SCREEN TIME VS. SCHOOL TIME
BY ESTHER BOILEAU Council members, parents and advocates came together outside City Hall on September 15 to urge the Mamdani administration to adopt more …[read more]
Arts/Culture
Efforts to Register NYC Voters Surge as Election Season Heats Up
BY GIANCARLOS ASENCIO The 14th annual National Voter Registration Day took place with a block party next to Washington Square Park as the November …[read more]
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]
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]
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]
Remembering Dr. George Cunningham: A Teacher, Mentor and Father Figure
BY BARBARE AKHALKATSI On Sept. 8, Brooklyn College community and faculty members gathered at the Woody Tanger Auditorium to honor Dr. George Cunningham – A …[read more]
Workers Come Together for Labor Day Rally and March
BY ALBINA CEKA New York City union members gathered in Zuccotti Park in Lower Manhattan for a Labor Day Rally and then marched to Foley …[read more]
Coney Island Plans To Stay Awake All Year Around
BY ALFONSO ABREU New York City is dubbed the “city that never sleeps,” operating twenty-four hours with no breaks. But Coney Island, wide awake in …[read more]
A Department on Life Support: Why Puerto Rican Studies At CUNY is Still Fighting for Survival
BY KAILA MACEIRA New York has the highest concentration of Puerto Ricans in the world outside Puerto Rico, but Puerto Rican Studies across City University …[read more]
New Affordable Housing Project Planned For The New Utrecht Library In Bath Beach.
BY LUIS ANGEL PEREZ MARTINEZ A new affordable housing project is set to be built in Bath Beach, with the remodeling of the New Utrecht …[read more]