In Other Brooklyn News

On a clear blue-skied morning this past Saturday, Scott Stringer was basking in a love fest at City Hall Park.

A standout student at a charter high school in Brooklyn says it's time for state lawmakers to listen to pupils and parents — and pass a law to allow more charter schools to open. "It's unfair to limit opportunities to other students.

A 77-year-old woman was killed in a hit-and-run accident in Brooklyn on Saturday night, police said. The woman was crossing Campus Rd. northbound at the intersection of Nostrand Ave.

Thousands gathered outside the Barclays Center on Saturday for a memorial for legendary rapper DMX . The 50-year-old Yonkers native, born Earl Simmons, died April 9 after suffering cardiac arrest .

As a mother who lost her son to police violence, Lorna Wright-Bovell understands the pain George Floyd's family felt and the small measure of justice they received last week with the conviction of the Minneapolis cop who killed him.

Democratic primary mayoral candidate Dianne Morales wants to create a new city agency that will be the first responder agency for calls for people suffering from mental illness, homelessness or substance abuse.

A teenage boy was critically injured when he was shot in the head late Thursday night in Brooklyn, according to the NYPD. Police said the shooting happened around 10:45 p.m.

A nine-story residential building is joining the fray on a quickly developing stretch of Atlantic Avenue in Clinton Hill. With an address of 540 Waverly Avenue, the building stretches along Atlantic from Waverly to Clinton Avenue.

With temperatures slowly on the rise, the city and East Williamsburg's first meadery is set to host a massive block party this weekend.

Sniffing out new renewable energy sources for New York City like a determined bloodhound, Mayor Bill de Blasio spoke Wednesday about implementing more geothermal heating and cooling systems to replace fuel oil and natural gas in buildings.