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In Need of a Free Dinner? Casa Ora Is Inviting You To Pull Up a Chair

In Need of a Free Dinner? Casa Ora Is Inviting You To Pull Up a Chair

For the remainder of January, family-owned Venezuelan restaurant Casa Ora at 148 Meserole St. is launching a campaign, Mi Casa Es Tu Casa (Ora) , which allows residents to dine in as a party of two and enjoy a free meal.
Off-Duty NYPD Cop Pummels Drunk Driver, Spews Anti-Middle Eastern Hate, in Crazed Road Rage Clash

Off-Duty NYPD Cop Pummels Drunk Driver, Spews Anti-Middle Eastern Hate, in Crazed Road Rage Clash

An off-duty NYPD went on a hate-filled rampage, repeatedly punching a drunk driver and deriding his Middle Eastern background during a road rage confrontation in Brooklyn, police sources said Monday.
Man Who Survived Shooting in 2007 Shot Dead on Brooklyn Street Corner

Man Who Survived Shooting in 2007 Shot Dead on Brooklyn Street Corner

A man who survived a shooting in 2007 was gunned down on a Brooklyn street corner Monday, police sources said. Cops found Orenzso Bovell, 34, shot in the chest on the corner of Quincy St. and Patchen Ave. in Bedford-Stuyvesant about 5:45 p.m.
Brooklyn Carjacking Suspect Who Made Shirtless Escape Surrenders to NYPD After 3 Days on the Run

Brooklyn Carjacking Suspect Who Made Shirtless Escape Surrenders to NYPD After 3 Days on the Run

He fled into the freezing cold with no shirt or shoes but it turns out he couldn’t take the heat.
NY COVID Latest: Monday, January 17, 2022

NY COVID Latest: Monday, January 17, 2022

NY eviction moratorium expires as housing advocates urge rent relief A moratorium on evictions in New York ended on Saturday, Jan. 15, potentially placing thousands of residents in danger of losing their homes.
Hundreds of Mourners Overflow Bronx Mosque for Emotional Fire Victims Funeral

Hundreds of Mourners Overflow Bronx Mosque for Emotional Fire Victims Funeral

Hundreds of mourners overflowed a Bronx mosque Sunday for funeral services for 15 of the people killed in last week’s horrific apartment building fire — the deadliest blaze in the city in three decades.
A Quandary for New York Restaurants and Workers: What to Do About Omicron?

A Quandary for New York Restaurants and Workers: What to Do About Omicron?

A week before Christmas, Skylar Peak, a busboy at ZiZi , a Mediterranean restaurant in Chelsea, learned in a text message from his manager that a co-worker had tested positive for the coronavirus . Mr.

BK Congressional Leaders Call on Governor to Extend Eviction Moratorium As Protestors Arrested Outside Her Office

With New York’s eviction and foreclosure moratorium set to expire Saturday, Brooklyn’s Congressional representatives have called on Governor Kathy Hochul to extend the moratorium saying that ending will put hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers at ris
Upcoming Film Mixes Actors and Real Residents in a Love Letter to Bed-Stuy

Upcoming Film Mixes Actors and Real Residents in a Love Letter to Bed-Stuy

'I Love Bed-Stuy' is docu-fiction feature film that combines actors and real, longstanding residents of Bedford-Stuyvesant, telling their stories in their own voices
Meet the Bushwick Dog Owner Fighting the Poop Problem

Meet the Bushwick Dog Owner Fighting the Poop Problem

Kathy Kim says her block has had a dramatic increase in pet waste on the sidewalk, so she had made it her mission to residents involved