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NYC Gets 'F' Grade for Lack of Spending With Black-Owned Businesses

NYC Gets 'F' Grade for Lack of Spending With Black-Owned Businesses

For the 8th year in a row, the City received an 'F' for its lack of spending with African American-owned businesses, even with the racial justice protests of 2020 still fresh in the city's collective memory
Brooklyn Woman Fosters 200th Dog, Encourages Other to Foster as Need Rises Post COVID Lockdowns

Brooklyn Woman Fosters 200th Dog, Encourages Other to Foster as Need Rises Post COVID Lockdowns

Megan Penney’s 200th foster dog is Thumbelina, a Corgi/German Shepherd mix with who uses a wheelchair to get around
Has NYC's Black Population Really Declined? Medgar Evers’ Center for Law and Social Justice Says No

Has NYC's Black Population Really Declined? Medgar Evers’ Center for Law and Social Justice Says No

CLSJ’s new report examines how people of African descent were categorized for Census 2020.

BK Man Charged With Stealing 73-Year-Old Woman's Car With Therapy Dog Inside

The man allegedly dragged the woman from the car before stealing it with her dog inside
Desus and Mero Filled 80+ Free Fridges in NYC This Week for World Food Day

Desus and Mero Filled 80+ Free Fridges in NYC This Week for World Food Day

To commemorate World Food Day on October 16, SHOWTIME and New York Forever are teaming up with City Harvest to stock free fridges across all five boroughs.
NYPD Crossing Guard Says She 'Can't Stop' Dancing, Even When It Nearly Cost Her Job

NYPD Crossing Guard Says She 'Can't Stop' Dancing, Even When It Nearly Cost Her Job

Esther Bishop has been a crossing guard for 13 years, and she's danced her way through every year on the job, despite those who have tried to stop her groove.

Bed-Stuy’s Woodhull Hospital Adds 16 Exam Rooms and More in $5M Expansion

The 5,000 square feet expansion includes the exam rooms, a new nurse’s station, a new isolation room and more
The Week in Crime: Spotlight on Brownsville

The Week in Crime: Spotlight on Brownsville

Overall, crime is up in Brownsville, and in Brooklyn as a whole.
Driver Charged With Reckless Manslaughter for BK Crash That Killed 3-Month-Old

Driver Charged With Reckless Manslaughter for BK Crash That Killed 3-Month-Old

Tyrik Mott was charged with first-degree assault and second-degree manslaughter after he allegedly drove against traffic on a one-way street causing a major car crash
Vaccination Against COVID-19 Supports a Healthy Pregnancy by Protecting Both Mother and Child - an Immunologist Explains the Maternal Immune Response

Vaccination Against COVID-19 Supports a Healthy Pregnancy by Protecting Both Mother and Child - an Immunologist Explains the Maternal Immune Response

The CDC has reiterated the importance of vaccination in preventing severe illness and death resulting from COVID-19.