TEL AVIV — Sharing a moment of peace with a sea bird: People sit in a bar overlooking the Mediterranean Sea at the old port of Jaffa, a mixed Jewish-Arab part of Tel Aviv, Israel, Friday, April 26, 2024. Tel Aviv and Haifa, to the north, are both port cities on the eastern terminus of the […]
Four Brooklyn community districts are in the 10 citywide that saw as much new housing built in 2023 as the city’s other 49 districts combined, according to a new report from the Department of City Planning. The four districts, which are contiguous with the city’s community boards, are Brooklyn Community District 1 (Greenpoint, Williamsburg), Brooklyn […]
Renowned civil rights attorney, former mayoral candidate and Brooklyn resident Maya Wiley has been appointed as an inaugural member of the Department of Homeland Security’s Artificial Intelligence Safety and Security Board by Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, DHS announced Friday. President Joe Biden directed Mayorkas to establish the board, which includes 22 representatives from a range of […]