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Rosie Perez, Nelson George and Tyrone Proctor Ride The Soul Train to Restoration

(l to r) Rosie Perez, Nelson George and Tyrone Proctor at Restoration Plaza for George's book signing of "The Hippest Trip in America" They were two dancing stars from two different eras, but they had one very big thing in common: Soul Train.

Mark-Viverito Sues Mayor De Blasio Over Charter School Openings

(l to r) Mayor Bill de Blasio, City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito and Eva Moskowitz, CEO of Success Academy Charter Schools New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito on Wednesday filed suit against Mayor Bill de Blasio to halt 36 sc

Lawmakers Consider Moratorium on Upcoming Common Core Testing

State legislators are considering a moratorium on the implementation of Common Core to ease the pressure for students testing in April, State of Politics reports.

3/26, 4:40pm, Man shot in the leg at 120 Chauncey Street; police conducting evidence search

Crown Heights: This Week in the Least Expensive Rentals

Crown Heights: This Week in the Least Expensive Rentals

Apartment available a 1296 Park Place (between Schenectady and Troy).

TFOA Professional Preparatory Charter Teaches with Heart... and a Feather

TFOA Professional Preparatory Charter School Founder and Co-Leader Rafiq Kalam Id-Din II with a student Teaching Firms of America Professional Preparatory Charter School , on the surface, seems not unlike the dozens of other charter schools opened in

Interfaith Hospital Gets New Leadership

City Councilmember Robert Cornegy speaks at a rally to save Interfaith Hospital Brooklyn's Interfaith Medical Center has tentatively restructured its leadership as part of its bankruptcy plan, naming Melany Cyganowski chief restructuring officer and

Nobel Prize-Winning Author Derek Walcott Takes on 'The Complexity of Caribbean Literature'

Derek Walcott Photo: Horace OvÈ, giclÈe colour print, 2003 Nobel Prize-winning author, poet and playwright Derek Walcott will be in Crown Heights, Brooklyn on Friday, March 28, as a participant in the 12th Annual Black Writers Conference, where he wi

College for Inmates? State Senate Says, 'Yeah, Not Happening'

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City Council Proposing a Fee for Paper and Plastic Shopping Bags

A bill sponsored by 19 members of the New York City Council would require stores to charge customers 10 cents for every paper or plastic bag they take to carry their goods, The Post reports.