Former Corrections Head: Closing Rikers Won’t Solve Jail Crisis
By MATTHEW MUSOLINO Former New York City Executive Board of Corrections Director Martha King warned the City Council that replacing Rikers Island prisons with …[read more]
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MTA Proposes New Weight and Speeding Rules to Protect Tunnels and Bridges
BY T’NEIL GOODEN At a virtual public hearing on Oct. 6th, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) disclosed its plans to implement restrictions on truck weights …[read more]
Supporters Rally for The CUNY “Fired Four”
BY MARYANA AVERYANOVA On September 3, protesters rallied outside the CUNY Graduate Center in Manhattan in support of four Brooklyn College adjunct professors who were …[read more]
At a Time of Uncertainty, Scholarships Like TheDream.US Offer Lifeline to DACA Students.
BY: SAMANTHA LORISTON While the legal futures of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) students remain uncertain due to a pending federal court case, they …[read more]
Parade Celebrates West Indian Cultures
BY: MEGAN MODESTE Similar to other years, New York City’s annual West Indian Labor Day 2023 parade brought color, music, and amazing food to Crown …[read more]
Black Female Entrepreneurship is on the Rise in Brooklyn
BY BRITTANY ROYAL In New York City, hundreds of Black entrepreneurs are turning adversity into opportunity after the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic by starting …[read more]
University Open Air wraps up the season with final outdoor classes in meditation, drawing, cinematography and more
By BROOKLYN COLLEGE JOURNALISM STUDENTS With the backdrop of the Prospect Park Boathouse, Dr. Chok Tenzin Monlam walks purposefully around his outdoor class, guiding and …[read more]
High Rates of Obesity, Diabetes and Hypertension in East Flatbush—Why?
By: ENRICO DENARD People from Afro-Caribbean backgrounds who immigrate to the U.S. are at risk of to being diagnosed with hypertension, diabetes, and obesity. While …[read more]
Restaurants in Ridgewood
By: BILLY WOOD RIDGEWOOD, NY- On a beautiful spring afternoon people used to rush to Myrtle Avenue in Ridgewood, Queens, and spend the day shopping …[read more]
Bay Ridge Businesses Before and After COVID-19
By: JOANPOL GUTIERREZ COVID-19 not only affected the physical health of millions of citizens across the state, it also had a deep impact on local …[read more]