Policy & Government

Cooling centers and vans will be available throughout the five boroughs as temperatures will feel well over 100 degrees Fahrenheit starting on Wednesday and into the weekend.

A Borough Park postal service employee, alongside a Queens woman, allegedly stole money orders totaling over $25,000.

Two banks have agreed to pay penalties and restore rent-stabilized units after failing to comply with housing regulations in Brooklyn.

The Rent Guidelines Board froze the rent on one- and two-year leases on rent stabilized apartments.

The City Council's Zoning and Franchises and Committee on Land Use approved the Monitor Point project, which will bring over 1,300 apartment units to Greenpoint.

Mark Salkey, 58, was charged with 23 crimes related to deed theft, as he allegedly stole an East Flatbush home from a 92-year-old with dementia.

Alleged members of two subsets of the Folk Nation gang were charged with various crimes tied to 26 shootings, most of which happened in Flatbush.

A slate of reform-minded District Leaders were also elected on Tuesday, which could shake up the Brooklyn Democratic Party power structure, according to City & State New York.

Eric McMichael, 28, of Greenpoint, was sentenced to 18 years in prison for raping a 12-year-old in her East Williamsburg building.

There were two upsets in the Democratic State Assembly race, where incumbents Stefani Zinerman and Eric Dilan lost their chance to represent central and eastern Brooklyn in Albany.