’s Day events this Saturday, September 21 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on the MetroTech Commons. Events will include a “Where’s Waldo” search, an interactive bookmaking session with JooHee Yoon, music with Dan and Claudia Zanes, and many more events that are fun for kids and parents.…

MINEOLA, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — A former Nassau County police officer is defending his name. Dozens of his drunk-driving cases have been dismissed or are under review, all pinned on inconsistent courtroom testimony. But he told CBS2’s Jennifer McLogan in an exclusive interview his superiors got it all wrong. “I’m not a bad cop. I was never a bad…

Prosecutors are investigating claims that an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainee held at a jail in Newark was beaten and sexually assaulted by Essex County corrections officers, Gothamist/WNYC has learned.Jose Hernandez Velasquez, a 20-year-old Salvadoran who has lived in New Jersey since he was 1, ended up in ICE custody…

Registration is now open for CityParks Learn fall environmental education programs offered by City Parks Foundation for 2nd-8th grade students and teachers. The fall programs – Green Girls, Seeds to Trees, Learning Gardens, Coastal Classroom and Experiential Learning (teaching training program) are offered in local neighborhood…

I just finished moving into Columbus Ave off 96th St in Manhattan about a week ago. The Upper West Side as local New Yorkers refer to it. I’d been planning it for months now but now that I am fully settled and taking the subway every morning as if I’d been here for a lifetime, I can’t help but remain incredulous that all this fantasizing about…