Residents of Brownsville rallied on Saturday against the construction of a National Grid fracked gas transmission pipeline under their neighborhood, calling on city leaders to revoke permits for a project they say forgoes community consent, endangers homeowners and perpetuates environmental racism. Residents of Brownsville are calling for National Grid to halt all construction on the […]
You may not know it from what you hear in the media, but the Brownsville community is strong and beautiful. It is true that we are facing far more than our fair share of challenges. The poverty rate is twice the national average. The employment rate, prior to the pandemic, was four times higher than […]
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat, a nonprofit news organization covering public education. Sign up for their newsletters here. A Brooklyn principal has died due to complications of the coronavirus, the first known death of a New York City public school staff member connected to the epidemic, city officials confirmed Monday evening. The principal, Dez-Ann Romain, ran […]