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New Parks Commissioner Has Deep Brooklyn Ties

New Parks Commissioner Has Deep Brooklyn Ties

Iris Rodriguez-Rosa, the new commissioner of the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation, started her career as a tenant advocate in Williamsburg and at Brooklyn Borough Hall. Alongside Mayor Eric Adams, she celebrated the opening of two new playgrounds at the NYCHA Kingsborough Houses in Crown Heights on Sunday.
NYC Notches Fewest Murders, Shootings in Modern History in 2025

NYC Notches Fewest Murders, Shootings in Modern History in 2025

The city is back from the throes of the pandemic, when homicides and shootings were much higher, according to Mayor Eric Adams.

New York Senate OKs $50M Fund to Disrupt Youth Incarceration

The Youth Justice Innovation Fund will provide funding to community-based organizations for youth development and the prevention of youth arrest and incarceration.
Free Youth Swim Class Renamed For Two Brooklyn Teens Who Drowned in 2024

Free Youth Swim Class Renamed For Two Brooklyn Teens Who Drowned in 2024

The “Elyjha Chandler and Christian Perkins Swim for Life” swim lesson at Erasmus Hall Educational Campus in Flatbush is part of the city's effort to expand free swim safety classes to 18,000 second graders.
Brooklyn Bookkeeper And Two Accomplices Allegedly Steal More Than $1M in Fraud Scheme

Brooklyn Bookkeeper And Two Accomplices Allegedly Steal More Than $1M in Fraud Scheme

Maya Roytlender, while working as an office manager for D. Malek Realty, LLC, allegedly orchestrated a scheme in which fraudulent payroll checks totaling $1.1 million were deposited into various accounts, according to prosecutors.
Major Brooklyn Rezoning Plan Approved by City Council

Major Brooklyn Rezoning Plan Approved by City Council

The Atlantic Avenue Mixed Use Plan (AAMUP) will add 4,600 new housing units in Crown Heights and Bedford-Stuyvesant.
NYPD Searching For 8 Missing Kids, Including 4 From Brooklyn

NYPD Searching For 8 Missing Kids, Including 4 From Brooklyn

Four children from Brownsville, Canarsie and Sunset Park are missing, the Gothamist reported.
Green Makeover Coming to Brooklyn Blocks

Green Makeover Coming to Brooklyn Blocks

Portions of East New York and Cypress Hills will get new parkland and open spaces under a City Hall initiative that looks to provide a green space within 10 minutes of a New Yorker's home.
Brooklyn Man Gets 19Yrs For Selling Fentanyl That Caused Death of LGBTQ Activist

Brooklyn Man Gets 19Yrs For Selling Fentanyl That Caused Death of LGBTQ Activist

Cecilia Gentili died on February 6, 2024 after using lethal drugs supplied by defendant Michael Kuilan, according to federal prosectors.
Rent Guidelines Board Lowers Likely Rent Increases on 2-Yr Leases

Rent Guidelines Board Lowers Likely Rent Increases on 2-Yr Leases

Citing testimony from tenants who said they are not keeping up with the rising cost of living, the Rent Guidelines Board revised the potential range of rent increases on two-year leases for rent-stabilized apartments.