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Bed-Stuy Residents Demand More Trash Cans to Tackle Mounting Rubbish Problem

Residents of the Brooklyn neighborhood are asking the city to put more trash cans in high use areas where trash has started piling up

Aug 3, 2020 2:41 PM Read more >

Brooklyn Families Upset With COVID-19 Restrictions During Prison Visitations

Smaller visiting room capacities and mask wearing will be enforced in upstate prisons when they reopen to visitors this week

Aug 3, 2020 1:46 PM Read more >

Freedom Food: Bushwick Garden Feeds Its Neighborhood Through Pandemic

Bushwick gardener Kofi Thomas shows how gardening and growing food can make us more free

Aug 3, 2020 11:01 AM Read more >

Jumaane Williams Was Made For This Moment

Jumaane Williams, the New York City public advocate, could feel the pain in his aging, 44-year-old knee on the hard concrete of Times Square.

Aug 3, 2020 9:39 AM Read more >

Who Are the Real Gentrifiers? Brooklyn's Elected Leaders Argue

With accusations by Council Majority Leader Laurie Cumbo that newly elected-DSA candidates are funded by "gentrifiers," questions resurface around her relationship to real estate.

Jul 31, 2020 5:18 PM Read more >

How Other Countries Reopened Schools During the Pandemic and What the US Can Learn From Them

Class is in session in Uruguay, one of the first countries in the Western Hemisphere to reopen its schools

Jul 31, 2020 11:38 AM Read more >

Brooklyn Residents Fear the End of Enhanced Unemployment Payment

With the $600 a week extended unemployment coming to an end tomorrow, Brooklyn residents are left confused by Government inaction

Jul 30, 2020 1:32 PM Read more >

Bed-Stuys Black Lives Matter Mural Becomes Hub for Community Activities

Community leaders have come together to form the Bed-Stuy Mural Collective, which will hold socially responsible activities for Bed-Stuy residents

Jul 30, 2020 10:16 AM Read more >

Alleged Serial Bank Robber Steals Thousands From Chase Bank Near Grand Army Plaza

A 47-year-old man was charged in Brooklyn Federal Court on Tuesday with robbing a Chase Bank on Flatbush Avenue on Tuesday, July 21, less than a quarter mile from Grand Army Plaza, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced.

Jul 30, 2020 8:24 AM Read more >

Brownsville Organizations Encouraged After Asking Elected Officials for $4.5M

The three organizations asked for $1.5M each to fund their public safety work, an alternative to policing

Jul 29, 2020 6:51 PM Read more >