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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.

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

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.

When it comes to affordable housing, the question remains: affordable for who? Two units available through the city's Affordable Housing Lottery in the Bushwick area at 65 Woodbine St . and 65 Graham Ave.

Vaccinations continue to rise in New York City, and Mayor Bill de Blasio is counting on his vaccine mandate to help ensure that the coronavirus doesn't spread among vaccinated people, including people at the city's large scale Homecoming Concert seri

The restart of fully in-person public school classes in less than a month will bring the return of nearly a million students — along with more than 4,000 school safety agents.

Tropical Storm Henri unleashed devastating rain across the Tri-State area as it made its way up the east coast Sunday.

Announced one week before the event, Ghostface Killah from Wu-Tang Clan will be headlining the notorious Bushwick Collective Block Party. The event will feature 25 musical performances , including rapper Tony Moxberg and D.J. Cipha Sounds.

As longtime residents can attest, Bed-Stuy has been rapidly changing over the last decade. Now, newly-released census data reveals the extent of the transformation.... Read more Click here to view original web page at patch.

A mother of four was killed Thursday night when she was struck by possible stray bullets as she was arriving home from work, according to family and the NYPD. Officers responded just after 8:30 p.m. to a call of a shooting on St.