Policy & Government

After a chaotic anti-ICE protest in Bushwick over the weekend, elected officials from Brooklyn called for the NYPD to respect New York’s sanctuary city laws and end any cooperation with federal immigration enforcement.

Lebechi East, a 95-unit affordable housing development in Brownsville, will replace a vacant former police precinct with new apartments and a community health facility.

Residents in East New York can take part in a training program that will get them ready for green infrastructure maintenance.

78 NYCHA Tenant Associations will get funding to support community programming.

New Yorkers can sign up to canvass on behalf of the government via Organize NYC.

In a new report, Empire State Development categorized housing affordability as the top priority for a plurality of workshop participants and survey respondents for the next phase of the project that could bring in seven additional buildings near Barclays Center.

Moeleek Harrell, also known as “Moe Money,” was a leader of a street gang based in Bedford-Stuyvesant. He was convicted on charges that included murder conspires and drug trafficking from Rikers Island to Maine.

The project at the major transit hub will completely transform the area in a decade, bringing in new outdoor space, offices, retail and housing.

Porous pavement will absorb and divert stormwater, while parks and school sites will store it underground.

Peter Hibbert, 51, of East Flatbush, was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for fatally shooting his 49-year-old girlfriend, then turning the gun on others in the house as they hid in a bedroom with a newborn baby.