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12-Year-Old Boy Shot in the Chest on Brooklyn Street: NYPD

12-Year-Old Boy Shot in the Chest on Brooklyn Street: NYPD

Cops in Brooklyn are looking for the individual who shot a 12-year-old boy in the chest on Saturday night. Police sources said it's not clear whether the victim was the intended target or a bystander.
Brooklyn Man Left for Dead in Fatal Williamsburg Hit-and-Run

Brooklyn Man Left for Dead in Fatal Williamsburg Hit-and-Run

Police in Brooklyn were searching Sunday for the driver of a car that struck and killed a pedestrian. The incident occurred Saturday morning in Williamsburg.
Brooklyn Rallies to Help St.Vincent Residents Displaced by Volcanic Eruptions

Brooklyn Rallies to Help St.Vincent Residents Displaced by Volcanic Eruptions

More people with ties to the Caribbean island of St. Vincent live in Brooklyn than any other place in the world, according to the Consul General of St. Vincent; so when a volcano erupted on St.
The State of the Mayoral Race in N.Y.C.

The State of the Mayoral Race in N.Y.C.

As New York City slowly comes back to life amid warmer weather and coronavirus vaccinations, the most consequential contest in at least two decades is heating up.
How a Brooklyn Arts and Food Activist Spends Her Sundays

How a Brooklyn Arts and Food Activist Spends Her Sundays

As a girl growing up in public housing and homeless shelters from the Bronx to Brooklyn, Tiffiney Davis often didn't have enough to eat. Sometimes a meal was a dry bowl of cereal shared among siblings.

Downtown Brooklyn Should Get Third ‘Busway’ on Livingston St., Pols Say

Most cars would be banned from a busy stretch of Livingston St. in downtown Brooklyn under a proposal pushed by three elected officials this month.

Where Elderly NYers Can Get COVID Vaccines Without an Appointment

New York City has opened even more walk-up COVID-19 vaccine sites across the Big Apple for seniors 75 and older.

‘He’s Not Racist. He’s Out There. He’s on Pluto.’ Brooklyn Anti-Asian Attack Suspect Is Mentally Ill, Siblings Say

The Brooklyn man accused in three anti-Asian hate crimes is mentally ill and off his medication, his siblings told the Daily News Thursday. "He's not racist. He's out there.
Brooklyn Man Kills Woman and Her Two Daughters, Then Himself

Brooklyn Man Kills Woman and Her Two Daughters, Then Himself

A 9-year-old girl returning home on her birthday Monday night opened her door to a horrifying scene: her mother and two sisters had been shot and killed, the police said.

Volunteers Are Actually the Ones Funding Open Streets Programs. Why Isn’t the City?

Each morning at 8 a.m., about a dozen volunteers in orange safety vests drag barricades to close off a 26-block stretch of 34th Avenue in Jackson Heights. Soon, residents trickle onto the mile of road.