Policy & Government

Overall, crime is up in Brownsville, and in Brooklyn as a whole.

Tyrik Mott was charged with first-degree assault and second-degree manslaughter after he allegedly drove against traffic on a one-way street causing a major car crash

The City released plans to convert the ancient burial ground into affordable apartments in 2020, and those plans were met with immediate community backlash.

After flood-hit New Yorkers were forced to turn to the generosity of strangers for financial assistance this September, the City has announced a pilot program to get flood insurance for vulnerable homes

Overall, crime is up in East New York, but down in Brooklyn as a whole.

At a Borough Hall rally, the Flatbush African Burial Ground Coalition called on Mayor de Blasio and other city officials to halt construction on what they say is sacred land

The commission’s interim report offers a hint of its possible proposals to eliminate structural racism.

14 legislators have published an open letter to New York City's District Attorneys, demanding they end cash bail amid a humanitarian crisis unfolding at Rikers Island prison complex

At a public meeting on the 2021 tax lien sale, community groups, including Brooklyn’s Bridge Street Development, called on the city to halt this year’s sale.

This is the first in a two-part series looking at why Broadway, a main Brooklyn thoroughfare, is in such dismal condition. In part one, we look at how community boards are coming together to tackle the issue.