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Social Democrats' Election Successes Strike a Nerve for a Brooklyn Councilmember

A "gentrification movement" with a political agenda is behind the wave of Black progressive victories, says the council majority leader

Jul 29, 2020 3:28 PM Read more >

New Bed-Stuy Based Relief Fund Launched for Folks Hardest Hit by COVID-19

Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation has already given out three grants from the fund, including to the family of 1-year-old shooting victim Davell Gardner Jnr.

Jul 29, 2020 2:21 PM Read more >

Pandemic Could Devastate Brooklyn's Women and Minority-Owned Businesses

Shocking numbers report they'll be out of business within six months due to COVID-19

Jul 29, 2020 10:37 AM Read more >

Paramedics and EMTs Under Staggering Stress in Era of Disease and Disruption

Paramedic Steve Kleinberg plans to retire next month after 15 years on the job, even though he hasn't accrued enough time to reach full pension benefits.

Jul 29, 2020 9:37 AM Read more >

East Flatbush to Get New Community Center Funded by Cuts From NYPD Budget

The new Shirley A. Chisholm Community Center will include an indoor pool and a kitchen for cooking classes

Jul 28, 2020 1:56 PM Read more >

Brooklyn Authors Historic Rowing Team Reunites for Documentary Film

In the late 1990s, Arshay Cooper, now of Brooklyn, lived in Chicago, where he starred on America's first all-Black public high school rowing team.

Jul 28, 2020 10:06 AM Read more >

NYC Pulls Prospect Park Thoroughfares From Brooklyn Open Streets Program

With little warning, City Hall announced that two main thoroughfares that border Prospect Park will be removed from the program

Jul 28, 2020 9:40 AM Read more >

Photos: How Cool Are Brooklyn's Cool Streets?

As temperatures hit the mid-90s over the weekend, NYC hit back by opening hydrants and cooling centers

Jul 27, 2020 6:45 PM Read more >

Brownsville Man Named Worker of the Month by Construction Nonprofit

Building Skills New York helps folks from underserved and underemployed neighborhoods get jobs in the construction industry

Jul 27, 2020 4:05 PM Read more >

Read: Medgar Evers Family Pens Letter in Opposition to the Reappointment of Rudy Crew as MEC President

Medgar Evers' wife, Myrlie Evers, says the college's downward spiral has been a cause of embarrassment and deep concern.

Jul 27, 2020 3:32 PM Read more >