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New Comptroller Report Finds Decline in NYC Black-Owned Businesses, Despite National Increase

New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer on Tuesday released a comprehensive, neighborhood-by-neighborhood analysis of the City's economy since 2000, revealing both positive and negative trends for business growth across the five boroughs.

Beyond Sacred Explores Muslim Identities at BRIC

photo credit: Ping Chong + Company Ping Chong + Company is taking the stage at BRIC to explore Muslim identities in the U.S with Beyond Sacred this Saturday, April 29, 2017.
Greenlight Bookstore to Host Gabourey Sidibe and Lena Dunham for Book Discussion on Life and Satire

Greenlight Bookstore to Host Gabourey Sidibe and Lena Dunham for Book Discussion on Life and Satire

On Friday, May 5, from 7:30pm — 9:30pm, at St.

Brooklyn Museum Showcases Artists of the Black Power Movement

A newly-opened, mixed-media exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum pulls back the curtain on the black woman's experience during the mid 1960s' rise of second-wave feminism, a largely white, middle-class movement that ignored the black working-class poor.

Brooklyn D.A. Creates Policy to Protect Immigrants From Deportation Over Minor Crimes

photo credit: NY Times The Brooklyn district attorney's office has crafted a policy that aims to avoid the deportation or detention of immigrants charged with certain misdemeanors or nonviolent crimes.

Congressman Hakeem Jeffries Holds Town Hall On Trump's Budget Cuts

Congressman Hakeem Jeffries discusses the potential impact of the 45th President's Administration at a public town hall meeting in Bed-Stuy. Photo credit: Jeffries.house.

What Justice Looks Like: Formerly Incarcerated Share Their Journey to Success

From Left to right: Khalil Cumberbatch, Cory Greene, Andre Mitchell, Teresa Y.
Hello There, Weekend!

Hello There, Weekend!

This weekend is a very nondescript two, three days. It's not the first weekend of Spring or Easter weekend, or any holiday.

Bus Turnaround Campaign to Improve MTA's Reliability, Speed in East New York

photo credit: amny.

Bed-Stuy Restoration Corporation Launches "RestorationArt"

photo credit: NY Times Celebrating its 50th anniversary, Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation (Restoration) announces the launch of its 21st century creative complex: RestorationArt , as Broadway World reports.