Big Story Power. Courage. Strength: Hercules Reid On What His Blackness Means To Him Photo via Hercules Reid.EAST FLATBUSH – Hercules Reid, 27, is not a native Brooklynite. He was born and raised upstate and moved to Delaware to attend college. He didn’t move to Brooklyn until 2015. Four years later, he ran to be the next District 45 Council Member but didn’
brownsville ‘Vision Zero Cannot be a Bumper Sticker, it Has to be a Reality’: Officials Hold Vigil for Ernest Askew in Brownsville BROWNSVILLE — Local politicians, cycling advocates and family members of the victim of a recent fatal cycling crash gathered Monday to mourn and call on the mayor to improve street design across the city. Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerOn Thursday, June 27, 54-year-old Ernest Askew was struck and killed [/cyclist-death-brownsville-ernest-askew/] by a