Central Brooklyn
State Sen. Zellnor Myrie and Assemblywoman Diana Richardson embrace during Myrie’s inauguration at SUNY Downstate in East Flatbush (Photo: Kadia Goba/Bklyner)CROWN HEIGHTS—Local lawmakers are urging the governor to sign a bill that will add Medgar Evers College to the names of two central Brooklyn subway stops.
Health
Borough President Eric Adams at the press conference standing next to PBA second vice president Joseph Alejandro (Image by Sam Raskin/Bklyner)CITY HALL— Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams says the NYPD’s recently formed mental health and wellness task force [https://nypost.com/2019/07/08/nypd-launches-health-and-wellness-task-force-amid-spate-of-cop-suicides/] is missing
Boerum Hill
Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BKLYNERBOERUM HILL—As the process for the city’s plan to build borough-based jails to replace Rikers Island moves forward, Brooklynites weighed in this week on the proposed Brooklyn jail and the initiative as a whole. Ahead of Wednesday’s City Planning Commission hearing on the four
Central Brooklyn
Foreclosures in Brooklyn since 2016 (Image via PropertyShark)Foreclosures have slightly risen in Brooklyn in recent months, a new report found. Despite a decrease in foreclosures in New York City, foreclosures during the second quarter of this year were up 7 percent in Brooklyn compared to last year’s second
canarsie
Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez pointing to a video being displayed at the press conference (Sam Raskin/ Bklyner)DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN—More than 20 alleged gang members have been indicted in connection with a slew of charges including murder, attempted murder, robbery and weapons possession, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez and
Central Brooklyn
Terence Monahan, Benjamin Tucker, Mayor Bill de Blasio, and James P. O’Neill at a monthly crime briefing in Sugar Hill (Image by Sam Raskin/ Bklyner)BROOKLYN — As citywide crime declines, shootings are up so far this year compared to 2018, particularly in Brooklyn North’s precincts, the NYPD said
Central Brooklyn
Community Board 9 at 890 Nostrand Ave. between Caroll and Presidents Streets. (Photo: Kadia Goba/Bklyner)CROWN HEIGHTS—Community Board 9 has set a date to elect a new chair. CB9 has scheduled a Tuesday, July 23 special meeting [http://www.communitybrd9bklyn.org/meeting/special-meeting-tuesday-july-23-2019-at-7pm/] to elect its chair, according
Borough Park
Jayden Grant with his grandmother, Bessie Watson Grant, before the graduation ceremony began (Image by Sam Raskin/ Bklyner)BOROUGH PARK— Jayden Grant, an 11-year-old boy who was recently hit by a stray bullet in Crown Heights, graduated from elementary school on Monday, at a bittersweet ceremony at the hospital where
Announcements
CROWN HEIGHTS—The NYPD has sent dozens of additional police officers to a pocket of Brooklyn that in recent months has seen an increase in shootings and homicides, a department official said Monday. NYPD Chief of Department Terence Monahan, First Deputy Police Commissioner Benjamin Tucker, Mayor Bill de Blasio, and
Central Brooklyn
Borough President Eric Adams talks about Meatless Mondays. Todd Maisel/Bklyner BROOKLYN — Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams on Wednesday defended his calling for the city’s police officers to receive a raise, arguing keeping crime at bay is an “economic stimulus.” “Public safety is a prerequisite to prosperity,” Adams, who
Feature
PARK SLOPE – New York’s senior senator doesn’t have to look very far to see the frustration he’s generated among progressives. Protesters at Prospect Park (Sam Raskin/Bklyner)Hundreds gathered across the street from Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s home Tuesday evening, castigating him for what demonstrators
Borough Park
Simcha Felder. (Photo: NY Senate)BOROUGH PARK— A partyless Brooklyn lawmaker has picked a side. State Senator Simcha Felder, who represents Borough Park and parts of surrounding neighborhoods including Midwood, is joining the Senate Democrats, The State of Politics reported [https://www.nystateofpolitics.com/2019/07/felder-joins-senate-dem-fold/#.XRn5odFCNxI.twitter] Monday.