In Other Brooklyn News

New data shows that nearly half of New York City public schools have had attendance rates during the COVID-19 crisis that fall below what's considered acceptable by education experts.

It's been one year since the moment New Yorkers realized the city's COVID catastrophe had arrived and life was grinding to a halt. It struck at different times for different people, but it was surreal and scary for everyone all the same.

New York workers will not have to worry about taking unpaid time from their jobs to get the coronavirus vaccine, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Friday.

The 47-year-old victim was chatting on his cellphone as he rode a B46 bus toward the corner of Sterling Place and Utica Ave. in Crown Heights around 5:20 p.m. on March 5 when a bald man came up and started talking to him.

The candidates vying to replace Mathieu Eugene, the longest-serving member of the New York City Council, face a laundry list of issues at the forefront of their would-be constituents' minds.

Our needs for housing, food security, health, and green open spaces are all critical. Therefore, city policies and planning must not pit these needs against each other. Seldom considered are the health benefits provided by greenery.

Yet another real estate agent learned the hard way earlier this week that it's not okay to be racist.

The outraged widow of a Brooklyn murder victim wanted answers and an arrest Wednesday after a Correction Department snafu put the accused killer back on the street.

It seemed that everyone in East New York knew Winchester Key.

One of my most vivid memories from last April is the sound. I was working as an emergency medical technician in New York City. Day and night for weeks, sirens drowned out every other sound within earshot.