Announcements
Yesterday, the Brooklyn Communities Collaborative [https://www.brooklyncommunities.org/] (BCC), a nonprofit organization focused on providing aid for Brooklyn and its residents, awarded over $300,000 in grants to Brooklyn nonprofits serving communities impacted by Covid-19. These grants are part of the BCC’s $3 million campaign [https://www.kingscountypolitics.
brownsville
Community Education Council 23 [http://www.d23rising.nyc/] (CEC23) which covers Brownsville, Ocean Hill, and parts of East New York, has only four members out of six required to have a quorum and thus find themselves in the peculiar position of being unable to even restore quorum. The Schools Chancellor
Central Brooklyn
A majority of voters in Brooklyn–and across the city–would give up parking for pedestrian and public transit improvements. The protected bike lane along Flatbush Ave. Liena Zagare/BklynerThat’s according to a new poll [https://www.transalt.org/press-releases/poll-majority-of-voters-support-adding-protected-bike-lanes-bus-lanes-in-their-neighborhood-near-universal-support-for-expanding-crosswalks-green-spaces-even-if-it-results-in-less-parking] commissioned by the safe streets advocacy group Tr
Business
Save Our Storefronts members. Photo via Save Our Storefronts TwitterPARK SLOPE – A coalition of New Yorkers are coming together to demand rent relief for commercial tenants. Save Our Storefronts [https://saveourstorefronts.com], a group made up of small business owners, organizations, and voters, have since June been working together with
brownsville
Amidst the well-documented increase in gun violence across New York City last year, one area stood out: the NYPD’s 75th Precinct, which includes the neighborhoods of East New York and Cypress Hills, had both the most shooting incidents and the highest number of police misconduct complaints [/what-will-it-take-to-fix-the-citys-most-troubled-police-precinct/] of anywhere
brownsville
CECs, which are part of the Department of Education’s governmental structure, are meant to be the parent advocates for their districts. The Councils are “charged with promoting student achievement, advising and commenting on educational policies, and providing input to the chancellor and the Panel for Educational Policy,” [https://www.
Central Brooklyn
Ericka Francois, Fair Futures Youth Advocacy Youth Coordinator. Image from the virtual rally.Foster youth and elected officials called on Mayor Bill De Blasio yesterday to secure essential funding to support young people in foster care across Brooklyn and NYC. Fair Futures [https://www.fairfuturesny.org/], a coalition of child
Central Brooklyn
Immigration reform advocates hold a rally at Battery Park Thursday morning during the start of the Biden administration. | Ben Fractenberg/THE CITYBy Gabriel Sandoval, THE CITY. This article was originally published [https://www.thecity.nyc/2021/1/21/22243604/new-yorkers-celebrate-bidens-end-to-trumps-muslim-travel-ban-and-rally-for-more-change] by THE CITY [https://www.thecity.nyc/] Thousands of New
Arts & Culture
Volunteers from the Brooklyn Navy Yard distribute books at a Brooklyn Book Bodega event in Fort Greene in November. The event was organized in partnership with the Ingersoll Residents Association and Ingersoll Cornerstone Community Center. Book Bodega co-founder Seema Aghera is second from the left; co-founder Rebecca Cohen is on
Central Brooklyn
On Friday, candidates across New York City submitted their latest campaign finance disclosure reports to the city’s Campaign Finance Board [http://nyccfb.com/] (CFB). If early fundraising numbers are any indication, the fight to replace term-limited Eric Adams as the next Brooklyn Borough President is down to a race
Central Brooklyn
Monday, January 18, is Martin Luther King Jr. day. A week after the attack on the Capitol, in the middle of a global pandemic, and a year of Black Lives Matter protests, it is a timely reminder of the legacy of the civil rights activist who championed non-violent protest to
Big Story
75th Precinct House. Mark Davis [http://www.ellebobo.com/]/BklynerLike many low-income communities, East New York was hit hard when coronavirus began to sweep through the city in late March. But the neighborhood was simultaneously the victim of two other pandemics: gun violence and police misconduct. Data from the New