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Cuomo Getting 'PrEP'ped to Fight HIV

Debate is escalating over Truvada, a cutting-edge medication that helps prevent HIV in healthy people and helps prevent AIDS in those who are exposed, reported The Wall Street Journal .

The Week Ahead: July 14 - July 18

1. Alternate Side of the Street Parking regulations are in full effect for the week. 2. The Week in weather: 3.

Police Investigating Shooting Death of Bed-Stuy Man on Patchen

NYPD Police are looking for a group of men who shot and killed a man in Bed-Stuy Friday evening.

Weekend Traffic Alert: Bridge and Street Closures

Bridge Closures The Brooklyn Bridge will be closed to Manhattan-bound traffic from 12:01am Saturday to 6:00am Monday . Motorists should consider the Manhattan Bridge, Williamsburg Bridge, or Hugh L.

Face Time: Dr. Elizabeth Sackler

Elizabeth A. Sackler Photo: Joan Roth Native Brooklynite Dr. Elizabeth A. Sackler is chairman of The Brooklyn Museum, the first woman in the museum's near 200-year history to serve in this role.

Upcoming Exhibitions at FiveMyles: The Perception of Wilderness, Gnomes and Rosebush

Opening at FiveMyles Gallery on July 19 - August 9, 2014: " The Perception of Wilderness in The Garden of Us " Creating a temporary habitat of the borrowed, procured and hand grown, artist Rashanna Rashied-Walker has created a site-based installation

Brooklyn: Get Ready to Rock, Skate, Roll, Bounce!

How many of you have lived in Brooklyn long enough not only to remember but also to have skated at the old Empire Roller Rink in Crown Heights? More than 60 years old, the rink in Central Brooklyn was known across New York City as the true birthplace

Brooklyn Man Awarded $3 Million After Spending 16 Years in Prison for a Murder He Didn't Commit

(l to r) Former Kings County D.A.

Brook-Lens: PACC's 50th Year Gala Celebration

Pratt Area Community Council is one of Brooklyn's premier community development corporations serving the neighborhoods of Fort Greene, Bedford Stuyvesant, Clinton Hill, Downtown Brooklyn, Crown Heights, Prospect Heights, and Prospect-Lefferts Gardens
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries Opens Healthfirst Health Expo in Bed-Stuy with Town Hall Meeting, Breakfast Panel

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries Opens Healthfirst Health Expo in Bed-Stuy with Town Hall Meeting, Breakfast Panel

Congressman Hakeem Jeffries with leading health experts and local elected officials will moderate a free health panel breakfast and town hall meeting hosted by Healthfirst on Saturday, July 12, from 8:00am-11:30am at Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Pl