Policy & Government

In a new report, Empire State Development categorized housing affordability as the top priority for a plurality of workshop participants and survey respondents for the next phase of the project that could bring in seven additional buildings near Barclays Center.

Moeleek Harrell, also known as “Moe Money,” was a leader of a street gang based in Bedford-Stuyvesant. He was convicted on charges that included murder conspires and drug trafficking from Rikers Island to Maine.

The project at the major transit hub will completely transform the area in a decade, bringing in new outdoor space, offices, retail and housing.

Porous pavement will absorb and divert stormwater, while parks and school sites will store it underground.

Peter Hibbert, 51, of East Flatbush, was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for fatally shooting his 49-year-old girlfriend, then turning the gun on others in the house as they hid in a bedroom with a newborn baby.

Bruce Blakeman, the GOP gubernatorial candidate, and Saritha Komatireddy, the Republican candidate for New York Attorney General, rallied in Bensonhurst against opponents Governor Kathy Hochul and New York Attorney General Letitia James.

Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez said Kevin Gavin, of Brownsville, "acted as a serial killer inside his own apartment building" when he befriended and then ultimately killed three older women in the Carter G. Woodson Houses during separate incidents between 2015 and 2021.

The Department of Transportation initiative focuses on expanding access to safety gear for riders across the borough.

Peter White, an attorney at a Brooklyn legal nonprofit, was appointed as the director of the Mayor’s Office of Deed Theft Prevention.

Last month, the City Council passed two bills to allow the police department to plan for buffer zones around religious and educational institutions.