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2 People Shot Waiting In Line At Brooklyn Seafood Restaurant

Police are busy and residents are concerned following a rash of shootings across New York City . Two people were shot Monday while waiting in line at a restaurant in Brooklyn.

Mar 17, 2021 9:25 AM Read more >

Women, People of Color and Low-Income New Yorkers Bore Brunt of Pandemic, Survey Shows

Comptroller Scott Stringer and A Better Balance conducted the Work and Family Survey to understand how people have fared through the COVID-19 pandemic

Mar 16, 2021 5:43 PM Read more >

Brooklyn Pols Lead Charge to Get More Women of Color Into Tech

Getting more women of color into tech is not only a human rights issue, but a business imperative for the future of the USA's GDP, panelists said.

Mar 16, 2021 9:57 AM Read more >

This Pharmacist Had Vaccine Doses to Spare. So He Hit the Road.

In a city scrambling to vaccinate people against Covid-19 as quickly as possible, Ambar Keluskar faced a problem this month that seemed to defy logic: Mr.

Mar 16, 2021 9:33 AM Read more >

To Mark Year Anniversary of Cultural Shutdown, Dance Collective Projects Performances Across NYC

Dance Rising NYC has teamed up with local art institutions to produce large-scale projections of fall 2020 dance-outs

Mar 15, 2021 5:17 PM Read more >

Green Grocers Are Coming to Brooklyn Neighborhoods In Need As Part of Expanded City Program

The Citys FRESH program has been expanded to bring increased healthy food into the citys most underserved communities

Mar 15, 2021 2:17 PM Read more >

Bronze Statue of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Unveiled in Brooklyn

The 650-pound sculpture was unveiled in Brooklyn Friday, ahead of what would have been the Justices 88th birthday.

Mar 15, 2021 12:41 PM Read more >

NYC Public Schools With The Worst Attendance Are In Areas With Higher COVID Rates

New data shows that nearly half of New York City public schools have had attendance rates during the COVID-19 crisis that fall below what's considered acceptable by education experts.

Mar 15, 2021 9:22 AM Read more >

Short Film Imagines a Hyper-Gentrified Bed-Stuy, Where a Family Must Hide From ICE

The powerful and unsettling 15-minute film 'Gets Good Light' explores gentrification and deportation, and was nominated for a NAACP award.

Mar 12, 2021 2:17 PM Read more >

City Council Candidate Kenya Handy-Hilliard Runs on Her Insider's Experience

The former legislative aide to Yvette Clarke says she knows how to deliver what District 40 residents need

Mar 12, 2021 1:00 PM Read more >