Policy & Government

The school's fifth graders lobbied Sen. Persaud last spring to raise awareness of school absenteeism due to lack of clean clothes. The new laundry center is the cumulation of their efforts.

The Long Island Rail Road will be increasing its rush hour service to Brooklyn by adding additional trains during peak hours between Jamaica station and the Atlantic Terminal.

Ray Huang and Bao Tang operated an illegal single-room occupancy rental business in Sunset Park.

28-year-old Lashawn Duffie has been charged with first- and second-degree murder, first-degree kidnapping and third-degree robbery.

There are expected dramatic changes to Brooklyn’s waterfront neighborhoods including Greenpoint, Red Hook, Gowanus and Coney Island.

South Brooklyn route now operates with faster ferry connections on weekday mornings to reduce travel times to Manhattan.

Brian Quinones, a paraprofessional at Midwood High School, was found to have been trading multiple videos and images depicting child pornography with another individual between September 2019 and January 2020.

Owners of Build With Prospect forced workers to buy shares of the design and construction company and stole their wages

Reynoso, Flatbush co-op building owners, and climate advocates joined together in support of Local Law 97 in order to fight climate change, save lives and cut costs.