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NYC Health Department to Expand Anti-Racism Work With New Board of Health Resolution

NYC declared racism a public health crisis in 2020 and now the Board of Health has passed a resolution that includes several actions to support anti-racism work

Oct 19, 2021 11:45 AM Read more >

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

Oct 18, 2021 7:27 PM Read more >

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

Oct 18, 2021 5:56 PM Read more >

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.

Oct 18, 2021 1:25 PM Read more >

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

Oct 18, 2021 11:37 AM Read more >

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.

Oct 15, 2021 8:18 PM Read more >

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.

Oct 15, 2021 7:51 PM Read more >

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

Oct 15, 2021 2:54 PM Read more >

The Week in Crime: Spotlight on Brownsville

Overall, crime is up in Brownsville, and in Brooklyn as a whole.

Oct 15, 2021 12:36 PM Read more >

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

Oct 15, 2021 11:00 AM Read more >