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Who Cares About the Small Businesses of East Brooklyn?

Who Cares About the Small Businesses of East Brooklyn?

“Why do people of color always have to be displaced before they’re finally like, ‘You know what? Time to improve,'" said Camille Newman, director of the Brooklyn Women's Business Center in East New York.
At Liberation Diploma Plus High School for Transferred Teens, the Counselors are the REAL 'Ride-or-Dies'

At Liberation Diploma Plus High School for Transferred Teens, the Counselors are the REAL 'Ride-or-Dies'

Two local high school counselors speak out about why having counselors in NYC's public schools is so important
The Bed-Stuy Olympian Paving the Way for Today's Young Runners

The Bed-Stuy Olympian Paving the Way for Today's Young Runners

Cheryl Toussaint trains girls and young women, to bring out their inner spark and compete in a free, pre-Olympic track and field program.
Report: As COVID's Threat Moves from Pandemic to Endemic, People are Less Likely to Get Booster

Report: As COVID's Threat Moves from Pandemic to Endemic, People are Less Likely to Get Booster

An EmblemHealth study finds public attitudes toward prevention measures drastically change as awareness shifts to living with COVID long-term.
Mayor Eric Adams Delivers Address on Future of New York City

Mayor Eric Adams Delivers Address on Future of New York City

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Former City Hall intern convicted of defacing NYC synagogue with anti-Semitic graffiti now arrested for subway robbery

Former City Hall intern convicted of defacing NYC synagogue with anti-Semitic graffiti now arrested for subway robbery

A former City Hall intern whose promising future was dashed when he scrawled anti-Semitic graffiti on a synagogue was arrested last week for allegedly robbing a man on the subway after threatening to stab him, the Daily News has learned.
Two Thrown From Moped In Monday Night Crash in Crown Heights

Two Thrown From Moped In Monday Night Crash in Crown Heights

by CrownHeights.info Two men riding a moped on Empire Blvd were thrown Monday evening after colliding with a car near the intersection of Empire Blvd and Brooklyn Ave.
This Fort Greene School Is The Best In Brooklyn: Ranking

This Fort Greene School Is The Best In Brooklyn: Ranking

Brooklyn Technical High School was also named among the top 50 nationwide in the U.S. News and World Report's annual ranking. Brooklyn Technical High School was also named among the top 50 nationwide in the U.S.

Green-Wood Cemetery's Hanami Festival Returns

"It's like a flash," said one attendee about the beautiful but short-lived cherry blossoms that bloom annually at the cemetery.
The Bed-Stuy Botanical Painter Creating Cannabis Art

The Bed-Stuy Botanical Painter Creating Cannabis Art

Painter Laura Garcia Serventi is a Buenos Aires-born Brooklynite who has been painting the natural world of Bed-Stuy since 2007.