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Mar
19
Opinion: Will I Be the Next Anti-Asian Hate Crime Victim?

Opinion: Will I Be the Next Anti-Asian Hate Crime Victim?

April Somboun with her children. Courtesy of April Somboun.By April Somboun [https://www.aprilsomboun.com/], candidate for City Council
4 min read
Mar
18
Council Candidate Pushes To End Illegal Parking By Letting Citizens Reporting Violations Get a Cut of Revenue Generated

Council Candidate Pushes To End Illegal Parking By Letting Citizens Reporting Violations Get a Cut of Revenue Generated

City Council Candidate Elizabeth Adams issued a novelty parking violation to DOT and NYPD in Downtown Brooklyn on Thursday morning.
3 min read
Mar
15
Brooklyn Municipal Building Renamed the Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Municipal Building

Brooklyn Municipal Building Renamed the Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Municipal Building

Brooklyn Municipal Building. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)Today Mayor Bill de Blasio, First Lady Chirlane McCray, Brooklyn Borough President Eric
2 min read
Feb
19
Soup Shop Project Helps Restaurants and Comforts Customers

Soup Shop Project Helps Restaurants and Comforts Customers

When the going gets tough, the tough make soup. Especially when the tough are in the midst of yet another
3 min read
Feb
10
Post-Pandemic Recovery: What Does the Future Hold for Downtown Brooklyn?

Post-Pandemic Recovery: What Does the Future Hold for Downtown Brooklyn?

As the coronavirus swept across New York, images of a deserted midtown Manhattan became emblematic of the pandemic’s devastating
10 min read
Feb
09
New Food Kiosk Planned Near Brooklyn Borough Hall

New Food Kiosk Planned Near Brooklyn Borough Hall

GDK kiosk rendering in Columbus Park (Image: Parks)The city’s Parks Department shared plans on Monday night for a
3 min read
Feb
03
Brooklyn’s Henry Gutman To Head City’s Department of Transportation, Promises 10,000 Bike Racks

Brooklyn’s Henry Gutman To Head City’s Department of Transportation, Promises 10,000 Bike Racks

Commissioner Henry (‘Hank’) Gutman at City Hall on Wednesday, February 3, 2021. Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography OfficeMayor de Blasio announced
3 min read
Feb
02
Landmarks Commission Votes to Preserve Downtown Brooklyn Home With Abolitionist History

Landmarks Commission Votes to Preserve Downtown Brooklyn Home With Abolitionist History

Protestors in front of of 227 Duffield Street last year.The city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) voted unanimously on
3 min read
Jan
29
Seven Citi Bike Stations Coming to Bay Ridge in February

Seven Citi Bike Stations Coming to Bay Ridge in February

NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) staff presented plans for seven new Citi Bike [https://www.citibikenyc.com/] stations between Bay
2 min read
Jan
29
Man Murdered at Farragut Houses

Man Murdered at Farragut Houses

A man has been murdered at Farragut Houses (84th Precinct). Cops responded to a 911 call at 12:54 am
1 min read