Crown Heights Ex-Felons Have Voting Rights: Activists, Politicians Spread the Message at Brooklyn Forum Members of the nonprofit organization Gangstas Making Astronomical Community Changes Inc. (G.-M.A.C.C.) Nigel Roberts/Bklyner.CROWN HEIGHTS — With another Election Day on the horizon, one of the founding members of the East Coast Bloods gang is on a mission to educate ex-felons, like himself, that they
Central Brooklyn Brooklyn Pols Call for Pantaleo to be Fired Jasmine Robinson speaks into a microphone with a protester holding a sign that reads “Justice for Eric Garner Now! Your Silence is Violence” (Image by Sam Raskin/ Bklyner)After a police judge recommended the firing of Daniel Pantaelo, the NYPD officer who during an arrest killed Eric Garner five years
Central Brooklyn Adams Sides With NYPD And Mayor on Diversion Program Eric Adams. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams on Monday aligned himself with the mayor and NYPD—and opposite the borough’s district attorney—on the use of a controversial alternative-to-prison program. Asked about District Attorney Eric Gonazalez’s defense [/da-eric-gonzalez-defends-diversion-program-nypd-says-is-used-too-often-when-guns-are-involved/] of his office’s directing first-time
Central Brooklyn Meet Your Candidate: Brian Cunningham For Flatbush’s District 40 Photo: Cunningham CampaignThe 40th District has three candidates running against the incumbent Mathieu Eugene: Pia Raymond [/10-questions-ditmas-park-city-council-candidate-pia-raymond/], Jennifer Berkley [/meet-your-candidate-jennifer-berkley-for-flatbushs-district-40/]and Brian Cunningham. These candidates are vying to represent Crown Heights, East Flatbush, Flatbush, Kensington, Midwood, Prospect Park, and Prospect Lefferts Gardens. Read our discussion with Brian Cunningham below. Who
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