NYC Commission on Human Rights launches survey to address discrimination
MAYOR ERIC ADAMS said at an unscheduled news conference on Thursday that he appointed Tom Donlon as acting NYC Police Commissioner
Bichotte Hermelyn disgusted by JD Vance’s claim that Haitian immigrants kidnap and eat pets
Brooklyn Congressmember Yvette D. Clarke (D-9) has expressed thanks to law enforcement’s coordination on all levels.
New legal cannabis shop opens Friday in Brooklyn
A NEW STATE-LICENSED cannabis dispensary, Brooklyn Bourne, opened Friday at 2225 Church Ave. in Prospect Park South.
Police are searching for alleged assaulter who yelled racial slurs, investigating as possible hate crime
POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR A MAN WHO ALLEGEDLY ASSAULTED A MAN in Flatbush verbally and physically earlier this month.
CUNY Brooklyn scholars awarded NEH grants for preservation and research
THREE BROOKLYN-BASED PROJECTS, two with the City University of New York, were awarded grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Child injured after fall from Flatbush window
FLATBUSH — A 4-YEAR-OLD boy fell from a fifth-story apartment building window on Tuesday night in Flatbush, reports ABC News, sustaining critical injuries. He on Wednesday was recovering from surgery at Maimonides Medical Center. According to police, the child had climbed out of a crib without his parents noticing and pushed too hard on the […]
Site secured for Haitian diaspora community center
FLATBUSH — HAITIAN COMMUNITY-FOCUSED nonprofit Life of Hope on Wednesday announced that it has secured a permanent site for a new community center on Avenue D, with the help of $12 million in public and private funding and a $3.5 million nonprofit loan from the FJC philanthropic fund foundation. The group plans to use the […]
Police bust 5 in check fraud scheme
FLATBUSH — POLICE ON WEDNESDAY in Flatbush arrested five people accused of stealing $4 million or more in federal assistance checks, reports amNY. The arrests resulted from an 18-month investigation that kicked off when Capital One reported millions of dollars in suspicious check cashing, which an inter-agency task force traced to the JFK post office. […]
Princeton Review Lists Brooklyn College in “Best 389 Colleges”
FLATBUSH/MIDWOOD — BROOKLYN COLLEGE is one of five CUNY colleges that The Princeton Review has listed as one of “the Best 389 Colleges for 2024.” The recognition is based on survey and opinion data from 165,000 students who attend the schools and also went to Baruch, City College, Hunter and Queens College, all part of […]