Attacks against black transgender women
By TYRICE HESTER Whenever Katrina Lee is approached by a man on the street, she does anything she can to maneuver herself out of the …[read more]
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`Pervasive’ sexual abuse in NY prisons
By ALEXANDRA SEMENOVA During his time working at a federal detention center in Manhattan, former correctional officer Rudell Clark Mullings offered to smuggle makeup and …[read more]
Latino leaders: We need El Diario
By JONATHAN GOMEZ Leaders of New York City’s large Latino community are expressing concern that the newspaper El Diario La Prensa, the self-described “champion of …[read more]
Traffic Deaths Down – as seen in City Limits
Editor’s note: This Brooklyn News Service story first appeared in City Limits. By RENEE HARARI On a Sunday afternoon in October 2013, 4-year-old Allison Liao …[read more]
Don’t Do It: Stopping Addiction on Staten Is.
By VICTORIA MANNA “DON’T DO IT JUST DON’T DO IT,” Staten Island funeral director Kevin Muror yelled to an auditorium full of high school students …[read more]
Columbia plan speeds Harlem changes
Iconic statue of Frederick Douglass looks toward new Harlem construction.(Reza Malek Photos) By REZA MALEK For 20-year-old James Dillard, a business major at Columbia University, …[read more]
Islanders look to score in diverse Brooklyn market
By ROBERT TAUB Hoping to encourage kids of color to explore hockey, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams unveiled a new program in September for local …[read more]
More Bklyn After-School Programs Needed
By PRICILLA FERRERAS During the spring, a video made a big splash on social media of a small teenage girl nearly getting beat to death …[read more]
May I Help You? Inside the 311 Call Center
By GINA MARIE GREENWALD Hundreds of cubicles equipped with double Dell computer screens are scattered about New York City’s 311 call center, idling as representatives …[read more]
The toll of dementia: One family’s story
By ELIZABETH COLUCCIO Mornings are very bad at the grandparents’ house. Early morning peace is interrupted by a low groaning from the narrow hospital bed …[read more]