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Sep
24
Shut Down Rikers And The Mayor’s Jail Plan, Community Demands

Shut Down Rikers And The Mayor’s Jail Plan, Community Demands

PARK SLOPE – The diverse group of Brooklynites packed into the auditorium of PS 133 Thursday night shared two opinions—they
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Sep
21
Shut Down Rikers And The Mayor’s Jail Plan, Community Demands

Shut Down Rikers And The Mayor’s Jail Plan, Community Demands

PARK SLOPE – The diverse group of Brooklynites packed into the auditorium of PS 133 Thursday night shared two opinions—they
7 min read
Aug
15
New Details on Proposed Atlantic Avenue Detention Center Expansion

New Details on Proposed Atlantic Avenue Detention Center Expansion

A view of the detention center at 275 Atlantic (Via Google Maps)DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Six months after the Mayor proposed
2 min read
Feb
14
Expanding Atlantic Ave Detention Center Part Of Mayor’s Plan To Close Rikers

Expanding Atlantic Ave Detention Center Part Of Mayor’s Plan To Close Rikers

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Mayor de Blasio and New York City Council Speaker Corey Johnson announced today an agreement to replace Rikers
2 min read
Mar
31
The Down Low: Rikers Closing, Road Rage & Other Stories You Shouldn’t Miss

The Down Low: Rikers Closing, Road Rage & Other Stories You Shouldn’t Miss

Rikers Island Photo by ksu_nyc via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BSHNuitDOv1/?taken-at=227993118]The Down-Low is our
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Sep
14
Southern Brooklyn Dems Endorse Pamela Harris To Represent 46th Assembly District

Southern Brooklyn Dems Endorse Pamela Harris To Represent 46th Assembly District

Pamela Harris speaking with her endorsers. From left to right: Congressman Hakeem Jeffries, State Senator Diane Savino, City Councilman Mark
2 min read
Dec
02
Burglar Who Tried To Whack Gravesend Deli Owner Who Testified Against Him Receives 20 Years To Life

Burglar Who Tried To Whack Gravesend Deli Owner Who Testified Against Him Receives 20 Years To Life

The incarcerated Gravesend burglar who tried to get a fellow Rikers inmate to kill a witness [/joseph-lombardo-hussein-saleh/] has been sentenced
2 min read
Aug
12

BREAKING: Levi Aron Speaks To Press, Doesn’t Apologize

Leiby Kletzky (image by Julia Xanthos for Daily News)This morning’s Daily News contains an interview with confessed killer
1 min read