affordable housing
The Fountains in East NY. Credit: Gerri HernandezEast New York, NY – The Fountains was envisioned to provide good quality, affordable homes to low-income households and those with disabilities, as part of Governor Cuomo’s overall plan to revitalize communities and grow the economy. On Tuesday, October 20, a ribbon was
brownsville
Brother Paul Muhammad (right) and his son, Chris. Jeff Winter/BklynerActivists, advocates, and elected officials stood in the wet cold outside City Hall Tuesday morning, October 13, calling to abolish New York City’s tax lien sale. The rain was appropriate, organizer Albert Scott said, “These are the tears of
Announcements
Photo: Loudlabs NYCEAST NEW YORK – A woman has died after crashing into a USPS truck just before 2:00 a.m. this morning. According to the NYPD, a 20-year-old woman was driving a late model Honda Accord southbound on Atkins Avenue, when she crashed into a U.S Postal Service
Announcements
Fire on Pitkin Avenue early this morning. (Photo: Loudlabs NYC)EAST NEW YORK – A four-year-old boy and five more people including two firefighters were injured in an early morning fire. This morning at around 1:15 a.m., a fire broke out on the top floor of a three-story apartment
Cypress Hills
Police have made an arrest in connection with the July 26 shooting on Vermont Street. On July 26, about 6:40pm, police responded to a 911 call of a man shot at 62 Vermont Street (75 Precinct), to find that in fact, three people had been shot. Kleimer P. Mendez,
community
At United Community Centers of East New York [https://ucceny.org/] (UCCENY), a nonprofit that serves the East New York community through everything from ESL classes to early childhood education, many of the costs associated with keeping the center running involve things like paying program staff, organizing field trips, and
Cypress Hills
In the wee hours of this morning, cops responded to a 911 call about a man shot on Wortman Avenue in East New York. When they got to 738 Wortman Avenue around 1:20 am, they found a 27-year-old man shot in the abdomen in the back of the building.
community
Photo by Bill Oxford [https://unsplash.com/@bill_oxford?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/handcuffs?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] EAST NEW YORK – A 47-year-old man was arraigned on two indictments,
community
Thirty three guns are now off New York’s streets thanks to a gun buyback held in Brooklyn on Saturday. Men and women that arrived carrying firearms in bags left with $200 per gun after surrendering them, no questions asked. The event was hosted by Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez
Bed Stuy
Via Center for NYC Neighborhoods [https://cnycn.org/nyc-tax-lien-sale/]UPDATE: Mayor Bill de Blasio and Department of Finance Commissioner Jacques Jiha announced on September 4, the postponement of the annual tax lien sale until September 25, 2020 to give New Yorkers additional time to pay debt or enter into payment
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EAST NY – The woman who was shot eight times after telling a group of people to stop setting off fireworks earlier this month has died. On Tuesday, July 7 at around 9:28 p.m., cops arrived at Pink Houses on Linden Boulevard to find 33-year-old Shatavia Walls shot eight
COVID-19
EAST NEW YORK — On a Saturday morning in late June the line at the food pantry at the Brooklyn Sports Club in Spring Creek Towers, commonly known as Starrett City, was trailing around the block and doubling back in the parking lot. Susie Williams was near the entrance of the