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NYC Council approves bill banning solitary confinement in city jails

December 21 | Philip Marcelo, Associated Press

Over the objections of Mayor Eric Adams, New York City lawmakers passed...

Public Advocate Jumaane Williams during Tuesday’s press conference. Photo captured via Zoom

People of color, immigrants hit harder than the affluent, officials say, but data is missing

April 7 | Mary Frost

The city’s public advocate and Brooklyn’s borough president charged on...

Megan Adams, in apartment 4E, complains of lack of heat, mold and mice in her apartment. Photo: Paul Frangipane/Brooklyn Eagle

Most of the buildings owned by city’s worst landlords are in Brooklyn

December 16 | Ned Berke, David Brand and Jonathan Sperling

More than half of the properties owned by New York City’s...

Public Advocate Jumaane Williams shook the hand of Housing Works CEO Charles King in Downtown Brooklyn on Monday after a confrontation over Housing Works employees’ efforts to unionize. Eagle photo by Mary Frost

Accusations fly as elected officials join in Housing Works unionization fight

November 4 | Mary Frost

In an emotional confrontation on a sidewalk in Downtown Brooklyn on Monday...

NYC Public Advocate Jumaane Williams tweeted this photo of himself being arrested outside Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office on Tuesday during a protest demanding the passage of a package of rent reforms. Photo courtesy of the Office of Jumaane Williams

Jumaane Williams arrested during rent regulation demonstration in Albany

June 4 | Mary Frost

Public Advocate Jumaane Williams was arrested on Tuesday in the state capitol...

Jumaane Williams, speaking at a forum on marijuana legalization Monday, disclosed that he sold marijuana in high school. Eagle photo by Noah Goldberg.

Public Advocate Jumaane Williams reveals he sold weed in high school

April 30 | Noah Goldberg

Public Advocate Jumaane Williams revealed Monday that he sold marijuana for “...

Former Councilmember Jumaane Williams resoundingly won the special election for New York City public advocate on Tuesday. AP Photo/Jason DeCrow, File

How Jumaane Williams won the special election

February 28 | By Paula Katinas

As Jumaane Williams settles into his new job as New York City...

Williams wins public advocate race

February 26 | Paula Katinas

Brooklyn Councilmember Jumaane Williams, whose candidacy was struck by an 11th hour...

Voter turnout for the public advocate special election has so far been slow, poll workers say. Eagle photo

Sparse morning voter turnout at Brooklyn poll sites

February 26 | By Brooklyn Eagle Staff

Polls opened at 6 a.m. for today’s special election to...

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    Arkansas forward Jonas Aidoo (9) celebrates with Trevon Brazile (4) after defeating Kansas after their game in the first round of the NCAA college basketball tournament, Thursday, March 20, 2025, in Providence, R.I.
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    Hey, America: Give the Statue of Liberty back to Hey, America: Give the Statue of Liberty back to France. So says a French politician who is making headlines in his country for suggesting that the U.S. is no longer worthy of the monument, which was a gift from France nearly 140 years ago. Raphaël Glucksmann, as a member of the European Parliament and co-president of a small left-wing party in France, can’t claim to speak for all of his compatriots. But his assertion in a speech this weekend that some Americans “have chosen to switch to the side of the tyrants” reflects the broad shockwaves that U.S. President Donald Trump’s seismic shifts in foreign and domestic policy are triggering in France and elsewhere in Europe. Read more at the link in bio. AP Photo/Pamela Smith, file
    A Brooklyn-based architect and urban planner has d A Brooklyn-based architect and urban planner has developed an innovative design to replace the decrepit Triple Cantilever section of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, and it has received high initial marks from engineers and stakeholders. The “Streamline Plan,” by Marc Wouters Studios, represents a complete break with previous proposals from the New York City Department of Transportation, which require the teardown of the entire cantilever structure, including the Brooklyn Heights Promenade, and the construction of a temporary “parallel” bypass highway, which would also ultimately have to be torn down.  The plan, which Wouters shared with the Brooklyn Eagle, would preserve the entire cantilever, eliminate the need for extensive demolition and reconstruction, and would take significantly less time and money than any of NYCDOT’s current reconstruction proposals.  Read more at the link in bio. Photo courtesy of Marc Wouters
    On Saturday, a posting on Indivisible brought appr On Saturday, a posting on Indivisible brought approximately 200 picketers to protest Elon Musk at the Tesla dealership at 9th Street and Second Avenue in Gowanus. The organizer, who identified herself only as Catherine T., said, “I can’t imagine that we aren’t out in the streets every day protesting this administration. It’s just criminal what they’re doing. And Musk, particularly, is self-dealing and sending himself billions of dollars of contracts of government money. Our tax money is going to the richest man in the world, and he’s in charge of deciding who gets it.” Read more at the link in bio. Eagle photos by Beth Eisgrau-Heller
    Patsy Grimaldi, whose name came to define pizza, a Patsy Grimaldi, whose name came to define pizza, and whose reinvented storefront underneath the Brooklyn Bridge in itself became iconic, died on Feb. 13, at age 93, according to obituaries published first in Eater and then The New York Times.  Read Grimaldi’s full obituary at the link in bio. Photo: Biz Jones
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