Policy & Government

NYC’s FY27 budget permanently adds $31.7M for public libraries, boosting stability for Brooklyn, Queens and NYPL across 200+ branches citywide.

Kingsborough Community College formally installed Suri Duitch as its eighth president during a May 7 ceremony.

Brooklyn recorded the strongest household income growth in New York City between 2019 and 2024, though inflation continued to outpace earnings for many New Yorkers.

The 1.7-mile tunnel that connects Brooklyn and Manhattan was designated as a Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers.

Waajid Pierce, 48, of Brownsville, was sentenced to prison for killing Daishawn Benjamin in front of a deli on October 27, 2021. In a still-unsolved case, Benjamin's brother was killed three-weeks earlier.

During recent Community Board meetings in districts 9 and 14, residents voiced opposition to two new homeless shelters planned for Crown Heights and Flatbush following the closure of the large shelter at Bellevue Hospital.

The median time to complete applicant approvals for housing lottery projects in fiscal year 2025 was 210 days, according to a new city report. Officials want to cut that to less than 100 days by adopting a series of reforms.

Sam Sprei, 37, also known as “Yechiel Sprei,” “Shimon Sprei,” and “Eli Shapiro,” and Edward Harold King, 72, a former Kings County Supreme Court Justice, allegedly defrauded millions of dollars from investors in fictitious real estate investment opportunities.

Members of the New Kings Democrats say the party, chaired by state Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn, has filed an unprecedented number of legal challenges that are designed to knock their district leader candidates off of the ballot ahead of the June 23 primary election, according to Hell Gate.

Gunfire intended for another target at Lincoln Terrace Park killed an innocent father of two in 2020.