Community Leaders Search for New Seats in Queens Public Schools
By Cyrus Storlie The School Construction Authority (SCA) and Queens Borough President Donavan Richards Jr. made it clear to Queens community leaders that efforts …[read more]
Screen Time and The Use of Digital Devices are being limited in New York City Public School
BY ALBINA CEKA The New York City Council’s Committees on Education and Oversight and Investigations dissected the new guidelines from the Department of Education called …[read more]
NY Council Questions Agency’s Ability to Care for Homeless Youth
BY RIVER FLEISCHNER Councilmember Althea Stevens questioned the city’s Department of Youth and Community Development’s (DYCD) efforts to meet the needs of runaway and …[read more]
Traveling Textiles: NY Department of Sanitation Testifies About Prospective Recycling
BY EMILY NIXON The NY Department of Sanitation [DSNY] told the City Council on Sept. 15 that it will reexamine methods to recycle residential …[read more]
South of Prospect Residents Call for Affordable Housing and Better Infrastructure
BY BARBARE AKHALKATSI On Sept. 15 South of Prospect residents gathered for the very first workshop of a long-term improvement plan for the corridors of …[read more]
City Council Demands Answers After 7-Hour 911 Outage
BY NICHOLAS GUMBS New York City Council members pressed Office of Technology and Innovation services (OTI) at a City Hall hearing on September 9 …[read more]
Community Educational Council for NY’s District 20 Debates AI Use in Classrooms
BY MATTHEW MUSOLINO Brooklyn’s Community Educational Council for District 20 opened the school year by debatingAI use and screen time, youth vaping, and enrollment issues …[read more]
Weekly Vigils Protest ICE at Metropolitan Detention Center
BY RIVER FLEISCHNER Every Tuesday at 6 pm for the last year, a vigil organized by Indivisible Brooklyn, a civic engagement group, and Good …[read more]
Caribbean Collision: Smorgasburg Island in The Park
BY SERENA EDWARDS Every year during Labor Day, people from all over flood Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn for the West Indian Day parade. On …[read more]
Council Committee Votes to Protect Overlooked African-American Burial Grounds
BY EDDY PRINCE A bill to honor African-American burial sites has finally moved forward after nine months in limbo, following a New York City …[read more]