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Brooklyn Heights Residents Rally To Save The Promenade, Lengthen BQE Repairs


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Caroline Lewis

Published Oct 16, 2018

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Caroline Lewis is on the health care beat for WNYC and Gothamist. She has covered COVID, a nurses' strike, the overdose crisis and New York’s marijuana legalization effort, and spent a year investigating patients' medical bills. She always wants to hear about how everyday New Yorkers experience the health system. Got a tip? Email [email protected].

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