Dyker Heights Lights up Trees! And Lights up Hearts!
By AMANDA CURCIO The beginning of the holiday season means big things for Dyker Heights, Brooklyn! Each and every year, hundreds of thousands of people …[read more]
On the Upper East Side, Assemblymember Rebecca Seawright is Giving Away Masks, and Much More
By PAMELA TUWAIDAN Every Thursday since May 2020, Assemblymember Rebecca Seawright has been hosting a free mask event, giving away masks to people who live …[read more]
Epstein Employee Was Told to be “Blind, Deaf and Dumb” While at Work
By JORDAN RAMOS and JOHAN ABDU A bleak, rainy Thursday morning was a fitting backdrop to the fourth day of the trial against Ghislaine Maxwell, …[read more]
Paley Center for Media Reopens – a Rolling Xmas Gift to the Public
By STEPHANIE ROSERO Thursday was the grand reopening and ribbon-cutting ceremony of the Paley Center for Media. The center will be open to the public …[read more]
NYC Opens Overdose Prevention Centers
By MARWA IKHMAYES New York City has officially opened its first overdose prevention centers, in East Harlem and Washington Heights. The decision to open them …[read more]
Brooklyn Student Caught with Loaded Gun and More Than $30,000 in Cash
By GABRIEL TIU A 17-year-old was busted with a loaded gun and more than $30,000 in cash in downtown Brooklyn, at the Urban Assembly School …[read more]
Empty Lot on Astoria Blvd. Known for Illegal Dumping: Now Set for Commercial Building Construction
By AMBERLEY CANEGITTA On the corner of 27th Ave. and Astoria Blvd. is a vacant lot that is unofficially being used as a dumping ground …[read more]
Renowned Political Strategist Hank Sheinkopf Talks 2021 Elections, Police Reform and More
By MATT HIRSCH Democrats lost two seats to the GOP in the New York City Council elections this year. Renowned political strategist Hank Sheinkopf shared …[read more]
Author Tamara Payne on Malcolm X Case: ‘This Exoneration is a Correction, not a Resolution’
By JOHAN ABDU (who wrote and reported), JULIAN WATSON (who interviewed Tamara Payne) and Jordan Ramos (who did additional reporting) On February 7th, 2020, the …[read more]
Hallets Cove Restoration: A New and Green Beginning for a Queens Community
By PAMELA TUWAIDAN On Thursday, Queens Borough President Donovan Richards celebrated the beginning of the restoration of the damaged old Hallets Cove, with plans to …[read more]