This story was originally published by Chalkbeat, a nonprofit news organization covering public education. Sign up for their newsletters here. A pioneering diversity plan is starting to shift racial demographics of schools in one corner of Brooklyn, according to preliminary 2019-20 enrollment data released Thursday by the Education Department. By moving to a lottery-based admission system and getting […]
From a small warehouse space in the Brooklyn Army Terminal, the New York-based company Fabscrap is hoping to change the way the fashion industry recycles. Fabscrap collects, sorts and recycles unwanted garments from designers and other fashion-related industries. With a small staff and an arsenal of volunteers, the company recycles about 12,000 pounds of fabric […]
A Brooklyn cop pleaded guilty to perjury on Thursday for falsely claiming that a man nearly ran him and his partner over, a claim that resulted in that man’s arrest. Michael Bergmann, who was assigned to the NYPD’s Grand Larceny Division, was patrolling in Sunset Park in February when he and his partner pulled their […]