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The Farragut Stakeholders Group hosted its 3rd Annual Holiday Tree Lighting at the Farragut Houses, a highlight of the holiday season for residents.

New York City is poised for slowing growth, rising unemployment for Black New Yorkers, child-care funding shortfalls, and ongoing asylum-seeker costs amid shrinking office vacancies.

New York Attorney General Letitia James announced a settlement with BlueSky Management requiring $672,578 in penalties, tenant refunds, building repairs and independent monitoring after investigators found unsafe conditions and rent violations across dozens of NYC properties including in Brooklyn.

Thousands of Jewish adults and teens gathered at Barclays Center to remember the 15 victims murdered in the terrorist attack at a Bondi Beach Hanukkah celebration in Sydney, Australia.

The Brooklyn Public Library celebrated the reopening of the waterfront Gerritsen Beach Library following a $2.4 million renovation completed ahead of schedule.

New York City Council members announced a $2 million investment to expand and modernize the neonatal intensive care unit at Wyckoff Heights Medical Center in Bushwick.

Brooklyn-based film and television location manager Steven Carbajal said he is running for Nydia M. Velázquez's seat in 2026.

Council Members Susan Zhuang and Crystal Hudson said $5 million in city funding will add labs, a collaboration space and allow for technology upgrades for the Foundry at Brooklyn Technical High School.

Ronald Spektor, 23, of Sheepshead Bay, allegedly contacted about 100 users purporting to be a Coinbase representative, claimed that their assets were at risk from a hacker, and convinced them to transfer their money to a new cryptocurrency wallet.

Now named Sparrow Square, the 7.2-acre state-owned campus will be turned into an affordable and supportive housing complex.