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Flatbush Residents Rally to Help Family Displaced by Fire Days Before Christmas

Flatbush Residents Rally to Help Family Displaced by Fire Days Before Christmas

Kareem Clarke awoke on Dec. 22 to the sound of his brother Brian's screams from the floor above him.
In Rare Move, City Backs Off Two Controversial Rezonings That Would Block Botanic Garden Sun

In Rare Move, City Backs Off Two Controversial Rezonings That Would Block Botanic Garden Sun

A Kings County Supreme Court Judge struck down the 2018 Franklin Avenue rezoning on Monday, after a years-long court battle waged by neighborhood activists.
PHOTOS: How New Yorkers Forged on Through 2020, a Year Like No Other

PHOTOS: How New Yorkers Forged on Through 2020, a Year Like No Other

Every new year starts with hope. The measure of where we are as a city is whether the year ends with it.
New Yorkers On Why They Love NYC, Now More Than Ever

New Yorkers On Why They Love NYC, Now More Than Ever

As part of our Dear NYC series , we asked New Yorkers — at the end of one of the most painful and difficult years in New York City's history — to tell us why they love this city.
Terminally Ill Prisoner Convicted in 1990s NYPD Cop Killing Denied Compassionate Release; ‘She Just Wants to Spend What Time She Has Left With Her

Terminally Ill Prisoner Convicted in 1990s NYPD Cop Killing Denied Compassionate Release; ‘She Just Wants to Spend What Time She Has Left With Her

A terminally ill prisoner serving out a second conviction in the decades-old Brooklyn killing of an NYPD officer was denied a compassionate release, with a judge arguing that he was aware she might die behind bars when he sentenced her, new court fil
In Surprise Shift, Mayor De Blasio Says He Opposes Controversial Crown Heights Towers

In Surprise Shift, Mayor De Blasio Says He Opposes Controversial Crown Heights Towers

Mayor Bill de Blasio is set to announce his opposition to the development of a controversial residential project in Crown Heights that had sparked fears of gentrification as well as the casting of plant-killing shadows over the Brooklyn Botanic Garde
At Brownsville's Brookdale Hospital, COVID-19 Vaccine Is Like "Christmas Coming Early"

At Brownsville's Brookdale Hospital, COVID-19 Vaccine Is Like "Christmas Coming Early"

"If I anaphylax, who's got me?" joked Dr.

Schumer Says Upcoming COVID Relief Bill Includes Billions For MTA

Sen. Charles Schumer says the COVID relief bill also includes billions of dollars in funding for the MTA . "For subway and bus riders, you know the MTA was running into real trouble. I promised/ I tried to get $4 billion for them.
MTA to Honor Hero Subway Operator Who Died Saving Riders in Arson-Sparked Tunnel Fire

MTA to Honor Hero Subway Operator Who Died Saving Riders in Arson-Sparked Tunnel Fire

MTA officials on Monday announced plans to dedicate a Brooklyn subway station to honor Garrett Goble, a motorman who lost his life in March while saving straphangers from a train fire sparked by a crazed arsonist.
'They're Liars': Activists Say Brooklyn Residents Were Not Informed of Fracked Gas Pipeline

'They're Liars': Activists Say Brooklyn Residents Were Not Informed of Fracked Gas Pipeline

Pati Rodriguez grew up in Bushwick, a historically industrial, predominantly Hispanic neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York . She has worked as a community organizer for years, and at 38, she knows the neighborhood inside and out.