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New Yorkers Observe Labor Day in a Year of Job Loss and Transformation

New Yorkers Observe Labor Day in a Year of Job Loss and Transformation

As the nation honors its labor force Monday, millions of New York workers are still reeling from the economic aftershocks of the pandemic. They've seen their jobs transform, or vanish altogether.
A Monument to Racial Hierarchy in Brooklyn: Prospect Park’s Lefferts Historic House Museum

A Monument to Racial Hierarchy in Brooklyn: Prospect Park’s Lefferts Historic House Museum

Thanks to determined advocacy and truth-telling, the United States has finally begun to reckon with the role of monuments promoting or enacting racial hierarchy — especially those erected in honor of the Confederate cause.
He Turned His Life Around. Then a Gunman Showed Up at His Church.

He Turned His Life Around. Then a Gunman Showed Up at His Church.

To his friends, Edward James was the prime example of someone who had thrived after getting a second chance. He had been an alcoholic for years before sobering up and being hired as the caretaker at the Glorious Church of God in Brooklyn. Mr.
Anti-Crime is Back - But With Officers in Uniform - as NYPD Aims to Tamp Down Gun Violence

Anti-Crime is Back - But With Officers in Uniform - as NYPD Aims to Tamp Down Gun Violence

The NYPD believes it's hit on a new strategy for tamping down gun violence: Many cops from the recently disbanded Anti-Crime Unit are now in uniform, working closely with other officers to help get weapons off the street.
New York Promised to Help Mentally Ill People as They Left Prison. Here’s What Happened Instead.

New York Promised to Help Mentally Ill People as They Left Prison. Here’s What Happened Instead.

As he wandered around the east side of Manhattan, voices rattled around S.D.'s head. It was May 2019, and S.D., a 47-year-old man with schizophrenia, whom I'm naming by his initials for privacy, had just been released from a New York prison.

Crown Heights Community Board Inks ‘Historic’ Deal With Private Developer

Crown Heights' Community Board 8 forged a first-of-its-kind agreement with a private developer to set aside space for artisans and light manufacturing in a new, mixed-use development.
Arrest in Shooting Death of Brooklyn Church Caretaker

Arrest in Shooting Death of Brooklyn Church Caretaker

A suspect wanted for killing a beloved caretaker inside the victim's Brooklyn church was arrested Thursday morning, police said.
State of Our Schools: Mayor, Schools Chancellor Tour P.S. 59 in Bed-Stuy

State of Our Schools: Mayor, Schools Chancellor Tour P.S. 59 in Bed-Stuy

Mayor Bill de Blasio and New York City Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza toured a Bed-Stuy school Wednesday to take a look at some of the facilities and how the staff is preparing for an eventual return to in-person classes.
Governor Announces Dedication of State Park to LGBTQ Civil Rights Activist Marsha P. Johnson

Governor Announces Dedication of State Park to LGBTQ Civil Rights Activist Marsha P. Johnson

On August 14, 2020, New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced the dedication of East River State Park in Williamsburg, Brooklyn to LGBTQ activist Marsha P. Johnson.
Mutual Aid Groups Reckon With the Future: ‘We Don’t Want This to Just Be a Fad’

Mutual Aid Groups Reckon With the Future: ‘We Don’t Want This to Just Be a Fad’

In the early days of the pandemic, storied community activists and those newly unemployed, or working from home for the first time, came together to join or form mutual aid networks across the country.