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Two Brooklyn brothers are on a mission to collect and hand out blankets to the city's homeless.

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Jan 19, 2018, 7:28 AM

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Best of Brooklyn: Blankets of Hope

<p><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">Two Brooklyn brothers are on a mission to collect and hand out blankets to the city's homeless.</span></span></span></p>

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