Non-Profit & Community

Desus and Mero Filled 80+ Free Fridges in NYC This Week for World Food Day

To commemorate World Food Day on October 16, SHOWTIME and New York Forever are teaming up with City Harvest to stock free fridges across all five boroughs.

Oct 15, 2021 8:18 PM Read more >

NYPD Crossing Guard Says She 'Can't Stop' Dancing, Even When It Nearly Cost Her Job

Esther Bishop has been a crossing guard for 13 years, and she's danced her way through every year on the job, despite those who have tried to stop her groove.

Oct 15, 2021 7:51 PM Read more >

Nominate Your Favorite Brooklyn Teacher to Win $25K

The FLAG Award for Teaching Excellence is open for nominations and includes a range of prizes for local teachers

Oct 13, 2021 4:42 PM Read more >

Brooklyn Public Library Opens First New Branch in 40 Years

The Adams Street Library in DUMBO is the first new Brooklyn library opened since 1983

Oct 12, 2021 3:41 PM Read more >

Brownsville to Get $120M Girls' Empowerment Center

Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Brownsville’s Multi-Service Center will be transformed into the site for girls

Oct 12, 2021 9:59 AM Read more >

Clinton Hill Gardens Lovingly Tended for 14 Years Must Be Cut Back Due to Rats, City Says

Over the last 14 years, John Cook has built nine gardens at a NYCHA housing complex from scratch, on his own time and dime. Now, rats are forcing him to rip them up.

Oct 8, 2021 7:19 PM Read more >

Local and Global Org Makes 'Knowledge of Self,' a Birthright for Black Youth

Birthright AFRICA is committed to providing a free educational trip to Africa for every youth and young adult, ages 13–30, of African descent.

Oct 8, 2021 4:45 PM Read more >

100 Tons of Donated Goods Shipped From Brooklyn to Haiti

Brooklyn electeds joined the Office of the Mayor and the NYPD to send the goods via ship on Monday

Oct 6, 2021 12:23 PM Read more >

East New York’s $425M Fountains Housing Development Complete

Governor Kathy Hochul cut the ribbon on the mixed use development, which includes 1,163 affordable apartments, on Monday

Oct 4, 2021 4:58 PM Read more >

First-Time Homebuyers Can Get up to $100K Down Payment From the City

The funding is part of a City-run program that aims to empower low-income New Yorkers to become homeowners

Oct 4, 2021 12:26 PM Read more >