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Reformers Walk Out of Brooklyn Dems Meeting After Removal of Progressive Proposals

Reformers Walk Out of Brooklyn Dems Meeting After Removal of Progressive Proposals

Brooklyn Democratic Party reformers walked out of Wednesday's continued full membership Zoom meeting after a party-hired parliamentarian tossed out a slate of progressive reforms passed at last week's infamous 13-hour gathering .
Arrest Made After FedEx Driver Shot While Delivering Packages in Brooklyn

Arrest Made After FedEx Driver Shot While Delivering Packages in Brooklyn

A man wanted in the shooting of a FedEx driver in Brooklyn earlier this month is under arrest. The delivery service driver was shot in the back at the Van Dyke Houses on Dumont Avenue and Powell Street in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn on Dec.
Organic Market Plans First Brooklyn Outpost Near Barclays Center

Organic Market Plans First Brooklyn Outpost Near Barclays Center

A high-end market will open its first Brooklyn location near the Barclays Center next year, developers announced.
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.