Local Voices

The Wild Seeds Writers Retreat, hosted by the Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College, provides a writing community for new and established writers of color to focus on the craft of writing — and so much more.

Shootings are down by 27% through the first seven months of this year, Mayor Eric Adams writes.

Not only did the pills ameliorate physical pain, it also took away a different kind of pain, a spiritual pain. The years of feeling this non-specific kind of fear and anxiety disappeared with the opioids.

Scaffolding blocks sunlight, keeps pedestrians away from businesses, and is a magnet for illegal activity, Mayor Eric Adams writes.

Two Brooklyn high school students — Jada Halsey and Mariela Garcia-Ramirez — succeeded against the odds and got into a competitive high school with the help of a free test prep program, writes local editor Diallo Hall.

This year, the Brooklyn Academy of Music brought Lorraine Hansberry's lesser-known masterpiece and last play "The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window" to the stage for its first major New York revival since its original production in 1964.

Mayor Eric Adams shares his thoughts on the new police commissioner, Edward Caban.

Ato Essandoh, a Clinton Hill-based actor, is arguably the hardest-working actor of Ghanaian ancestry in film and TV today, Douglas Gladstone writes.

One of my most sacred obligations as Mayor is keeping our children safe from harm. And one of the leading risks to their health is nicotine-based products, including cigarettes and e- cigarettes, also known as vapes.

Allan Rosen, a former director of MTA NYCT Bus Planning, shares his thoughts on the latest Brooklyn Bus Network Redesign outreach efforts.