Central Brooklyn
Eric Adams. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)CROWN HEIGHTS — Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams and Council Member Laurie Cumbo gave their nods of approval on Friday to a community board proposal to create a new type of zoning that its proponents say would add and preserve jobs in central Brooklyn. Community
community
SUNSET PARK – Residents of Puerto Rican descent rallied on a hot summer night Friday to call for the governor of the island to resign over racially incentive remarks, alleged government corruption, and incompetence over aid distribution to those who still live in squalor a year and a half after Hurricane
bath beach
Mayor Bill de Blasio commenting on blackouts at press conference (Photo: Todd Maisel)MILL BASIN — Mayor Bill de Blasio said Monday that he is “extremely disappointed” in Con Edison after power outages hit tens of thousands of households in southeast Brooklyn at the tail end of the weekend heat wave.
Bushwick
Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez at a recent press conference (Image by Sam Raskin/ Bklyner)Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez on Thursday defended a program aimed at keeping first-time offenders out of jail that he’s administered in recent years, after receiving criticism from a top NYPD official and the
Central Brooklyn
The home that will soon be demolished ahead of construction (Image by Sam Raskin/ Bklyner)FLATBUSH—An eight-story apartment building will soon replace a townhouse at 290 Linden Boulevard. Permits have been filed [http://a810-bisweb.nyc.gov/bisweb/JobsQueryByLocationServlet?requestid=1&allbin=3108510&allstrt=LINDEN+BOULEVARD&allnumbhous=
Central Brooklyn
FLATBUSH — On the night of the mass shooting [https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/buzzfeednews/live-updates-two-people-are-dead-as-police-investigate] at the Las Vegas Harvest Festival in Las Vegas that killed 58 people and wounded several hundred, Dr. Kevin Menes was on duty at nearby Sunrise Hospital. [https://sunrisehospital.com/]There, Dr. Menes, a night
Announcements
Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerBAY RIDGE – After neighbors and activists called on him to “close the camps” two weeks ago, Congressman Max Rose will be visiting the Southern border this Friday. According to his office, he will be visiting the Rio Grande Valley as part of the Bipartisan Homeland Security Committee
Central Brooklyn
Borough President Eric Adams waves to the crowd at the Bay Ridge Memorial Day Parade. Todd Maisel/BklynerBED-STUY—Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams raised more than $500,000 for his 2021 mayoral run during the first half of the year, campaign finance disclosures filed Monday show. Adams’ fundraising numbers place
Brooklyn Heights
DOJ’s Richard Donoghue and FBI special agent in charge of the Criminal Division for the New York Field Office, Michael Driscoll, announcing the decision not to charge Daniel Pantaleo (Image by Sam Raskin/ Bklyner)BROOKLYN HEIGHTS— Family members of Eric Garner and local politicians on Tuesday criticized the Department
Bay Ridge
Mayor Bill de Blasio signed an executive order eliminating plastic from city agencies, mostly utensils and other plastics from school cafeterias and city commissaries at a recycling plant in Sunset Park. Todd Maisel/BklynerPARK SLOPE— Some New York Republicans want Mayor Bill de Blasio to move out of Gracie Mansion
affordable housing
Rending of Bedford Arms (Image via Housing Partnership Development Corporation) CROWN HEIGHTS— New Yorkers looking for new below-market-rate apartments now have two months to apply for one in Crown Heights. On Monday, July 15, the affordable housing lottery officially opened for apartments in a new 93-unit building at 1336 Bedford
News
Protesters at Prospect Park (Sam Raskin/Bklyner)PARK SLOPE—Senator Chuck Schumer on Thursday proposed a measure aimed at protecting migrants, after facing criticism from many on the left for his response to overcrowding and inhumane conditions at the U.S.-Mexico border. The legislation, named the “Stop Cruelty to