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A 'Healthy Start' for Your Baby in Brooklyn? Yes, You C.A.N!

Some of the members of the Healthy Start Brooklyn Community Action Network Photo: The Brooklyn Reader Mary-Powel Thomas is on a mission.

Councilmember Cumbo to Hosts Job Training Info Session in Crown Heights for the Homeless

New York City Council Member Laurie A. Cumbo will host an information session in Crown Heights on Tuesday to inform constituents and other attendees about job training opportunities with the Association of Community Employment Programs (ACE).

Police Searching for Robber of Beso Restaurant in Bed-Stuy

Police are looking for a man who was caught on video stealing valuable items from out of Brooklyn Beso Restaurant just before Memorial Day.

Sen. Hamilton Holds Town Hall on NYCHA Housing in E. New York

Thursday night, more than 80 people gathered at the Van Dyke Community Center in East New York for a town hall meeting on NYCHA and key concerns for its residents.

Citizen: An American Lyric— You Must Read This Book

Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine is required reading for every white American, just as James Baldwin's The Fire Next Time was and is.

Applications Open Now for Cheap Office Spaces in DUMBO for Artists, Non-Profits

Artists, non-profits, and cultural groups are eligible to rent below-market office and studio space in DUMBO, Brooklyn through Two Trees Management Company's Cultural Space Subsidy Program .

Illuminating the Under-Told History That Shaped Weeksville

Weeksville 1903 Photo: fastcompany.

Caitlyn Jenner May Just Save a Teen's Life: 43% of Transgender Teens Have Attempted Suicide

Caitlyn Jenner's debut has bigger implications than the 24-hour news cycle is reporting. Caitlyn's debut has the ability to save lives.
Bklyn Lawmakers Arrested While Protesting Need For Stronger Rent Laws

Bklyn Lawmakers Arrested While Protesting Need For Stronger Rent Laws

Click here to view original web page at www.kingscountypolitics.com Council Member Williams (center) stands with city and state elected officials before they were arrested in the state Capitol during yesterday's civil disobedience.

Councilmember Cornegy's 'Avonte's Law' to Result in 21,000 Door Alarms in NYC Public Schools by Year's End

City Councilmembers Robert Cornegy, Jr. and Daniel Dromm announce the results of the first DOE report required by Avonte's Law Does the name Avonte Oquendo ring a bell or cause alarm? Well if it didn't before, it surely will now.