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New Yorkers Angry at Cops Take It to the Streets

Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerDOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — On Friday night packed with anger and emotion, over 1,000 people marched and protested against police brutality and the crackdown on MTA’s fare evasion. The large protest at One MetroTech Center was in response to the videos of black teenagers being punched in

Bay Ridge

Pro-Palestine March Takes to the Streets in Bay Ridge

Pro-Palestinian protestors gathered in Bay Ridge yesterday evening (Photo via NYC911News LLC)BAY RIDGE – As the killing of Palestinian protestors at the border with Israel dominated the headlines yesterday and the US government celebrated the move of the United States embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, a group of pro-Palestine

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Protestors Take to the Streets in Crown Heights After Rally for Slain Saheed Vassell

CROWN HEIGHTS – After Wednesday’s killing of 34-year old Saheed Vassell at the hands of the NYPD [/police-shooting-vassell/], crowds gathered at the corner of Utica Avenue and Montgomery Street to mourn the neighbor’s passing. State Senator Jesse Hamilton spoke at a vigil, starting at 4:40 pm, the time

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Hundreds March for Safe Streets in Park Slope

Children led the way during a march for safer streets in Park Slope last night (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)PARK SLOPE – A crowd of hundreds gathered in Brooklyn to march for safer streets last night following a rally by local politicians in remembrance of the children killed by a driver last

Boerum Hill

Haitian Community Marches Against Trump’s Racist Remarks [PHOTOS]

The 1804 Movement for All Immigrants organized today’s march against the President’s racist comments (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)GRAND ARMY PLAZA – Members of New York’s Haitian community and their supporters gathered in the hundreds this morning to march across the Brooklyn Bridge, protesting against President Trump. Organized by

Central Brooklyn

Anti-Gentrification Protest Takes to the Streets

Leaders of the march led chants of “Whose city? Our city!” and “Brooklyn’s not for sale!” (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)About 200 community organizers and protesters marched through rapidly gentrifying Brooklyn neighborhoods this Saturday in a rally opposing gentrification, racism and police violence organized by the Brooklyn Anti-Gentrification Network (BAN)

Central Brooklyn

Equality For Flatbush & Community Members March Against Gentrification, Tenant Abuse & Police Violence In Flatbush

(Photo courtesy Equality For Flatbush / Instagram)On Saturday, August 13, protesters converged near the corner of Flatbush Avenue and Empire Boulevard to march against gentrification, tenant abuse, racism and police violence. Armed with water bottles, signs, and banners on one of the hottest days summer, this group was part of

Events

Equality For Flatbush & Community Members March Against Gentrification, Tenant Abuse & Police Violence In Flatbush

(Photo courtesy Equality For Flatbush / Instagram)On Saturday, August 13, protesters converged near the corner of Flatbush Avenue and Empire Boulevard to march against gentrification, tenant abuse, racism and police violence. Armed with water bottles, signs, and banners on one of the hottest days summer, this group was part of

Arts & Culture

ICYMI: Peace March, Zika, Pequena And More

The chicken burrito at Pequeña. (Courtesy Fort Greene Focus/Justin Fox.)Here’s a recap of what went down this week. Follow us on Twitter [https://twitter.com/ftgfocus], like us on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/FortGreeneFocus], and check out our Instagram [http://instagram.com/fortgreenefocus], and subscribe to

Central Brooklyn

[UPDATED] 1,000 Activists March In Flatbush For Racial Justice

Anti police violence activists on Flatbush Avenue, June 13, 2016 (Photo by Erik McGregor [https://www.flickr.com/photos/erikcito/albums])On the one year anniversary of Sandra Bland, a Texas woman killed in police custody, nearly 1,000 activists took to the streets of Flatbush Wednesday night to demand

Bensonhurst

After Bias Attack, Bay Ridge Residents Plan MLK Day March In Support Of Muslim Neighbors

Photo by crobj [https://www.flickr.com/photos/crobj/2892334586/]/FlickrAs angry rhetoric towards Muslims ramps on the political stage [/new-utrecht-hs-teacher-featured-in-nyt-talks-donald-trump-wearing-hijab/#.VpUEbcArKqQ] and on the street [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/exclusive-man-blasts-muslims-hits-worker-nyc-eatery-article-1.2462061] , on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a group of Bay Ridge residents will take a stand

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South Slope Rewind

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2013

MTA Tells NYC to Take a Hike

It’s official, South Slope, the MTA has approved a fare hike for next year that’s going to bump your single ride Metrocard up to $2.50, a 7-day card to $30, and a 30-day unlimited ride card to $112. Additionally, there will be a $1 replacement fee anytime

appointments

CEC 20 Meeting March 21

A “CEC” or Community Education Council is a group made up of nine parents, two political appointees and one high school senior which oversees the elementary and intermediate schools in a district. CEC’s are remnants of the school boards that were dismantled by Mayor Bloomberg way back in his