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NYC Imposes Limit on Lyft and Uber Vehicles, Sets Minimum Wage for Drivers

NYC Imposes Limit on Lyft and Uber Vehicles, Sets Minimum Wage for Drivers

NYC becomes the first U.S. city to regulate app dispatch companies such as Uber and Lyft.
BKLYN CLAY to Open Brooklyn’s Largest Ceramics Studio in Prospect Heights

BKLYN CLAY to Open Brooklyn’s Largest Ceramics Studio in Prospect Heights

Scheduled to open this October, BKLYN CLAY will offer 24/7 membership access, classes, workshops, and events for adults and children. BKLYN CLAY will open a new studio in Prospect Heights this fall. Photo credit: BKLYN CLAY/ Twitter.
Video: Brownsville Goes Green with First Door-to-Door Recycling Initiative

Video: Brownsville Goes Green with First Door-to-Door Recycling Initiative

The grassroots recycling initiative just launched a few weeks ago, but it has been gaining traction as more Brownsville residents are getting on board.

Councilmemember Espinal Launches City's First Urban Agriculture Website

The online portal NYC Urban Agriculture is a one-stop shop that provides community gardeners and urban farmers with information, resources and guidelines.
City's First Electric Moped Sharing Service Launches in Bushwick

City's First Electric Moped Sharing Service Launches in Bushwick

Revel Transit’s electric mopeds bring an affordable, environment-friendly -- and fun -- transportation alternative to Bushwick, Greenpoint and Williamsburg.
City's 2018 Summer Youth Employment Program Provides 75,000 Youth with Jobs and Internships

City's 2018 Summer Youth Employment Program Provides 75,000 Youth with Jobs and Internships

The city initiative offers paid summer employment for up to six weeks in July and August to teenagers and young adults between the ages of 14 and 24. Photo credit: onenyc.cityofnewyork.
Barclays Center Makes Space for New Pop-Up Retail Initiative

Barclays Center Makes Space for New Pop-Up Retail Initiative

Featured on Flatbush will not only offer a retail space for budding local businesses but also provide promotional support to truly showcase the tenants' goods.

Flatbush Junction BID Wins International Award for Its Economic Community Development Efforts

Since it's inception in 2007, the Flatbush Junction BID has supported local businesses to create a flourishing commercial corridor in the heart of Flatbush Kenneth Mbonu, executive director of the Flatbush Junction BID.

Brooklyn Councilmember Introduces Bill to Transform NYC’s Concrete Jungle into Green Oasis

The legislation requires new buildings cover available rooftop space with a green roof, solar panels or wind turbines to reduce the city's carbon footprint

Two Brooklynites Launch Beauty Brand for the LGBTQ in You

Fluide challenges the paradigm that makeup is for cis-gendered women. Jacob Tobia models Fluide's products. Photo: Morgan T. Stuart.