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NYC Contracting Practices Leave Minority and Woman-Owned Businesses Behind

NYC Contracting Practices Leave Minority and Woman-Owned Businesses Behind

Just 5% of the $46 billion in city contracts and purchase orders were awarded to M/WBEs in fiscal year 2025, a new report found.
NYC Opens Applications For 2026 Summer Youth Employment Program

NYC Opens Applications For 2026 Summer Youth Employment Program

The program provides paid summer jobs, stipends and career-building experiences for New Yorkers ages 14 to 24.
NYC Landmarks Commission Backs Tower Over Fort Greene Church With Tweaks

NYC Landmarks Commission Backs Tower Over Fort Greene Church With Tweaks

The Landmarks Preservation Commission has given conditional support to a 27-story tower proposed above a Fort Greene church, citing preservation concerns, Brownstoner reported.
3 NYC Delivery App Companies to Pay Workers Backpay

3 NYC Delivery App Companies to Pay Workers Backpay

Uber Eats, Fantuan and HungryPanda will pay over $5 million in restitution, civil penalties and damages to more than 49,000 food delivery workers.
NYPD Hit With Racial Profiling Lawsuit Over Traffic Stops

NYPD Hit With Racial Profiling Lawsuit Over Traffic Stops

Black or Latino drivers made up over 84% of reported vehicle searches conducted by the NYPD from 2022 through September 2025, while less than 4% of vehicle searches targeted white drivers, a lawsuit alleges.
Brooklyn Org Funds 12 Nonprofits That Protect Families And Rights

Brooklyn Org Funds 12 Nonprofits That Protect Families And Rights

The Brooklyn nonprofit gave out nearly $500,000 to community organizations that bolster family stability, immigrant and older adult services, legal rights, and neighborhood resilience.
Brooklyn's Maimonides Launches NYC’s First Women’s Neurology Center

Brooklyn's Maimonides Launches NYC’s First Women’s Neurology Center

The Women’s Neurology Center at Maimonides Health offers specialized neurologic care for women through pregnancy, menopause and every stage of life.
Good Day, Brooklyn!

Good Day, Brooklyn!

Fake FBI Agent Tried to Spring Luigi Mangione From Brooklyn Jail

Fake FBI Agent Tried to Spring Luigi Mangione From Brooklyn Jail

Mark Anderson, a 36-year-old Minnesota native who has a history of drug and other arrests and disclosed last year in court papers that he suffers from mental illness, was arrested and charged with impersonating a federal officer in a foiled bid to free Mangione from the Metropolitan Detention Center.
Two Accused of Stealing Woman’s Keys, Car Outside Crown Heights Rec Center

Two Accused of Stealing Woman’s Keys, Car Outside Crown Heights Rec Center

Police say a 61-year-old woman went to St John's Recreation Center and left her keys in the locker. The keys were stolen - and so was her car.