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Laundry Center Opens at Brooklyn School to Serve Students in Need

Laundry Center Opens at Brooklyn School to Serve Students in Need

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.
LIRR Changes Brooklyn Train Service to Improve Wait Times and Reduce Crowding

LIRR Changes Brooklyn Train Service to Improve Wait Times and Reduce Crowding

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.
Attorney General James Secures $420,000 for Affordable Housing

Attorney General James Secures $420,000 for Affordable Housing

Ray Huang and Bao Tang operated an illegal single-room occupancy rental business in Sunset Park.
Brooklyn Man Faces Charges For Allegedly Kidnapping And Lighting Woman On Fire

Brooklyn Man Faces Charges For Allegedly Kidnapping And Lighting Woman On Fire

28-year-old Lashawn Duffie has been charged with first- and second-degree murder, first-degree kidnapping and third-degree robbery.
Brooklyn Waterfront Neighborhoods Are Considering Installing 17-Foot-Tall Floodgates

Brooklyn Waterfront Neighborhoods Are Considering Installing 17-Foot-Tall Floodgates

There are expected dramatic changes to Brooklyn’s waterfront neighborhoods including Greenpoint, Red Hook, Gowanus and Coney Island.
South Brooklyn's Ferry Service Just Got Faster in an Effort to Improve 'Transit Desert' Conditions

South Brooklyn's Ferry Service Just Got Faster in an Effort to Improve 'Transit Desert' Conditions

South Brooklyn route now operates with faster ferry connections on weekday mornings to reduce travel times to Manhattan.
Midwood Teaching Assistant Sentenced to 15 Years For Child Porn Production, Sextortion

Midwood Teaching Assistant Sentenced to 15 Years For Child Porn Production, Sextortion

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.

New York Comptroller’s Office Explains ESG Investing

A.G. Tish James Recovers $24,000 in Stolen Wages for Employees of So-Called Worker Co-op

Owners of Build With Prospect forced workers to buy shares of the design and construction company and stole their wages
Brooklyn BP and Building Owners Urge Mayor Adams to Implement Climate Law

Brooklyn BP and Building Owners Urge Mayor Adams to Implement Climate Law

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.