‘Floating Goat’: Prospect Park Lake cleaning equipment given a name

<p>The Prospect Park Alliance has a name for the piece of equipment it purchased to combat blue-green algae in Prospect Park Lake.</p>

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‘Floating Goat’: Prospect Park Lake cleaning equipment given a name

<p>The Prospect Park Alliance has a name for the piece of equipment it purchased to combat blue-green algae in Prospect Park Lake.</p>

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‘Floating Goat’: Prospect Park Lake cleaning equipment given a name

<p>The&nbsp;Prospect Park&nbsp;Alliance has a name for the piece of equipment&nbsp;it purchased to combat blue-green algae in Prospect Park Lake.</p>

Top Stories

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Hot Toys: Toys under $10

East New York residents travel to the Bronx to confront apartment building management

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Man admits to intentionally ramming his car into Chabad Lubavitch Headquarters in Crown Heights

LIRR strike still looms after no agreement reached

DSNY says it's still working to pay its emergency snow shovelers

Fire rips through part of Cypress Hills building; lithium-ion batteries found on scene

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<p>The Prospect Park Alliance has a name for the piece of equipment it purchased to combat blue-green algae in Prospect Park Lake.</p>