In Other Brooklyn News

In the neighborhood of East New York, elementary school Principal Janet Huger-Johnson, who grew up there, aims to make her school a sanctuary, a place where kids might be able to forget for a moment that they are living through a pandemic.

Late actor Chadwick Boseman is being remembered and honored in Brooklyn . A mural of Boseman was unveiled on Clarendon Avenue in East Flatbush on Saturday.

If you're looking to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, support minority-owned businesses, and help local restaurants get back on their feet, look no further than Taste of Prospect Heights.

A teenager has been charged with attempted murder after an early morning shooting near an outdoor J'Ouvert celebration in Brooklyn left a 7-year-old boy, his mother and four others wounded, police said.

The state moratorium on evictions is not going anywhere soon with Governor Andrew Cuomo's administration battening down the hatches ahead of winter where they expect to see a spike in COVID-19 infection.

The city Board of Elections sent absentee ballots to some Brooklyn voters with return envelopes bearing strangers' names and addresses, THE CITY has learned.

Latrice Walker, assemblywoman for New York State's District 55, still distinctly remembers what it was like growing up with childhood asthma in Brownsville.

By way of a recent executive order , Gov. Andrew Cuomo is allowing unemployed New Yorkers to become poll workers for the upcoming election without losing their unemployment benefits.

The presidential election may be consuming the public's attention, but there was a major shake-up last week in another race that is vitally important to New Yorkers: the bid to be New York City's next mayor.

A large mural honoring the late actor Chadwick Boseman was unveiled Saturday in Brooklyn.