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Maxwell, Nas and Emeli Sandé to Perform Valentine's Day Concert at Barclays Center

Artists Maxwell, Nas and Emeli Sandé will perform a Valentine's Day concert at Barclays Center East New York native Maxwell will play a Valentine's Day concert at Barclays Center on Sunday, February 14, 2016, his first show in New York City in five y

Photos: 24-Hour Hackathon in Brooklyn Makes History

More than two dozen youth from across Central Brooklyn gathered on Saturday for the borough's first-ever 24-Hour Hackathon and Youth Tech Challenge presented by NYS Senator Jesse Hamilton and Blue 1647 hosted at the Nigerian American Muslim Integrate
Photos: Stuyvesant Indi Bazaar Offers Unique, Eclectic and Local Handmade Goods

Photos: Stuyvesant Indi Bazaar Offers Unique, Eclectic and Local Handmade Goods

A shop has popped-up at the Stuyvesant Mansion, located at 375 Stuyvesant Avenue in Bed-Stuy, bringing together some of the most talented and gifted artists, designers and vendors selling handmade goods, one-of-a-kind accessories and unique artisanal

Electeds Express Outrage: Minorities Represent 65 Percent of NYC Tax-Paying Population, Yet Receive Only 1 Percent of City's Business Contracts!

NYC Comptroller Scott M.
Should Medgar Evers Prep Move into Boys and Girls High School? Parents Say, 'I Don't Think so!'

Should Medgar Evers Prep Move into Boys and Girls High School? Parents Say, 'I Don't Think so!'

Earlier this year, when Boys and Girls High School's interim principle Michael Wiltshire proposed merging the flailing Boys and Girls High School in Bed-Stuy with the high-achieving Medgar Evers College Preparatory School in Crown Heights, he was met
Central Brooklyn, Get Ready for the First-Ever 24-Hour Hackathon and Youth Tech Challenge!

Central Brooklyn, Get Ready for the First-Ever 24-Hour Hackathon and Youth Tech Challenge!

Central Brooklyn, I have one question: Are you ready to take the reins as the country's next, leading technology center ? Well, there is a group of Brooklyn teens who apparently say "yes!" On Saturday, December 12, State Senator Jesse Hamilton and Bl

Free Legal Clinic to Address Residential Displacement, Tenant Harassment in Brownsville, E. New York and Cypress Hills

Earlier this year, Brooklyn Borough President Eric L.
Report Shows, 'We are in the Worst Rental Crisis this Country Has Ever Known'

Report Shows, 'We are in the Worst Rental Crisis this Country Has Ever Known'

Are you a renter who struggles each month to make your rent? Well, if so, you're far from alone. According to Harvard's State of the Nation's Housing 2015 report , one in three Americans struggle getting their rental checks in on time.
Daryl Huggins: Why I Choose Biking as my Primary form of Transportation

Daryl Huggins: Why I Choose Biking as my Primary form of Transportation

By Richard Estime, a senior at Medgar Evers College and intern at Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation. Meet 45-year-old Daryl Huggins.

DIVAS for Social Justice Re-launches Cross Generational Entrepreneurial Program

By Clarisa James DIVAS for Social Justice is seeking cross-generational entrepreneurs for its remixed program, DIBS (Digital Inter-Generational Bridges to Success).