Brooklyn Daily Eagle • Wednesday, July 30, 2014

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Volume 60, No. 77

WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 2014

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BROOKLYN TODAY — July 30, 2014 —

Good morning, Brooklyn. Today is the 211th day of the year. Notable people born on this day include Arnold Schwarzenegger and Laurence Fishburne, among others. o read ore of Brooklyn oday please turn to page .

WHAT’S NEWS

BOROUGHWIDE — Beginning today, covered employees can begin using accrued sick leave under New York City’s paid sick leave law. The paid sick leave law, which went into effect April 1, 2014, covers most employees who work more than 80 hours a year in New York City. Under the law, employers with five or more employees who are hired to work more than 80 hours per calendar year in New York City must provide paid sick leave; employers with fewer than five employees must provide unpaid sick leave. (Department of Consumer Affairs) BOROUGHWIDE — AN educational advocacy group led by former CNN journalist Campbell Brown is challenging New York state’s teacher tenure system, filing a lawsuit Monday that alleges that job protections unfairly shield bad teachers. See page . BOROUGHWIDE — Assemblymember Joseph R. Lentol (D-North Brooklyn) said he will introduce a bill in the upcoming legislative session that would increase the severity of the crime for those convicted of forcibly touching others in the subway or in other crowded situations. See page . EAST FLATBUSH — Early Tuesday, the NYPD arrested Wade Swann, of Brooklyn, in connection with the stabbing and murdering of 30-year-old Enrique Galloway, also of Brooklyn. See page 16. DOWNTOWN — A Brooklyn appellate court ordered the disbarment of two attorneys for failure to pay sanctions and professionlea e turn to page

Obama Honors BAM: PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA ON MONDAY AWARDED THE 2013 NATIONAL MEDAL OF ARTS TO THE BROOKLYN Academy of Music (BAM). The award, which recognizes BAM's innovative contributions to the performing and visual arts, was received by BAM President Karen Brooks Hopkins during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington. To read about an upcoming dance exhibition at BAM, which features Turkey's Korhan Basaran (left), see page 7. Dancer photo by Todd Carroll; Inset: AP Photo/Charles Dharapak

Affordable Housing’s Missing Link: How to Apply

ON TUESDAY AT BOROUGH HALL, THE DOWNTOWN Brooklyn Partnership, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams and a host of elected officials and affordable housing advocates unveiled plans for improving access to more than 1,000 affordable housing units that will become available in the borough over the next few years. See page 2. Photo by Matthew Taub

BEAT Festival Announces 2014 B’klyn Artists and Venues: ON TUESDAY, Brooklyn Emerging Artists in Theater (BEAT) held a preview to announce the artists, venues and schedule of the 2014 Brooklyn BEAT Festival. The event featured a BK Beat Soul Train Line, where everyone from festival partners to the general public was invited to dance. See page 2. Photo courtesy of Brooklyn BEAT Festival

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