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Paul Gondry, son of director Michel Gondry, didn't intend the hanging puppet to be a racist, he said.
A dummy found hanging from a tree is being investigated by the hate crimes task force, police said.
Applications are due by June 15.
The community is urging the city to close the park at 10 p.m. because noisy skate boarders.
The brand new section of Cooper Park opened on Friday, Parks Department officials said.
The applicant, Brooklyn Classic, filed to get a liquor license for 319 Frost St.
Residents said they have faced mounting problems with trucks by Cooper Park.
The city denied a group that has fought decades for the vacant property.
McCarren and other parks are about to be packed with mainly free events.
Neighbors spoke up at Tuesday's Community Board meeting.
Neighbors are protesting the barbecues that the Parks Department began installing this week.
Williamsburg residents are warring over barbecues in Cooper Park.
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Mayor Bill de Blasio said terror suspect Sayfullo Saipov should be spared the death penalty.
The actress spotted the suspect outside her third-floor balcony, sources said.
A shortage of bilingual therapists has made the problem especially difficult in some districts.
The victim suffered a fractured skull base, multiple spinal fractures, bruised lungs and other injuries.
The break happened just after 4 a.m. on Pacific Street near Albany Avenue.
Officer Ryan Nash shot Sayfullo Saipov who killed eight people with a rented truck, officials said.
The new owners have no plans to change the properties, according to a realtor who brokered the deal.
The deadly attack left eight people dead and a dozen injured, officials said.
Five men from Argentina, a woman from Belgium, a West Village resident and a man from N.J. were killed.
The vote paves the way for developers to build a complex with retail space and 1,146 apartments.
The Queens County Bird Club is hoping to install two bird feeders in the park by the end of November.
Sayfullo Saipov was charged by federal prosecutors on Wednesday with aiding ISIS in a terror attack.
A new art gallery features the work of recovering addicts in East Harlem.
Catwalks, balconies, a secret staircase and elaborate ceiling panels were uncovered at the theater.
Preservation groups are writing letters — in crayon — to the library, which owns the home.