WILLIAMSBURG – THE NEW YORK POLICE DEPARTMENT (NYPD)’S HATE Crime Task Force is investigating a group of five teenagers who harassed a 41-year-old man walking at Lorimer and Meserole Streets on the night of Thursday, June 6. They made anti-Semitic statements while throwing traffic cones and bottles at him before fleeing. The victim sustained minor […]
GREENPOINT AND CITYWIDE — THIS TIME IT’S THE PARENTS’ BEHAVIOR getting them expelled from their respective elected roles on the Community Education Councils (CEC). Chalkbeat and Gothamist each reported on Friday that NYC Schools Chancellor David Banks (in an unusual action that the Department of Education confirmed) removed two parent leaders from their roles, one […]
WILLIAMSBURG — To paraphrase Kermit the Frog, it’s not always easy being green. But it’s always welcome, particularly in North Brooklyn, and in some circles, it’s expected. Devotion to green was on full display Wednesday evening at a packed house in North Brooklyn’s Talea Beer Co., located at 87 Richardson St. — the venue for […]