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Photo: CNN.com New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer is urging the state to require better Internet service, particularly for low-income New Yorkers, in exchange for its approval of a Comcast-Time Warner merger, reports Capital New York .

1. Alternate side parking regulations are in full effect this week. 2. Temperatures are predicted to be in the low- to mid-80s all week, with a chance of rain on Thursday. 3.

Friday, July 18 marked the 96th birthday for the late Nelson Mandela. The birthday of "Madiba", as he was fondly called, has been commemorated as a holiday all around the world.

Mural painting at Boys and Girls High School, part of Nelson Mandela International Day of Service Members of the Bed-Stuy community on Friday celebrated the life and legacy of Nelson Mandela by giving 67+ minutes of community service, a pledge to mat

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

Dear Miss Dinna, I'm completely wrapped up in a man that is totally unavailable. I know typical! To make a long story short, I'm quite clear that he is in a stage where he wants to date numerous women. I am not.

Due to overwhelming demand, Justin Timberlake announced that his globally celebrated 20/20 Experience World Tour will return to Barclays Center on Sunday, December 14, 2014.

Brooklyn Bridge Park The city's plan to put below-market-rate apartments in Brooklyn Bridge Park will face off in court today with a group of neighborhood residents who want to limit housing in the park along the waterfront, The Wall Street Journal r

On Saturday, July 12, Healthfirst, in collaboration with Carib News, the Bedford-Stuyvesant Family Health Center and Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation, held a town hall breakfast meeting and health fair at Restoration Plaza.

Tia Powell Harris, executive director at Weeksville Heritage Center Hailing from Washington, DC, Tia Powell Harris is the executive director of Weeksville Heritage Center, Brooklyn's largest African-American cultural institution, located at 1698 Berg