Serving the Nabe: Hopes for Indie Bookstores
By JOSEPH MODICA When Independent Bookstore Day kicked off on the last Saturday of April, the shop owners were hoping to ring in large crowds. …[read more]
Month: May 2017
Advances in Fighting HIV Cited at BC Conference
Dr. Monica Sweeney, chairperson of Health Policy and Management at SUNY Downstate Medical Center, tells students at Brooklyn College about the success achieved in protecting …[read more]
Barbers Help Researchers Battle HIV in Brooklyn
By RADHIKA VISWANATHAN Brignel Camilien works at the Arthur Ashe Institute of Urban Health, designing projects that help communities increase awareness of health issues. But …[read more]
Drawbacks of Cuomo’s Excelsior Scholarship
Brooklyn News Service reporter Deidra Brisco explores some of the drawbacks in Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Excelsior Scholarship program, which provides free tuition at public universities …[read more]
BC Vending Machines Still Sell Unhealthy Snacks
Student Nikki Orozova relies on vending machines at Brooklyn College for afternoon snacks. (Michelle Cummings) By MICHELLE CUMMINGS It’s noon and you’ve been on campus …[read more]
Returning Oysters to New York Harbor
Brooklyn News Service reporter Lisa Flaugh explores efforts to return New York City to its one-time status as the world’s oyster capital.
Seeking Sanctuary at Brooklyn College
Brooklyn News Service reporter Paul Frangipane explores what sanctuary status means to undocumented immigrant students at Brooklyn College. (Photo: Paul Frangipane)
Rising Rents Lead More to Bed-Stuy Soup Kitchen
By ALAIN GAILLARD The soup kitchen starts serving food at 10:30 every morning. A few soup kitchen guests begin gathering outside the main entrance of …[read more]
NYC Schools Resist US Immigration Authorities
By JOSEPH DE LA CRUZ New York City School Chancellor Carmen Fariña visited P.S. 58 in Maspeth this week to assure parents that their children …[read more]
Terror Defendant Sentenced
By ANDREW HUGHES An American man who conspired with al Qaeda but later cooperated with government investigators was sentenced to 90 days in prison on …[read more]