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Plain Clothes Officers Likely Returning to Multiple Brooklyn Neighborhoods

A police memo obtained by the New York Post confirmed that the controversial “anti-crime” unit could be deployed across a number of Brooklyn precincts
Second NYPD Officer Dies Four Days After Harlem Shooting Ambush

Second NYPD Officer Dies Four Days After Harlem Shooting Ambush

The second NYPD officer shot in Harlem last Friday has died, according to NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell. “Wilbert is 3 times a hero,” Commissioner Sewell wrote on social media. “For choosing a life of service.
NY Expands Absentee Voting After Defeat of Ballot Measure

NY Expands Absentee Voting After Defeat of Ballot Measure

New Yorkers can again choose to vote by absentee rather than face the risk of catching COVID-19 at polling sites through the rest of 2022 under a bill that Gov. Kathy Hochul signed Friday.
For Many Pre-K and 3-K Students, Quarantines Have Been Relentless

For Many Pre-K and 3-K Students, Quarantines Have Been Relentless

Whitney McMullan’s three-year-old daughter, Frankie, attends 3-K in Brooklyn. But she hasn’t been in class much lately.
A Story Of Corn, Wine, And Coffee At Brooklyn’s For All Things Good

A Story Of Corn, Wine, And Coffee At Brooklyn’s For All Things Good

What do coffee, wine, and corn have in common? Maybe more than you might think. For starters, all three have been harvested for thousands of years over the course of the industrial revolution and global colonization.
What's Injuring the Aquatic Birds at Prospect Park?

What's Injuring the Aquatic Birds at Prospect Park?

Fishing equipment left in and around the lake in Prospect Park has become a serious hazard to birds and other wildlife in the area
NYBeauty Suites: When One Door Closes, Another Opens

NYBeauty Suites: When One Door Closes, Another Opens

Johanne Brierre, a Co-Working Co-Collaborator, Holds Ribbon-Cutting for Beauty-Preneurs
CB14 Approves New Yeshiva for Autistic Students, Despite Traffic Concerns

CB14 Approves New Yeshiva for Autistic Students, Despite Traffic Concerns

The community voted in favor of a zoning change that would allow the 6-story school to be built in Kensington

As New York Rental Aid Program Ran Dry, Contractor Boasted of “38 Percent Margins”

The chief executive of the consulting firm running New York’s emergency rental assistance program told employees the company made “38 percent margins” on its contract with the state, triggering alarm among state officials, who called the chief execut
The Return of New York’s Most Notorious Cops

The Return of New York’s Most Notorious Cops

On September 29, 2019, Antonio Williams was waiting for a taxi outside the Edenwald Houses in the Bronx when a car quickly drove up to him and three men approached. He began to run and was pursued by two of the men.