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BK food pantry butts heads with city over fundraiser

A Bensonhurst food pantry that's coping with a funding crisis says it's trying to open a flea market to bring in some new cash, but the city is denying that request. Reaching Out Community Services serves

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Dec 9, 2011, 3:48 PM

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