Central Brooklyn
BROOKLYN COLLEGE – Two months ago, Brooklyn College Professor Mitchell Langbert posted something on his blog [http://mitchell-langbert.blogspot.com/2018/09/kavanaugh.html]. He wrote, “If someone did not commit sexual assault in high school, then he is not a member of the male sex.” He later said it was
Announcements
Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerFLATBUSH – After a Brooklyn College professor posted statements that seemed to be condoning sexual assault on his blog (and later said it was satire), several hundred students and faculty rallied for his termination on campus this afternoon. “Whatever we wear, wherever we go, yes means yes and
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WILLIAMSBURG – Seven workers at The Williams, a luxury-rental development in South Williamsburg, are looking for what they’re owed—about $200,000 in back pay, they said. Yesterday evening, outside the building at 282 South 5th Street, members of the 32BJ service workers union gathered in solidarity to rally for
Bushwick
Protestors brought the last CB 4 meeting of the season to a halt in opposition of gentrification (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)BUSHWICK – The last Community Board 4 meeting before the summer break was expected to go smoothly: a presentation on zoning changes, the election of new board leaders, and an update
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
mill basin
Mill Basin Residents gathered to protest the planned arrival of party boats in the waters off their property (Photo via Al Buznik)MILL BASIN – On Sunday, a group of Mill Basin residents met up in the parking lot of Nick’s Lobster House to protest the planned arrival of Sheepshead
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MILL BASIN – While residents of Sheepshead Bay have celebrated the announced departure of some of the “party boats” [/sheepshead-party-boats-relocated/] docked at the Sheepshead Bay Piers along Emmons Avenue, many residents of Mill Basin were shocked to find out that three of the boats were headed for their shores this summer—
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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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As students walk out to protest gun violence nationwide, we’ll update this page with info from Brooklyn schools: > A 5 second video of kids from @PS9BklynPTO [https://twitter.com/PS9BklynPTO?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] chanting "Peace and Love" at their school's #MarchForOurLives [https://twitter.
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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
Bay Ridge
State Senator Marty Golden has been under fire for comments he made regarding the opioid epidemic (Photo: NYS Senate)BAY RIDGE – In response to State Senator Marty Golden’s racist comments about the opioid epidemic [/local-politicians-respond-to-senator-goldens-ghetto-drug-comment/] made last week, a group of local progressive politicians and community activists protested outside
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U.S. Sen. Chuck SchumerGRAND ARMY PLAZA – Last night, national political drama came home to Brooklyn for Senator Charles Schumer, as protestors gathered in Grand Army Plaza, near his apartment, protesting his vote to end the government shutdown without securing protections for “Dreamers.” “Dreamers” are those protected under the Deferred