Policy & Government

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The Jewish man was attacked as he walked home from his synagogue in East Flatbush in 2018

Three sources close to James confirmed the plans to The Associated Press

An East New York man has been sentenced for the fatal 2018 shooting

The U.S. EPA has said it will investigate the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation’s actions in approving National Grid’s Brooklyn natural gas pipeline

This is the second in a two-part series looking at why Broadway, a main Brooklyn thoroughfare, is in such dismal condition. In part two, we hear from the DOT as the community boards double down on their call to have it fixed.

The men allegedly shouted homophobic slurs at the men before violently attacking and stabbing them

Overall, crime is down in Crown Heights, but up in Brooklyn as a whole.

For the 8th year in a row, the City received an 'F' for its lack of spending with African American-owned businesses, even with the racial justice protests of 2020 still fresh in the city's collective memory

CLSJ’s new report examines how people of African descent were categorized for Census 2020.