In Other Brooklyn News

A new initiative from New York City’s Office of Nightlife offers people working in entertainment, bars and clubs the opportunity to receive free mental health care, as COVID-19 continues to impact those working in the nightlife industry.

The U.S. Senate confirmed Damian Williams late Tuesday as the new U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, the office of Senator Chuck Schumer said, making Mr.

It has been years since Patricia Edwards’s top floor apartment in Brooklyn has felt like an acceptable home. When it rains, water leaks into the kitchen and living room. It also pours through a crack in the bathroom ceiling so big that Ms.

The NYPD on Wednesday released frightening video of a 65-year-old woman being chased down and attacked on a Brooklyn street in an attempted purse snatching. Police said it happened back on Sept. 28, around 4:40 p.m.

Arleene Meertens saw the worst of the COVID pandemic as a patient care technician at Kingsbrook Hospital in Flatbush.

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.