Editor’s Note: The following is an extended version of the story that appears in our latest print edition.

The Office of City Councilman Eric Dinowitz (C.D. 11) has confirmed that the MTA has committed to restoring the flagpole located next to Woodlawn subway station, the last stop on the 4 train. The flagpole, which was erected in the early ‘70s according to former Bronx resident and now Yonkers-based U.S. Navy Veteran Thomas Moore, had fallen into disrepair, is extremely rusty, and appears to be not so secure.

As November marks Veterans Appreciation Month in New York City, Moore said he had reached out to local elected officials, the nonprofit, KRVC, run by executive director Laura Levine-Pinedo, and later to the Norwood News to see if something could be done to advance restoring the

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