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Juneteenth has come to symbolize for many African Americans what the 4th of July symbolizes for the rest of America: freedom.

As the number of Black homeowners in Brooklyn slides, the Dubois Bunche Public Policy Center at Medger Evers College, CUNY is revving up its resources to help homeowners fight deed theft and foreclosure.

New York City's playground will add about 1,100 new homes as progress is being made in Coney Island, according to Mayor Eric Adams.

School District 16 took a step toward hiring a new superintendent by hosting a virtual forum where the Bedford-Stuyvesant community could meet the four candidates.

Hundreds of participants enjoyed the Brooklyn Pride parade on Saturday, June 14 in Park Slope.

About 200 to 300 demonstrators gathered on Saturday in Downtown Brooklyn for the No Kings protest, a day of defiance against President Donald Trump overstepping the limits of his power in his second term.

Sabrina Gates, the deputy director of the Brooklyn Democratic Party, is trying to oust City Council Member Lincoln Restler from his post in District 33.

Richardson Hitchins is the IBF Super Featherweight world champion, but the 27-year-old boxer had to first fight poverty and the streets of Brooklyn before facing professional opponents.

After the City Council approved the Atlantic Avenue rezoning in late May, many welcomed the new housing and infrastructure — but in hindsight, some community board members say they feel the process was rushed, as a deeply affordable housing component was left out of the final plan.

"...if there's ever a need to go beyond the manpower that we have, there's other ways you do it before you have to come with the look of a military operation,” New York City Mayor Eric Adams said during his regular weekly press briefing on Tuesday.