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A man was shot and killed in a hail of gunfire early Saturday morning in Carroll Park, shocking neighbors in Carroll Gardens.
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A MAN (OR MEN) WHO POLICE BELIEVE USED A MOTORIZED SCOOTER is on the wanted list after an 11-incident robbery spree in Bushwick and Flushing.
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Though it has been temporarily disassembled, the Bed-Stuy Aquarium has big plans for the future, organizers said last week, and those plans haven’t changed despite recent news about one of its co-founders.
The controversial sidewalk fish “pond” made headlines again last week when Hajj Lovick, who helped create and manage the Aquarium, was sentenced to prison for attempted murder. With Lovick — who made regular TikTok updates about the Aquarium and said he monitored it every day — unable to tend to the pond, its future seemed uncertain.
On Jan. 6, the Aquarium’s other founders released a statement on Instagram.
“While we do not condone violence, we want to be clear that we do not condemn Hajj’s character or our partnership,” the statement read. “Though Hajj will no longer manage the project, we will keep him updated and seek his advice — his vision brought this project to life.”
Lovick and his co-founders created the Aquarium in a sidewalk pit beside a leaky fire hydrant last summer. Consisting of a few inches of water, some aquarium rock and decorations and around 100 goldfish, it drew mixed reactions from locals and internet spectators.
Some said it brought nature and a sense of community to the nabe. Others said keeping fish in unfiltered and unheated water was akin to animal abuse.
Organizers are determined to keep the Aquarium alive despite the criticism. In October, the city repaired the hydrant and paved over the Aquarium, but the founders quickly relocated it to a nearby tree pit. By late December, the fish were gone, temporarily relocated to a nearby koi pond, organizers said online. Parts of the makeshift tank — stones, walls, and discarded decorations – were still in the pit as of Jan 8.
The Bed-Stuy Aquarium team said the project is a “community project for community benefit,” one they intend to improve over the coming months.
In a series of Instagram Stories, the team said they’re working to schedule an inspection of the tree pit with the city’s Department of Parks and Recreation, and hope to get official approval to install a temporary aquarium. They also hope to find partners to help with “improved fish care.”
A spokesperson for Parks said the department is “in the process of scheduling a meeting with organizers of the informal ‘aquarium’ to inspect the tree and discuss how to proceed.”
If the department approves, they plan to raise at least $2,000 for “winterized upgrades” and install the temporary aquarium in the tree pit by early March. They also want to create a livestream of the tank to “reflect popularity & build support from community leaders,” they wrote.
Longer-term, they said they hope to work with local Council Member Chi Ossé and various city agencies and local civic organizations to come up with a long-term plan for a permanent Bed- Stuy Aquarium. On Instagram, the team said they have already found a professional aquarium company to help design and build a permanent installation — assuming they get permission from the city.
Ossé’s office declined to comment.
“The simplicity of the Bed-Stuy Aquarium creates an environment where it is easy to pause and breathe,” the team said in the Jan. 9 statement. “It is a shortcut to curiosity about each other, meaningful conversation, and resource distribution.”
Long-term, they said, they hope to establish a “small community gathering space” with books, internet connection, a meeting space, cooling center, and a children’s story time, though it was not clear where the space would be established.
The Bed-Stuy Aquarium did not respond to requests for comment via email and Instagram message.
So far, the organizers said, they have hosted community giveback events — on Sept. 1, their website, they held a backpack giveaway and fish adoption event, per their website — and spent $6,500 on the endeavor, including $4,500 from fundraisers like their GoFundMe.
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President-elect Donald Trump shared a blistering critique of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by economics professor Jeffrey Sachs that blasts the leader for having dragged the United States into “phony wars” in Iraq and Syria.
Trump posted the clip to Truth Social just hours after his whirlwind press conference on Tuesday during which he repeated his desire to take control of the Panama Canal and Greenland as well as warning of “hell” to pay if Hamas does not release Israeli hostages taken during the October 7 attack by the time he returns to the White House.
In the clip, which splices together portions of the academic’s remarks to the soundtrack of sci-fi film Interstellar, Sachs can be heard calling out previous Washington administrations for using “lies and deceit” to manufacture citizen backing for overseas conflicts before rounding on Netanyahu’s influence on U.S. foreign policy.
The 70-year-old academic, who has made guest appearances in recent months on MAGA podcasts, including Tucker Carlson’s show, held nothing back in the footage. He highlighted U.S. actions in Syria, alleging covert efforts to overthrow Bashar al-Assad before Russian involvement while slamming mainstream media outlets, like the New York Times, for failing to properly report on it.
The war in Syria, and you may actually hear from grown-up reporters who are lying through their teeth or ignorant beyond imagining, ‘That, oh, the war in Syria, yes, Russia intervened in Syria.’ Well, do you know that [former President Barack] Obama tasks the CIA to overthrow the Syrian government starting four years before Russia intervened?
What kind of nonsense is that, and how many times did the New York Times report on Operation Timber Sycamore? Which was the presidential order to the CIA to overthrow Bashar al-Assad? Three times in 10 years.
Turning to the 2003 Iraq invasion, Sachs accused Washington of manufacturing public consent through “focus groups” before pivoting to blame Netanyahu:
They actually did focus groups in the fall of 2002 to find out what would sell that war to the American people… It was a phony war. Where did that war come from? You know what it’s quite surprising; that war came from Netanyahu, actually.
He added that Netanyahu devised a strategy to topple governments backing Hamas and Hezbollah—namely Iraq, Syria, and Iran:
He’s a deep dark son of a bitch, sorry to tell you… So what is this democracy versus dictatorship? Come on, these are not even sensible terms.
Trump’s decision to share the video comes only months after he hosted Netanyahu and his wife at Mar-a-Lago in Florida, where both leaders appeared cordial, and weeks before he is set to return to the world stage as president.
Brooklyn residents impassioned about having a say in their neighborhoods are invited to apply for membership on their local community board.
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