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Feb 3: Black History Maker, Hattie Carthan

A community activist and environmentalist who was instrumental in improving the quality of life of Bedford-Stuyvesant

Feb 3, 2020 8:02 PM Read more >

Unaffordable NYC: What Are the City's Elected Officials Doing About It?

The final story in our series on New York's affordability crisis

Feb 3, 2020 8:00 PM Read more >

Grenadian-born Brooklyn Filmmaker Explores Queer Caribbean Identity in New Film ‘Second Eulogy: Mind the Gap’

Scores turned out to see the screening at the Brooklyn Museum’s First Saturdays

Feb 3, 2020 1:52 PM Read more >

Feb 2: Brooklyn Black History Maker, Jean-Michel Basquiat

Basquiat’s signature painting style earned him cataclysmic stardom by the time he was 20.

Feb 2, 2020 4:23 PM Read more >

Feb 1: Brooklyn Black History Maker, Aaliyah

"Most exalted one"

Feb 1, 2020 3:05 PM Read more >

Common, Kehinde, Bri Blvck and Others at Bklyn Museum's First Saturday

Futura Noir: A bevy of exciting Black History Month programming kicks off at Brooklyn Museum's First Saturday

Jan 31, 2020 1:22 PM Read more >

Wanna Pizza Me? Joe & Sal's Pizzaria (Re-)Opens on Myrtle Ave

After a fire in 2010, the pizza shop opens again with a new name and new attitude

Jan 30, 2020 5:41 PM Read more >

NYC Comptroller Calls for Appointment of African Hair Braider on Advisory Board

Stringer and NY Assemblymembers say State's Appearance Enhancement Advisory Committee should be more inclusive

Jan 29, 2020 12:55 PM Read more >

VIDA Endorses Tremaine Wright and Stefani Zinerman for State Legislature

Zinerman tapped to fill the seat that will be vacated by Assemblymember Wright, who is running for the State Senate

Jan 28, 2020 6:16 PM Read more >

Rafael Espinal Resigns from City Council 'Effective Immediately,' to Serve as E.D. of Freelancers Union

The 35-year-old Councilmember announced his decision in a letter to Council Speaker Corey Johnson on Sunday

Jan 27, 2020 5:47 PM Read more >