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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.

3/23, 11:34am, Police investigating a car accident on Eastern Parkway and Dean St, 3 children 1 adult, one child in critical condition

3/23, 11:34am, Police investigating a car accident on Eastern Parkway and Dean St, 3 children 1 adult, one child in critical condition

Face Time: Nelson George

Nelson George Over the past twenty years, Fort Greene resident Nelson George , has established himself as a respected filmmaker and music & culture critic in New York City.

Brook-Lens: Baby T-Rex in the House!

A dinosaur from Walking With Dinosaurs visits Barclays Center to promote their upcoming Summer 2014 show.

Mayor de Blasio's New Education Manifesto: Fix the Entire System

Mayor Bill de Blasio Photo: Rob Bennett for the Office of Mayor Bill de Blasio Determined to move beyond what he sees as a perilous distraction and to avoid the wrath of a well-financed charter-school movement, Mayor Bill de Blasio is now offering a

The Week Ahead: Nelson George, 79th Pct Meets and a Chance of Snow

1. All alternate side parking regulations are in effect this week. 2. We're now officially in spring, but the cold and snow haven't yet left. At least 1 inch of snow is predicted for Tuesday.

Maid's Door: Picking up the Pieces When the Most Important Thing in Your Life Shatters

Scottie Mills plays Ida in "Maid's Door" by Cheryl Davis, playing now at The Billie Holiday Theatre Who among us does not desire to see our parents live well into old age? It is what we wish for them. It is what we wish for ourselves.