Traveling Textiles: NY Department of Sanitation Testifies About Prospective Recycling
BY EMILY NIXON The NY Department of Sanitation [DSNY] told the City Council on Sept. 15 that it will reexamine methods to recycle residential …[read more]
South of Prospect Residents Call for Affordable Housing and Better Infrastructure
BY BARBARE AKHALKATSI On Sept. 15 South of Prospect residents gathered for the very first workshop of a long-term improvement plan for the corridors of …[read more]
City Council Demands Answers After 7-Hour 911 Outage
BY NICHOLAS GUMBS New York City Council members pressed Office of Technology and Innovation services (OTI) at a City Hall hearing on September 9 …[read more]
Community Educational Council for NY’s District 20 Debates AI Use in Classrooms
BY MATTHEW MUSOLINO Brooklyn’s Community Educational Council for District 20 opened the school year by debatingAI use and screen time, youth vaping, and enrollment issues …[read more]
Weekly Vigils Protest ICE at Metropolitan Detention Center
BY RIVER FLEISCHNER Every Tuesday at 6 pm for the last year, a vigil organized by Indivisible Brooklyn, a civic engagement group, and Good …[read more]
Caribbean Collision: Smorgasburg Island in The Park
BY SERENA EDWARDS Every year during Labor Day, people from all over flood Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn for the West Indian Day parade. On …[read more]
Council Committee Votes to Protect Overlooked African-American Burial Grounds
BY EDDY PRINCE A bill to honor African-American burial sites has finally moved forward after nine months in limbo, following a New York City …[read more]
City Council Committee on Housing and Building Holds Hearing for The Mayors New Housing Plan
By Cyrus Storlie Members of Zorhan Mamdani’s administration spent almost four hours Wednesday responding to a cordial and primarily procedural line of questioning from …[read more]
NY City Council Calls For 9/11 Education Curriculum
BY EMILY NIXON The New York City Council on Sept. 9 unanimously passed a resolution to call on the State Legislature to create a …[read more]
West Indian Day Parade Storms Brooklyn for it’s 59th Annual Celebration
BY GIANCARLOS ASENCIO The 59th annual West Indian Day Parade traveled along Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn, drawing an estimated million people on September 7 – …[read more]