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Rent Control Laws Due to Expire Today. How Seriously Have Pols Taken the Issue?

Monday, June 15 (today) begins the three-day final week of the session for legislators in Albany, and two very huge items on their agenda that are scheduled for a vote are 1.

The 9th Annual Make Music New York Festival is on its Way!

The 9th annual Make Music New York music festival is on its way!! On Sunday, June 21, rock bands, church bands, jazz bands; gospel singers, opera singers, soul singers, all genres of music performers from around the city will take to the streets, ush

My Weekend, Your Weekend, Our Brooklyn Weekend!

It's still two more weekends before we get to the official start of summer (June 21st), but spring is a wonderful time to get up, get out and get something... and that something is your social life.

Friday: Esperanza Spalding, José James to Play Celebrate Brooklyn!'s Prospect Park Bandshell

This Friday, June 11, 7:30pm at Prospect Park Bandshell, Esperanza Spalding presents "Emily's D+Evolution" with a special guest performance by José James.
We Are All Prejudiced: The Physiology and Psychology of Police Brutality

We Are All Prejudiced: The Physiology and Psychology of Police Brutality

A bikini-clad teenage girl is thrown face down on the ground while crying out for her mother. A man is shot in the back several times while fleeing a routine traffic stop. Another teenager is killed near Ferguson, Missouri.

BP Adams Speaks Out Against 421a Tax Abatement Law: Brooklyn's Most Vulnerable Ignored

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams addresses the 421a Tax Abatement Law with Errol Louis on NY1's Inside City Hall On a recent episode of NY1's Inside City Hall, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams joined Errol Louis to discuss affordable housin
Brook-Lens: Tyson Beckford, Manolo Rose and a Host of Brooklyn Tastemakers Party at Trap House NYC in Bed-Stuy

Brook-Lens: Tyson Beckford, Manolo Rose and a Host of Brooklyn Tastemakers Party at Trap House NYC in Bed-Stuy

DJ Trauma and Manolo Rose Check out some of the photos from the latest installment of the Trap House NYC house party series this past weekend in Bed-Stuy, in celebration of DJ Trauma's birthday! The invite-only house party is held at a private locati

Crown Heights Readies for Annual Family Day Picnic

The 71 Precinct, in partnership with the 71st Pct.

There's No Place Like Home

In the midst of reading the endlessly fascinating THE GREAT BRIDGE by David McCullough (originally published in 1972) about the history and construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, I had to wrestle down my desire to run down Flatbush Ave.

Begin Again! When Court Comes to Church

Church, universally, has been viewed as a place where anyone, despite their "sins," can begin again. Now, Kings County District Attorney Ken Thompson is offering this same opportunity to all residents of Brooklyn, as it concerns the law.