Teachout Preaches Out Against Pipeline
By JENNIFER SZULMAN Former gubernatorial candidate Zephyr Teachout may not have won the primary election for governor against incumbent Andrew Cuomo back in September, but …[read more]
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Ebola Doc, Disease-Free, Released from Hospital
By ANNA DITUCCI-CAPPIELLO Dr. Craig Spencer, New York’s first and only case of Ebola, was discharged from Bellevue Hospital Tuesday bearing a clean bill of …[read more]
Pols Still Campaign as Voters Cast Ballots
By JOHN MORRIS & JENNIFER SZULMAN Turnout was expected to be low and apathy high on Tuesday as New Yorkers went to the polls to …[read more]
Nigerian Actress Shown Mercy in Brooklyn Court
By DESIREE JACKSON A Nigerian fledgling actress, businesswoman and student managed to escape additional legal punishment by being released from home confinement on Tuesday by …[read more]
New Traffic Lights for Dangerous Corner
BY STEPHANIE RAMSARUP The installation of new traffic lights and speeding cameras in Remsen Village is causing a stir amongst its residents. Two hundred-fifty accidents …[read more]
Three Mexican Women, Transitioning to America
BY ELIZABETH ELIZALDE Growing up, I was forced to lie about my identity my ethnicity, my culture…everything that has helped to make me the woman …[read more]
Lest We Forget
By MARCO POGGIO Four courageous responders who worked around Ground Zero following the 9/11 attacks and were diagnosed with cancer years later came together Tuesday …[read more]
Oil And Water to Mix It Up in Boxing Ring
By MARCO POGGIO They probably would have nothing to do with one another, if it weren’t for a common goal: to knock the other out …[read more]
Stopping landlord harassment in gentrifying Brooklyn
By IAN MARSH Marcia McLean, a health care professional who lived with her extended family in the same Crown Heights apartment for nearly 30 years, …[read more]
Brooklyn’s Little Pakistan grows; young adults stay
By FARAZ T. TOOR Two girls of Pakistani descent walk into Raheela Beauty Parlor at 1117 Coney Island Ave. They’re teenagers, and are dressed differently …[read more]