In Other Brooklyn News

Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) and the Mayor's Public Engagement Unit (PEU) went door-to-door in Bushwick, Brooklyn last Friday, October 1st, to speak with homeowners who were affected by Hurricane Ida.

Homicide detectives are continuing to investigate two separate, deadly shootings in Brooklyn and Queens on Sunday that appear to be gang-related, sources familiar with the investigation said.

Governor Kathy Hochul appeared at the Brownsville Recreation Center Oct. 4 to sign legislation that guarantees SNAP recipients the opportunity to purchase prepared meals at restaurants.

What’s next for former New York City mayoral candidate and civil rights lawyer Maya Wiley? She says she isn’t going to run for governor. But she still wants to see her plan to provide universal community care for children and older adults realized.

Defying the continued reopening of New York City, the spread of COVID-19 continues to fall across the Five Boroughs â€" but not in areas where vaccination rates have lagged behind the citywide average.

Police arrested a 44-year-old homeless man Saturday on murder charges in a Brooklyn man’s rooftop death. Solomon Samuel, 44, was found unconscious and unresponsive on the roof of a Brownsville Houses building on Thursday night, police said.

A longstanding Brooklyn gang feud erupted anew with the gunshot slaying of a Brownsville man on his way to Sunday dinner with his mom, aunt and baby son, police sources and relatives said.

New York City's progress against gun violence is facing a major setback as a new and troubling trend emerges in the wake of shootings across the five boroughs.

On Sept. 26, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the creation of a relief program for undocumented persons who were affected by the floods and storms generated by the remnants of Hurricane Ida .

Police officers with the NYPD's animal cruelty investigation squad made a stunning and disturbing discovery inside a Brooklyn home on Thursday, where 20 dogs were found in a vile animal hoarding scene.