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Mar
19
Opinion: Will I Be the Next Anti-Asian Hate Crime Victim?

Opinion: Will I Be the Next Anti-Asian Hate Crime Victim?

April Somboun with her children. Courtesy of April Somboun.By April Somboun [https://www.aprilsomboun.com/], candidate for City Council
4 min read
Mar
19
Brooklyn Galleries Struggle And Reinvent What It Means To Share Art

Brooklyn Galleries Struggle And Reinvent What It Means To Share Art

Outside La Bodega (Photo by Miguel Ayuso)La Bodega [https://www.labodegastudios.com/] on the edge of Sunset Park wasn’
6 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
2 min read
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
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
BP Adams Voices Support for Greenpoint Acme Fish Redevelopment

BP Adams Voices Support for Greenpoint Acme Fish Redevelopment

A rendering of the proposed Acme Smoked Fish development in Greenpoint. (Image: Gensler Architects)A rezoning proposal that would facilitate
4 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