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Governor Andrew Cuomo Over the next three years, New York will no longer treat 16- and 17-year-olds convicted of crimes as adults, instead moving them into juvenile detention facilities in most cases, Gannett Albany reports.

Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams served as emcee at the 29th Annual Brooklyn Tribute to MLK at BAM On Monday, the MLK Day of Service, Brooklyn Borough President Eric L.

Dr. Cornel West served as keynote speaker at the 29th Annual Brooklyn Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King at BAM On Monday, January 19, Brooklyn Academy of Music, in conjunction with the office of Brooklyn Borough President Eric L.

In examining gentrification and its consequences, there's one particular theme that is persistent: a wearing away of the pre-existing culture.

By Dr. Karen Aletha Maybank Havana, Cuba It's been about a month and a half since I returned from Cuba. My lens of perspective and opinion are forever challenged.

DNA analysis confirmed that the skeletal remains of a woman found in a suitcase nearly two years ago on the top floor of a fire-scarred building at 174 Hull St. in Bedford-Stuyvesant were those of stripper Erica McDaniel, known as "Shorty Pee.

1. Alternate side of the street parking and all parking meter regulations are suspended Monday, January 19, in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. 2. Weather Sunny with a high of 40 on Monday.

Friends, We have all felt the recent tension across our city, from protests of policing practices to the tragic assassinations of two NYPD officers.

by Richard Chandler Burroughs On The Road To Riches and Diamond Rings: From coons picking cotton, to same-race college, to begrudgingly considered a citizen, to Congress, there's one certainty: the African-American journey has often seemed godforsake

1000 Dean Street The former Studebaker factory-turned-creative-office space located at 1000 Dean St in Crown Heights will be making room for a new tenant: online health insurance broker, GoodScout, reported Crain's New York .