“We want our deeds back!” Homes in gentrifying black and brown communities in Brooklyn are being “stolen” from their rightful owners through the Department of Housing Preservation and Development’s (HPD) Third Party Transfer (TPT) program, said the chanting protesters at Brooklyn Supreme Court on Wednesday morning. “We want the courts to reverse their decisions and […]
In this story, Goliath is the hero. A fire destroyed a private home and damaged two others in East New York on Tuesday, and the destruction could have been much worse if it weren’t for the heroic actions of a canine. Joel Rojas, the manager of a valet company, was sleeping in his basement apartment […]
Police have deemed the death of a 40-year-old woman, found unconscious inside her East New York apartment in October 2018, as a homicide. Loretta Witherspoon was found in the living room of her fifth-floor apartment of the Linden Houses unconscious and unresponsive. When the ambulance arrived on the scene Oct. 3, Witherspoon was pronounced dead. […]