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Study Says: 1 in 9 Working Brooklyn Adults Goes Hungry

The report, released by 'Hunger Free America,' reveals: Brooklyn has the largest number of working adults experiencing food insecurity in NYC Photo credit: NY Daily News Despite unemployment dropping and wages rising, hunger rates in New York City ar
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Legal Aid Society Files Lawsuit to Block Bedford-Union Armory Plan

The suit challenges the current plan for the Crown Heights development as well as the city's land use decisions, arguing that the city's impact studies don't take tenant displacement into account Photo credit: Legal Aid Society Just a week after the
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BP Adams Allocates Greenhouse Funding to Brooklyn Schools, Brings Agritech into the Classrooms

The $7 million investment will expand the BP's 'Growing Brooklyn's Future' initiative to seven new schools in Brownsville, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Bergen Beach, Gravesend and Sheepshead Bay Photo credit: caresgs.
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Spread Love the Brooklyn Way! Where to Give on 'Giving Tuesday'

Giving Tuesday is the global day of giving when individuals and organizations are encouraged to be generous and philanthropic to those nonprofit organizations that serve as the backbone and strength of every community After Thanksgiving, Black Friday
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Brooklyn Officials Strongly Condemn End of TPS for Haitians

The end of TPS affects 50,000 Haitians in the U.S.
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Cumbo Announces Dramatically Modified Agreement for Bedford-Union Armory

The revised project will provide the greatest level of low-income and affordable housing that the Crown Heights community has seen in decade, said City Councilmember Laurie Cumbo After nearly a year of protests from Crown Heights residents around the
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Brooklyn-based Award-Winning Short Film 'Dear Father,' An Intimate Exploration of Black Fatherhood

'Dear Father,' featuring actor Malik Yoba and Councilmember Robert Cornegy, shares honest conversations around fatherhood and legacy, and healing "Dear Father," an honest and intimate conversation analyzing fatherhood, legacy and forgiveness, is a sh
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City Reveals 'Housing 2.0' Plan for Increased Affordable Housing and Homeownership

'Housing 2.
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Parents Continue Protest of DOE Changes to Admissions Process at Medgar Evers College Prep

Parents complain they were not consulted before the changes; DOE says parents' concerns around the changes are misguided Senator Jesse Hamilton convened a sit-in Tuesday on the steps of the New York City Department of Education in lower Manhattan to
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Despite Protests, Bedford-Union Armory Plan Begins City Council Approval Process

During a City Council subcommittee meeting, the city's EDC said to reevaluate its affordable housing plan for the Bedford-Union Armory project in response to the community's strong opposition The highly-contested redevelopment proposal of the Bedford
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