In Other Brooklyn News

For years, the NYPD boasted it had well more than 36,000 officers. But now, it's projecting it could have fewer than 34,000 cops for the first time in 25 years. "2,500 less officers than just a few months ago," said NYPD Chief Michael LiPetri.

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams is calling on the city to crack down on an illegal dumping site in East Flatbush that he says poses quality of life concerns for residents.

Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Sunday that he intended to "rewind" the reopening of nine neighborhoods in New York City that have had a testing positivity rate of more than 3 percent over the last seven days.

In the past six months, the city has waged an all-out war on hunger — an old, familiar foe whose grip grew stronger during the darkest days of the pandemic.

New York City restaurants welcomed diners back for the first time in the more than six months yesterday, but as was expected , most diners did not prefer to eat inside.

No one expected so many people to come to Michael Che's impromptu comedy show in June. The Saturday Night Live performer did little to publicize it, except mention it on Instagram the day before. But that was all he needed to do.

The District 40 City Council race is packed with a wide variety of candidates as diverse as the district itself.

A saddening new state report is predicting that nearly half of New York City's 24,000 bars and restaurants could shut permanently in the next six months as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and slow response from the city to reopen.

New York City is reopening all its public schools on Thursday in a milestone for the city's recovery from its position as the global epicenter of the pandemic and a hopeful sign for the country's unsteady effort to return children to classrooms.

Residents of a Fort Greene quasi-commune sued their landlord Wednesday, alleging harassment and illegal eviction attempts — kicking off a legal fight that got a boost from the city.