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Green light!
City approves new
tower, music school on
ground fl oor SEE PAGE 8
Busway on Jay
Faster buses coming to
Downtown next month
SEE PAGE 6
E-Reader!
Brooklyn Book Festival
gears up for virtual 15th
anniversary SEE PAGE 17
ASKING FOR HELP
Activists protest for rent relief amid COVID-19 pandemic
STORY ON PAGE 14
Photo by Paul Frangipane
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