Dec. 20, 2023 By Brooklyn Paper’s advertising partner
As the City’s Finance Commissioner during the Bloomberg Administration, Martha Stark helped bring a new level of transparency to the property tax system. For the first time, owners were notified of the process and information that was used to assess their property taxes.
Dec. 20, 2023 By Anna Bradley-Smith Locals fighting a rezoning plan to put up two 13-story residential buildings on Windsor Terrace’s Arrow Linen site aren’t against housing, members of the group told a community meeting on Dec. 13. They said they would be happy to see the site return to residential provided the new development…
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Dec. 19, 2023 By Kirstyn Brendlen
Brooklyn’s first legal recreational weed dispensary finally opened in Gravesend on Tuesday, nearly three years after recreational marijuana was first legalized in New York State.
Dec. 19, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer
It’s giving…season.
Dec. 19, 2023 By Ximena Del Cerro
Twenty years later, it’s about to be someone else’s problem.
Dec. 19, 2023 By Lloyd Mitchell
Police evacuated the Kings Plaza Mall Tuesday morning after the shopping center received a bomb threat, Police Department sources confirmed to Brooklyn Paper.
Dec. 19, 2023 By Jada Camille The Brooklyn Public Library hosted a digital resource fair at the newly-opened Sunset Park Library on Dec. 16, where the team spent the day showing off their digital and technical resources and teaching residents about the affordable connectivity program, a city-wide initiative that connects eligible households with discounted high-speed…
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Dec. 19, 2023 By Adam Daly
88TH PRECINCT
Fort Greene–Clinton Hill
Dec. 19, 2023 By Adam Daly
It’s a small borough after all…
Dec. 18, 2023 By Jada Camille
City and state officials on Monday shut down a controversial Bay Ridge weed shop for operating without a license and ignoring multiple violation warnings.