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photo credit: 6sqft.com A Bed-Stuy parking lot has been transformed to an urban farming accelerator by the new agricultural enterprise Square Roots .

"bein alive & bein a woman & bein colored is a metaphysical dilemma/ i havent conquered yet.

New York has made some progress towards furthering gender equality and women's rights, beginning with the 2015 passage of the New York Equal Pay Bill and more recently, with the Paid Family Leave Bill, in addition to other legislation that strives to

Photo: Rachel Elkind On International Women's Day, Headchop Salon in Williamsburg closed for the day and volunteered its beauty services to pamper six ladies from Brooklyn Community Services ' Transitional Living Community.

By Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership Plans were filed with the NYC Department of Buildings last week to erect a new six-story building on Myrtle Avenue in Fort Greene.

The By My Side Birth Support program recently celebrated its 500th birth. This celebratory spot was held by Lisa Johnson, a bouncing bundle of joy, weighing in at a loving 6 pounds.

photo credit: Curbed NY Alloy Development announced a massive project to bring two schools, a cultural institution, office and retail space, and 900 mixed-income apartments to Downtown Brooklyn.

Photo: Tzivos Hashem What better way to engage a child in learning than to turn that learning into a competition? The strategy has proven successful for the more than 1,000 eager chayol (young Jewish soldiers) who participated in the International Se

On March 23, more than 100 parents from across the five boroughs rallied at City Hall in Manhattan as part of a statewide "Say Yes To The Test" effort to encourage parents to get behind state the Common Core standardized testing.

Raise the Age Hearing in Albany on February 6, 2017 Jurists, advocates, educators, and everyday New Yorkers testified at our " Raise the Age" Hearing earlier this year.