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Looting Hits Flatbush as Blackout Ravages New York
In the Flatbush section of Brooklyn and across New York, looters burned and ransacked stores after the blackout, damaging 32 Flatbush shops on a half mile of Flatbush Avenue and causing about 1 million dollars in local losses. Citywide damage nears 150 million with thousands arrested. many merchants vow to stay and rebuild.
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Jack Katz
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U.S. Small Business Administration
Consolidated Edison
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Chicago
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Rand Corp
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Long Island
Detroit
Pratt University
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Ernest Zelnick
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Mike Scheck
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Avi Kassute
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