Central Brooklyn
Judge Dweynie Paul Paul for Surrogate 2021/FacebookBy Greg B. Smith, THE CITY. This article was originally published [https://www.thecity.nyc/work/2021/2/23/22298120/brooklyn-judge-home-care-worker-mininum-wage] by THE CITY [https://www.thecity.nyc/] A civil court judge up for a plum job in Brooklyn Surrogate’s Court has
canarsie
The Police Athletic League has been sued three separate times this month over sexual abuse allegedly committed by a martial arts instructor in Canarsie in the 1970s. The lawsuit, filed by Minnesota attorney Patrick Noaker and Manhattan attorney Matthew Lombardi, alleges that Police Athletic League (PAL) Tae Kwon Do instructor
Arts & Culture
“Cheers to You” by Ariel Dannielle, courtesy of LatchKey Gallery.The Last Supper [https://www.latchkeygallery.com/press-release-last-supper], an art exhibition showcasing the work of 12 African American female artists, opened to the public this month at LatchKey Galler [https://www.latchkeygallery.com/]y at Industry City [https://industrycity.com/
Central Brooklyn
Justin Krebs. (Image: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)Council candidate Justin Krebs [https://www.justin2021.org/] rolled out endorsements from 30 current and former PTA presidents, executive board members and other parent leaders today in his effort to become the next Council Member for District 39, which includes Park Slope, Carroll Gardens,
Central Brooklyn
Hemalee Patel at a political event in 2020. Liena Zagare/BklynerLast week, the city’s Board of Elections [https://vote.nyc/] named Brooklyn attorney Hemalee Patel as its new General Counsel, replacing scandal-laden Steve Richman [https://nypost.com/2021/02/08/top-ny-elections-board-lawyer-retires-amid-misconduct-probe/] as the Board’s top lawyer. The BOE’
affordable housing
Welcome to Fulton Crossing [https://www.fultoncrossingbk.com/], Brooklyn’s latest highrise luxury residential development seeking tenants and residents. 1430 Fulton Street Rendering. Fischer +Makooi Architects, courtesy of The Moinian Group.The large mixed-use residential project at 1430 Fulton Street and 293 Herkimer Street on the southern edge of Bedford-Stuyvesant
brownsville
Cleveland Smillie, also known as Jah Hammed. (Image courtesy of Quardean Lewis-Allen/Youth Design Center)Cleveland Smillie, a laid-back Jamaican reggae singer known as Jah Hammed whose beloved Brownsville bike shop anchored the corner of Pitkin Avenue and Mother Gaston Boulevard for nearly 40 years, passed away earlier this month.
Bed Stuy
Chirlane McCray, center left, visits a Canarsie vaccination site. Around her, from left to right, are Department of Health First Deputy Commissioner Torian Easterling; site administrator Joanne Yarde; administration manager Kizzi Belford; and operations manager Ed Bobb (Image: Lloyd Mitchell/Canarsie Courier/Pool)New York first lady Chirlane McCray stopped
Bay Ridge
When the going gets tough, the tough make soup. Especially when the tough are in the midst of yet another snow storm, during a global pandemic, in the middle of winter. Tanoreen’s lamb and veggies soup.Photo by Alec Holst.Soup Shop [https://soupshop.org/] aims to help struggling
COVID-19
East Brooklyn Mutual Aid volunteers./ Photo Provided by Natasha SantosThe East Brooklyn Mutual Aid (EMBA) [https://www.eastbrooklynmutualaid.org/about] is hosting a fundraiser [https://www.instagram.com/p/CLc4NUXrReE/] to keep their volunteer group organizing food distribution in Brownsville, Ocean Hills, East New York, and Cypress Hills for another
Borough Park
Hatzolah and NYPD arriving at the scene. Image by Loudlabs.Boro Park/Mapleton Yesterday, the driver who struck and killed one child and left another in critical condition [/one-child-killed-another-critically-injured-in-horrific-borough-park-crash/] on January 4, was arrested and charged with criminally negligent homicide, leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death, and
Election 2021
Brooklyn Borough President and current mayoral candidate Eric Adams. (Image: Todd Maisel/Bklyner)It’s been a busy week in Brooklyn politics. Here are some key stories you may have missed: De Blasio likes Eric Adams’ “story.” Mayor Bill de Blasio met last week with key labor leaders—the presidents