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Patrick Lynch, president of the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association On the night the Eric Garner decision was announced, Mayor Bill de Blasio repeated a mantra of the protest movement, "black lives matter," and said he warned his biracial son about in

Fahd Ghazy is a Yemeni national who has been detained at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, since February 2002 when he was only 17 years old. He is one of the last remaining prisoners to have been detained as a juvenile.

Stuart Scott If you have been anywhere near a television or the Internet lately, you know that the world is reeling from the passing of beloved sports journalist Stuart Scott at the young age of 49.

Maya & Amiri By Richard Chandler Burroughs 2014 was similar to every other year that I can remember as it had twelve months, fifty two weeks, four seasons and the NY Knicks were losers. It was life on planet Brooklyn, as well as on planet earth.

Central Brooklyn: Be a part of a new, sustainable way of eating and living! Join a Community Supported Agriculture cooperative (CSA), which provides city residents direct access to high quality, fresh produce grown locally by regional farmers.

Photo: Stefano Giovannini Brooklyn Borough President Eric L.

Mayor Bill de Blasio with Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito During a closed door meeting last week, NYPD union leader Ed Mullins asked Mayor Bill de Blasio to publicly denounce Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito for wearing an "I can't breathe

Photo: IB Times For the second week in a row, NYPD officers sharply cut back on their activity in the streets, apparently using their own discretion to arrest less than half as many people and write 90 percent fewer summonses than in the same period

NYPD Police are looking for four men wanted for the carjacking of an Uber cab driver in Crown Heights.

By Anika Hazlewood I'd heard that there was a new farm-to-table restaurant opening in the area and got excited. I love my neighborhood, but I'm honest with myself about its fresh/organically grown/grass-fed options: There aren't many.