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Comptroller and 100+ Community Orgs Call for Creation of $25M Food Fund for Undocumented NYers

The coalition is calling on Mayor Bill de Blasio to spend FEMA reimbursement funds on New Yorkers unable to access federal benefit programs

Mar 25, 2021 10:12 AM Read more >

Bushwick Family Residence Recognizes BK Leaders in Womens History Month Celebration

NYPD Assistant Chief Judith R. Harrison and Department of Education Liaison Jeanette Wright were honored by the community for their service

Mar 24, 2021 2:59 PM Read more >

'Let Us Help': More Than 100 BK Religious Leaders Slam NY Officials for Vaccine Rollout

The mostly-Christian coalition of leaders has sent letters to the city's top leaders, asking for houses of worship to be deemed essential and be used to help people get vaccinated.

Mar 24, 2021 2:08 PM Read more >

Brownsville Slated for Anti-Gun Violence Pilot Program

Officials plan to supplement grassroots efforts with the Advance Peace Model in several citywide hotspots

Mar 24, 2021 9:54 AM Read more >

Brooklyn Circus Ouigi Theodore Showcases Collection Dedicated to His Mother in Macys Icons of Style

The collaboration brings together some of the countrys most dynamic Black creatives to showcase limited-edition collections at Macys

Mar 23, 2021 3:37 PM Read more >

After Relationship Breakdown, BK Young Dems Bypassing BK Democratic Party in Attempt to Obtain Charter Renewal

A dispute between young Democrats and their parent party stalls a normally routine charter recertification process

Mar 23, 2021 1:29 PM Read more >

Vaccine Update in Brooklyn

Governor Andrew Cuomo has relaxed gathering restrictions as new groups are made eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine

Mar 23, 2021 11:55 AM Read more >

Founder of Unique Bed-Stuy Farm Stand Wants to Help Others Start Their Own

Mitch Bloom wants Brooklynites to get in the habit of buying locally-sourced fresh produce and is planning to mentor others to manage their own farm stands to serve their communities, too

Mar 22, 2021 3:28 PM Read more >

Youth, Community and Pols Call on City to Restore Summer Camp Funding in a Year Full of Uncertainty

Funding for Schools Out NYC summer programming has been cut in the Mayor's preliminary FY22 Executive Budget

Mar 22, 2021 2:26 PM Read more >

Yusuf Hawkins Life and Legacy Honored in Bed-Stuy Street Co-Naming

Bed-Stuys Verona Place has been co-named Yusuf Hawkins Way to honor the teen who was murdered in 1989

Mar 22, 2021 12:35 PM Read more >