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Mar
24
3-K Expanded To All School Districts! 

3-K Expanded To All School Districts! 

Mayor Bill de Blasio and Chancellor Porter announced this morning that, starting this fall, the City will expand the free
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Mar
23
Mayor Expands Cure Violence Program to Three More Brooklyn Precincts

Mayor Expands Cure Violence Program to Three More Brooklyn Precincts

Mayor Bill de Blasio on Monday, March 22, 2021. (Image: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office)In his latest effort to
2 min read
Mar
19
Skelly! On Smartphone Or Skelly IRL?

Skelly! On Smartphone Or Skelly IRL?

Skelly [https://eightygames.wordpress.com/2015/06/21/skelly-a-new-york-street-game/comment-page-1/] , a popular children’s street game, is making a comeback
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Mar
19
NYC Schools Chancellor: Why I Dare to Dream Big

NYC Schools Chancellor: Why I Dare to Dream Big

Meisha Porter, New York City Schools Chancellor. Image courtesy of NYC Department of Education.By Meisha Porter, New York City
3 min read
Mar
18
Atlanta Shootings Prompt Calls For Real Action To Address Anti-Asian Hate Crimes In Brooklyn

Atlanta Shootings Prompt Calls For Real Action To Address Anti-Asian Hate Crimes In Brooklyn

Last week’s rally. Courtesy of Jimmy LiBrooklyn’s elected officials and community leaders reacted with sadness, frustration and anger
4 min read
Mar
18
Opinion: Let’s Fully Fund Public Schools Now

Opinion: Let’s Fully Fund Public Schools Now

PS 6 in Flatbush. Liena Zagare/BklynerBy Tracy Jordan, a parent, education advocate, and Flatbush resident. The pandemic has exposed
3 min read
Mar
18
Crime Blotter: Brooklyn Robbery Pattern, Deadly BQE Crash and More

Crime Blotter: Brooklyn Robbery Pattern, Deadly BQE Crash and More

BQE – This morning, Thursday, March 18, 2021, just before 6:30 am a car crashed into the center dividing barrier
3 min read
Mar
18
Multiplying The Good In Our Communities, Mutual Savings Bank Offers A Lesson In Resilience

Multiplying The Good In Our Communities, Mutual Savings Bank Offers A Lesson In Resilience

A hundred years ago, Brooklyn was teeming with mutual savings banks. There was the Brooklyn Savings Bank, the Dime Savings
5 min read
Mar
17
Recovery: Introducing “Right to Recall” Legislation 

Recovery: Introducing “Right to Recall” Legislation 

Under a new law that is being introduced by Park Slope Council Member Brad Lander, all employers of a certain
3 min read
Mar
17
Who’s Up, Who’s Down? Brooklyn Council Election Notes from the Latest Financial Disclosures

Who’s Up, Who’s Down? Brooklyn Council Election Notes from the Latest Financial Disclosures

The June 22nd Democratic primary is just a few months away, and all eyes are on the mayor’s race.
11 min read