West Indian Parade Holds Special Significance in 2024
BY: AMIRA TURNER On September 2nd, 2024, thousands of New Yorkers flooded the streets of Brooklyn, from Eastern Parkway to Grand Army Plaza, with an …[read more]
Election News
NYC Campaign Finance Board Finds Three Candidates Guilty of Campaign Violations
By SAMIA AFSAR The New York City Campaign Finance Board met February 10, to deliberate about campaign violations by three losing candidates from the 2017 …[read more]
Protecting Our Democracy: Congressman Proposes Bills to Protect Voting Rights
By MELINA VALLE New York Congressman Mondaire Jones spoke about voting rights and three bills he introduced to protect and renew our democracy on Feb. …[read more]
Stringer and De La Rosa Swap Endorsements ‘In the Heights’
By NAYELIS VARGAS New York Comptroller Scott Stringer on Thursday announced his endorsement of Assemblywoman Carmen De La Rosa for a seat on the City …[read more]
Trump Win Upsets Caribbean Community
By BRENNEN JOHNSON Assemblyman Nick Perry shook his head in discontent when asked about Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential race. Seated in his office …[read more]
Castro Death Opens New Debate over Cuba
By ALEXANDRA SEMENOVA A viral Facebook video posted last Saturday by Ivis Suarez of Miami Lakes, Florida shows her abuela, who suffers from Alzheimer’s disease, …[read more]
Clinton’s Setback among Young Voters
By MELODY CHAN Jacqueline Brettschneider, a 21-year-old Marine Park resident, reached out to her friends ahead of the Nov. 8 election and reminded them …[read more]
How He Did It: Trump’s Winning Strategy
By MELODY CHAN Right now, the people who Donald Trump attacked directly and indirectly throughout his candidacy are wondering, “How on earth did Donald Trump …[read more]
News Analysis: How Voters Chose in 2016
By NATHANIEL BUTLER After a brutally negative campaign, the presidential race of 2016 boiled down to which candidate voters would view as the lesser threat to …[read more]
At the Polls in Crown Heights and Canarsie
Brooklyn News Service reporter Deidra Brisco visits polling places in Crown Heights and Canarsie.