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Mayor Bill de Blasio meets with elected officials, clergy members, and activists on Staten Island. Wednesday, December 3, 2014. Photo: Rob Bennett/Mayoral Photography Office.

WHO: Aziza Miller WHAT: BAMCafé Live performance WHEN: Friday, Dec.

Today, December 4, Bed-Stuy native Shawn Carter, bka Jay Z, turns 45.

Like it does at the end of each and every week, the weekend has arrived and feeling rather feisty! Perhaps you're going out of town this weekend or maybe you're already down in South Beach for Art Basel Miami...

The Bed-Stuy Gateway Business Improvement District (BID) is proud to announce its first-ever #ShopLocalNYC Pop Up event on Saturday, December 6, 2014 at the historic Restoration Plaza from 12:00pm -7:00pm.

Giving Tuesday just passed this week and though it might be a better idea to have it before America drops a kings ransom on "door buster" sales for Black Friday and Cyber Monday, it's still a wonderful example that the battery has not drained on peop

Within minutes of the decision by a grand jury not to indict NYPD Police Officer Daniel Pantaleo in the chokehold death of Staten Island father Eric Garner, The Brooklyn Reader hit the streets of Central Brooklyn to ask residents their opinion.

A Staten Island grand jury cleared NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo this afternoon in the chokehold death of Eric Garner , sources said.

A grand jury has convened and is expected to announce this week whether NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo will face criminal charges in the alleged chokehold death of Eric Garner, reported CNN .

Get ready and gather around Fort Greene/Clinton Hill residents, as this Saturday, the Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership and the Fort Greene Park Conservancy will usher in the holidays with a tree lighting event in Fort Greene Park.