Happy Fourth! Promidade

Last year's  fireworks photographed from the Brooklyn Promenade.

This week's news items of interest:

NYU Expansion Project Clears Final Legal Hurdle and Will Proceed [DNA Info]

Seal makes a splash in Bayside [Queens Chronicle]

Chair of NYC Council parks committee wants Trump contracts terminated [amNewYork]

Plan outlined for Totten remediation [Queens Chronicle]

Protesters clash at American flag burning at Brooklyn park [NY Daily News]

Videos Show 'Inconsistencies' in Woman's Dog-Napping Story, Sources Say [DNA Info]

[NY Daily News]