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When Creatives Rebuild New York paid nonprofits to hire artists, some were hired as full-time employees after the program's conclusion.

Members of a Community Board 8 subcommittee postponed making recommendations to the city's Atlantic Avenue Mixed Use Plan after several members agreed they did not have enough information on the proposal.

Organic, natural hair care is changing in the hands of Brooklyn native Gregory Shepherd and his shop Kultivated Hair Care.

The mayor renewed his push to fix how the city deals with people with mental illness, and celebrated the passage of the city's housing plan through two City Council subcommittees at this regular weekly press conference.

There were over a hundred people that came to Herbert Von King Park on Sunday for the Black Heartthrob Look-Alike Contest.

In his State of the District address, State Senator Jabari Brisport said he would push for state laws to protect all New Yorkers from Washington's far-right agenda.

When tenants at 441 Wilson Ave. lost their homes after multiple fires, Councilmember Sandy Nurse said she is considering legislation that would ban private equity landlords from owning rent stabilized buildings.

Chisholm's insightful worldview is relevant now as it was 50 years ago, says Dr. Zinga A. Fraser, the author of a new book on one of Brooklyn's most beloved community leaders.

A new book by author Prithi Kanakamedala walks readers through the expansion of Brooklyn from the 17th century and how it became a slaveholding capital and eventually a hub for free Black people.