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A Place to Heal and Call Home: BK’s Mixteca Offers Immigrants a Helping Hand Upon Arrival

A Place to Heal and Call Home: BK’s Mixteca Offers Immigrants a Helping Hand Upon Arrival

The nonprofit works on the frontlines of the migrant crisis, helping asylum seekers and immigrants from all over the world as they struggle to call NYC home.
Adams Urges New Yorkers to Use Cooling Centers During Heat Wave

Adams Urges New Yorkers to Use Cooling Centers During Heat Wave

The mayor, during his weekly press conference, also addressed gun violence in Brownsville and supported the governor's potential mask ban on subways.
Voices From All Sides: Migrants, Volunteers Talk to Clinton Hill Residents About Shelter Complex

Voices From All Sides: Migrants, Volunteers Talk to Clinton Hill Residents About Shelter Complex

The corner of Hall Street and Flushing Avenue in Clinton Hill was bustling Thursday for different, but related reasons.
Savor Brooklyn: Black Restaurant Week Highlights Local Flavors

Savor Brooklyn: Black Restaurant Week Highlights Local Flavors

Black Restaurant Week highlights all the hard-working Black culinary business owners in the borough.
NYC Public Hospital Residents Get Pay Parity Under New Deal

NYC Public Hospital Residents Get Pay Parity Under New Deal

In a near-unanimous vote, resident physicians with the Committee of Interns and Residents union voted to ratify the contract with New York City Health + Hospitals.
Tensions Mount Amid Possible Landmark Designation in Bed-Stuy

Tensions Mount Amid Possible Landmark Designation in Bed-Stuy

Many residents want the city to officially landmark the Willoughby-Hart Historic District. Others disagree, saying landmark status makes it too hard to expand and renovate homes.
Faith Leaders Ask City Funds Shift From Policing to Social Services

Faith Leaders Ask City Funds Shift From Policing to Social Services

Faith in New York, an organization of faith-based leaders and advocates, rallied at Barclays Center on Tuesday.
Mayor Backs Hochul on Congestion Pricing Reversal

Mayor Backs Hochul on Congestion Pricing Reversal

The governor shared her thoughts with Mayor Eric Adams about two weeks prior to her announcement.
BK Nonprofit Worker’s Justice Project Gives Voice, Empowers Low-Wage Laborers

BK Nonprofit Worker’s Justice Project Gives Voice, Empowers Low-Wage Laborers

Led and founded by Ligia Guallpa, WJP aims to create a more “inclusive, beautiful and powerful” labor movement.
Next Gen Mental Health Advocates Blossom in Brownsville

Next Gen Mental Health Advocates Blossom in Brownsville

The 12-week program, funded by participatory budgetary funds, taught young adults about signs, symptoms and diagnoses and how to cope with mental health issues to transform themselves into mental health advocates.