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]
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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]
Jump-starting a Small Biz on LI
Brooklyn News Service reporter Tiana Heath explores how the Long Island Small Business Center in Farmingdale helps businesses to get started. She speaks with …[read more]
Builder Plans African Art Museum for Bed-Stuy
Vira Jones owns a construction and design firm. The three rooms of the future Bedford-Stuyvesant Museum of African Art were filled with ancient and modern …[read more]
One Woman’s Story: Homeless in New York
At age 19, Christianna Ansong was homeless. Now 27, she looks back on her experience in the New York City shelter system in this interview …[read more]
Poverty Overlooked in Presidential Race
What can government do to help the poor break out of poverty? According to Jeffrey Maclin, spokesman for the Community Service Society of New York, …[read more]
North Carolina bathroom law condemned in NY
Kamarie Steadman reports on New York State’s reaction to the North Carolina law that restricts transgender people’s access to bathrooms.
City’s first lady urges funds for mentally ill
For Mental Health Awareness month, Renee Beyda reports on Chirlane McCray’s efforts to enhance New York City’s aid to the mentally ill. In honor of …[read more]
`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]
The debate over schools’ metal detectors
For the past 24 years, students from around New York City have waited on long lines every school day morning to undergo a tedious search …[read more]