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To Landmark or to Not Landmark? Here's What Neighbors and Developers Discussed Re: the Fate of 120-Year-Old Mansion in Bed-Stuy

To Landmark or to Not Landmark? Here's What Neighbors and Developers Discussed Re: the Fate of 120-Year-Old Mansion in Bed-Stuy

The neighborhood meeting happened just two days before the Landmark Preservation Commission will decide on next steps.
Five People Indicted in Brooklyn for a Scheme to Silence American Critics of China

Five People Indicted in Brooklyn for a Scheme to Silence American Critics of China

Defendants include a federal law enforcement officer and a private investigator who lied to FBI agents and obstructed justice
A Boring Story About Straight Vampires? No Way, Says This BK Author in Her New Book, 'Youngblood'

A Boring Story About Straight Vampires? No Way, Says This BK Author in Her New Book, 'Youngblood'

'If I wanted to write a book about straight vampires falling in love at a boarding school, it would be tremendously boring. Those are just stories that have been told so many times.'
When Life Hands You Lemons: 3 Brooklyn Teens on What it Takes to Graduate High School and Get into College

When Life Hands You Lemons: 3 Brooklyn Teens on What it Takes to Graduate High School and Get into College

Across some urban areas of the United States, as many as 50% of Black males do not graduate from high school. An Ocean Hill public school is fixing this, one student at a time.
A Closer Look at the Effects of Disability Discrimination

A Closer Look at the Effects of Disability Discrimination

The second session of the Power in Pride Celebration conversation series analyzed the impacts that ableism can have on the disabled.
Bushwick Non-Profit Takes on Billion-Dollar Investment Company, Wins Affordable Housing Settlement

Bushwick Non-Profit Takes on Billion-Dollar Investment Company, Wins Affordable Housing Settlement

RiseBoro has reached an agreement with a billion-dollar investment banking company that will allow it to retain control of 190 affordable units in Bushwick
They're Baaack: Here Come the Street Sweepers in Full Effect

They're Baaack: Here Come the Street Sweepers in Full Effect

Alternate side parking rules reinstated for the first time since the Pandemic
AG James Recovers Nearly $300,000 of Illegally Withheld Security Deposits for Brooklyn Tenants

AG James Recovers Nearly $300,000 of Illegally Withheld Security Deposits for Brooklyn Tenants

SGW Properties LLC failed to return security deposits and provide an itemized list of costs, as required by new 2019 laws
Hundreds of Artists Featured at International African Arts Festival in its Fifth Decade

Hundreds of Artists Featured at International African Arts Festival in its Fifth Decade

Adeyemi Bandele co-founded the festival in 1971 with the goal of "understanding other people's cultures and enjoying them," she said.
Park Church Co-op in Greenpoint Closes, After Long Battle to Prevent Its Destruction

Park Church Co-op in Greenpoint Closes, After Long Battle to Prevent Its Destruction

Supporters, with members of the church, had held online petitions, fundraisers, and letter-writing campaigns to try to keep it open.