Policy & Government

NYC Parks expands its Vessel Turn-In Program with a new webpage and 311 option to help remove abandoned boats and protect Brooklyn’s waterways and shoreline.

The city will turn the Bedford-Stuyvesant Multi-Service Center, at 1958 Fulton St., and adjacent vacant land into a mixed-use development with hundreds of affordable housing.

Dewitt John, 31, was convicted on charges for grooming 13-year-old girls he met online and paying them to produce sexually-explicit videos and photos. 

Five weeks late, the proposed $268 billion budget includes funding for childcare, immigration, public safety, lowering auto insurance rates, energy rebates, modernizing building permits, online privacy and safety measures, and more.

The city Department of Transportation will use $1.85 million in federal funding to repave Broadway between Flushing Avenue and Eastern Parkway and make additional safety improvements.

The city's new bike boulevards on Bergen and Dean Streets, from Court Street to East New York Avenue, will vary by neighborhood and may include protected bike lanes, sidewalk extensions, medians, traffic-calming measures and pedestrian improvements.

Capt. James Wilson, who was captured on video criticizing the mayor while on the scene of an anti-immigration enforcement protest in Bushwick on Saturday night, was transferred, Gothamist reported.

Local community groups say they feel unheard and are divided as meetings progress on the $3.5 billion Brooklyn Marine Terminal project.

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.