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Sunset Park Bank Seeks Approval for Millions in Subsidized Deposits for Increased Financial Services

Sunset Park Bank Seeks Approval for Millions in Subsidized Deposits for Increased Financial Services

A Sunset Park bank branch is seeking approval for a state program that would give them millions in public deposits in exchange for offering services for vulnerable populations.
17-Year-Old Boy Arrested for Deadly Shooting at Sweet 16 Party Last Year in Brooklyn

17-Year-Old Boy Arrested for Deadly Shooting at Sweet 16 Party Last Year in Brooklyn

A teenager has been charged with murder for a deadly shooting in Brooklyn last year. Police arrested a 17-year-old boy for a shooting that occurred last November.
How Eric Adams Won The New York City Mayoral Primary

How Eric Adams Won The New York City Mayoral Primary

For two months we've known that Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams won New York City's Democratic primary for mayor with 31 percent of first-place votes (he finally achieved a majority in the ranked-choice election after eight rounds of instant ru
Brooklyn Boy, 16, Dies a Week After He’s Shot Behind Wheel of Mercedes in Unsolved Drive-By

Brooklyn Boy, 16, Dies a Week After He’s Shot Behind Wheel of Mercedes in Unsolved Drive-By

A 16-year-old boy shot behind the wheel of a Mercedes-Benz in Brooklyn has died, police said Wednesday.
Cameras Capture Illegal Dumping as Sanitation Tries to Clean Up Increasingly Dirty City

Cameras Capture Illegal Dumping as Sanitation Tries to Clean Up Increasingly Dirty City

The driver of a U-Haul truck recently pulled up to a dead-end block in East New York, Brooklyn, unloaded hunks of a cut tree — including branches and the chopped-up stump — and drove away.
Brooklyn Family Considering Legal Action After Loved One Found With Bruises at Nursing Home

Brooklyn Family Considering Legal Action After Loved One Found With Bruises at Nursing Home

A Brooklyn family says their loved one showed signs of bruises, scratches, and swelling when visiting her at an East New York nursing home earlier in the week.
BK Cops Beat Men, Pregnant Woman In Wrongful Arrest, Lawsuit Says

BK Cops Beat Men, Pregnant Woman In Wrongful Arrest, Lawsuit Says

Two men and a pregnant woman who say they were beaten by police officers on a Crown Heights street corner last year have sued the city and the cops who attacked them, records show.
Brooklyn Music School, Local Stakeholders Support Fort Greene Tower Expansion

Brooklyn Music School, Local Stakeholders Support Fort Greene Tower Expansion

Controversial plans for a 23-story tower to rise next to the Brooklyn Music School in Fort Greene were met with little resistance at a public hearing hosted by the Department of City Planning yesterday afternoon.
Build, Baby, Build: Eric Adams Says He Wants More Housing; Will He Deliver?

Build, Baby, Build: Eric Adams Says He Wants More Housing; Will He Deliver?

Tweeting the welcome census-delivered fact that the city's population increased by more than 630,000 from 2010 to 2020, a time during which "the number of housing units in the five boroughs increased by only 206,000," Democratic mayoral nominee Eric
Woman Dies, Man Hurt In Double Crown Heights Shooting: Cops

Woman Dies, Man Hurt In Double Crown Heights Shooting: Cops

A woman died and a man was injured after a double shooting on St. Johns Place last week, according to police. Emergency responders found the 54-year-old woman, shot in the chest, and the 30-year-old man, shot in the arm, just after 8:30 p.m.