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Coney Islanders Against a Casino, a group of residents who are doing all they can to oppose the proposed gaming center coming to the area, held an anti-casino panel and forum on Feb. 12.
The comment attracted a fierce rebuke from Brooklyn Democrats, whose denouncement only grew stronger over the weekend after Brook-Krasny doubled down.
Bodega owner Jamal Sawaid says men burst into his Coney Island, Brooklyn store and attacked him in what is being investigated as a hate crime.
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“They said ‘Where is the sand n——r?’” a battered Jamal Sawaid said outside his store, the Asiri Convenience & Smoke Shop on Mermaid Ave. in Coney Island as he described the horrifying Saturday afternoon attack.
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“I am just now hearing about her past involvement in the January 6th protest and that is something I take extremely seriously,” Brook-Krasny said in a statement after being alerted to the potential staffer's attendance at the Jan. 6 rally.