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Denny's is bringing its signature gut-busting Grand Slams and savory skillets to East New York - but not without a side order of controversy.

With a grand opening slated this summer, the pancake mecca at 805 Pennsylvania Ave. is poised to be the first New York City location for the nationwide casual dining chain.

But local residents, furious over the chain’s record on race relations and history of paying low wages to workers, called for greater tran...

East New York activist Kevin McCall is equally angry about the issue.“We are not going to allow this to happen. Many of our youth in EastNew York depend on their school. Maxwell used to be an F school and itcame all the way up to a B, so we’re not going to have them just decideto close the school.”

One the schools that was reported to be one of the worst performingthat is scheduled for closure is Jamaica High School in Queens, which...