Small Businesses Get City Help
Lloyd Cambridge and the Queens NYC Business Solutions provide counseling and advice to small businesses. Similar services are available throughout the five boroughs of New York …[read more]
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The talk of Bed-Stuy: Who is a gentrifier?
By JONATHAN GOMEZ Inside of Common Grounds coffee shop at the corner of Tompkins and Putnam avenues, Tremaine Wright stands behind the counter ready to …[read more]
Family pursues lawsuit over Kimani Gray death
By PRISCILLA FERRERAS The family of Brooklyn teenager Kimani Gray, who was killed by cops in East Flatbush in March 2013, is pursuing a federal …[read more]
Teach your children: lessons for youth on police
Many black parents identify with Mayor Bill de Blasio’s comments on the need to teach his biracial son Dante how to interact with police. (Video: …[read more]
Brooklyn hotel boom spreads south of park
By ALEXANDRA STEVENS Robert Seidel, owner of a Brooklyn bed and breakfast, pulled out a card he keeps in the little side table by his …[read more]
Jamaican dancehall music grows in Brooklyn
By CATCHCHA RICHARDS When Marion Hall was just a little girl in the parish of Saint Mary, Jamaica, she used to sit in her yard …[read more]
Youth football teams play on, with some changes
By SAWAN DOUGE From as young as 10, Sean Williams has been playing football. He started with a youth team in Brooklyn, and then played …[read more]
Mental Health for Children Focus of New Bellevue Center
By TAMEEKA CASTILLO New York City First Lady Chirlane McCray and Health & Hospitals Corporation head Ram Raju announced on Tuesday the formation of a …[read more]
Lindsay Lohan Breaks Her Date with Brooklyn
By SARAH ALLAM Troubled actress Lindsay Lohan was a no-show Tuesday at a Brooklyn daycare center for preschoolers where she was scheduled to complete her …[read more]
City Council Panel Acts to Monitor Gender, Race in FDNY
By ELIZABETH COLUCCIO A committee of the New York City Council voted on Tuesday to propose a bill that would require more supervision of the …[read more]