Policy & Government

Anthony Sims was convicted of the 1999 murder of Li Run Chen, a 28-year-old employee of Mr. Hing’s Kitchen in Bushwick. After spending more than two decades in prison, the New York Appellate Division vacated the conviction and ordered a new trial.

Assemblymember William Colton said his office was notified by the city on its plan to break ground this month on a men's homeless shelter on 86th Street and 25th Avenue, which sits on the border of Gravesend and Bensonhurst. 

Workers' rights advocates celebrated the introduction of the $30 for Our City Act, a new legislation from Brooklyn Council Member Sandy Nurse that looks to raise the minimum wage to $30 by 2030.

There are savings from debt service adjustments, reductions in long-standing agency vacancies that remain unfilled, and unrecognized interest earnings from entities such as the Retirees Health Benefits Trust and cash holdings, according to City Council Speaker Julie Menin.

Julio Sandoval, 34, of Cypress Hills, sped through an intersection, fatally striking a cyclist before fleeing the scene.

Mamadou Mouctar Diallo, an immigrant from Guinea, was settling in as a student at Brooklyn Frontiers High School when he was detained by federal immigration officials in August.

A wide swath of Brooklyn, from Downtown Brooklyn to Gerritsen Beach, will have additional 3-K seats in the 2026-2027 school year.

A new City Council bill would modernize the Third Party Transfer program to focus on the "worst-of-the-worst landlords," Gothamist reported.

Police officers responded to a 911 call at about 2:05pm and found a 30-year-old female shot in front of 445 Albee Square, according to the police.

Khyle Williams allegedly would meet his customers in a car in Flatbush to make his sales, typically selling guns for $800 - $1,100, a joint investigation by the New York Attorney General's Office, Police Department and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives found.