NORTH BROOKLYN — The area containing Bedford-Stuyvesant, Williamsburg, DUMBO, the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Bushwick, Crown Heights, Clinton Hill and Fort Greene is leading the growth of small businesses in the city, according to “Small Business Dynamism in New York City’s Economic Recovery,” a report issued by the city’s Economic Development Corp. this week. Citywide, “new […]
We are facing a severe public health crisis in New York City: The opioid epidemic is reaching historic levels, and disparities in mental health outcomes are rampant, with Black and Brown people — many of whom are under 18 — bearing the brunt of the devastation. The ramifications are heart-wrenching and systemic, with countless families […]
A massive migrant shelter in a complex of converted warehouses on Hall Street in Clinton Hill that opened last summer with no public announcement has since grown to house around 3,000 people. Officials with the city’s Health + Hospitals recently told the local community board that the 10-building complex, adjacent to Brooklyn Navy Yard, […]