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Brooklyn great-grandmother, predatory loan victim fights to stay in home

Susan Candiotti and Ross Levitt CNN 08/19/2011

Brooklyn great-grandmother, predatory loan victim fights to stay in home

A Brooklyn great-grandmother got a reprieve -- for now -- on Friday, the same day that she was expecting to be evicted from her home since 1969 after getting caught up in a predatory lending scheme.

Judge Blocks City's Proposal for 2 Buildings in Brooklyn ELIZABETH A. HARRIS The New York Times 04/10/2011	Citywide Foreclosure Rates Highest In Brooklyn, Study Finds NY1 03/17/2011
The development of two buildings in Brooklyn has been temporarily blocked by a federal judge, who ordered Friday that the mid-19th-century structures be returned to a designation of federally protected parkland.	The city's foreclosure rate last year was highest in the East New York and Starrett City sections of Brooklyn, a new study finds, spotlighting a troubling growth in foreclosed properties across the state.
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Off-Duty Correction Officer Fatally Shoots Man In Barbershop NY1 03/08/2011	Brooklynites Sue City Over Prospect Park West Bike Lane NY1 03/07/2011
Police are investigating a deadly shooting Tuesday involving an off-duty correction officer at a Brooklyn barbershop.	Some angry Brooklyn residents have filed suit against the city over the Prospect Park West bike lane. Members of the groups Seniors for Safety and Neighbors for Better Bike Lanes filed a lawsuit in State Supreme Court in Brooklyn Monday, demanding the removal of the bike lane.
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Brooklyn 5-Alarm Blaze Injures 5 Firefighters CBS New York 03/04/2011	Kayla Henriques confesses to fatal stab of Kamisha Richards in Facebook feud over diaper money: cops Matthew Lysiak, Christina Boyle and Larry Mcshane New York Daily News 03/01/2011
New York City firefighters say a 5-alarm fire in a two-story building that housed a church downstairs tore through three other buildings in Brooklyn.	A Facebook feud over a $20 loan for diapers left an aspiring Brooklyn lawyer dead - fatally stabbed by a teen mom who turned on her life-long friend, police said.
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Brooklyn Fire Leaves Two In Critical Condition NY1 02/28/2011	City Lays Down Law To Some Residents: Lose The Stoop CBS New York 02/02/2011
Two people remain in critical condition following an early morning fire Monday in Brooklyn.	Imagine spending a fortune to beautify your front yard, only to find out it doesn’t belong to you. It belongs to New York City. That’s what’s happening in one Brooklyn neighborhood. Residents may be forced to tear down their fences and staircases.
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Crown Heights Factory Workers Flee From Chemical Explosion NY1

Brooklyn Resident Shocked After Sanitation Dept. Plow Rams Car JOHN JONES NBC New York

Brooklyn rabbi busted for violating order of protection against boy, 12 Simone Weichselbaum, Michael Mclaughlin and Barry Paddock New York Daily News

Brooklyn Aide Convicted Of Abusing Elderly Alzheimer’s Patient NY1

Brooklyn District Attorney Launches Criminal Probe of Administration for Children's Services NBC New York

Brooklyn Bridge's $508M rehab means much pain for drivers Adam Lisberg New York Daily News

Revenge of Raccoons! The Critters Invade Brooklyn Neighborhood KATY TUR NBC New York

82-year-old, 14 others arrested in $80 million medicare scheme: cops Kerry Burke and John Marzulli New York Daily News

Girl sexually assaulted in Brooklyn elevator Carolina Leid 7online

Brooklyn D.A. Clears Charges For One Of Two Firemen Accused Of Bar Assault NY1

Brooklyn mother shot in head, three others wounded in Coney Island gunfight Kerry Burke and John Lauinger New York Daily News

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