Mar. 2, 2023 By Adam Daly
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Brooklyn dentist braces for dip in the Shark Tank
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Disbarred lawyer sentenced to prison after swindling clients out of nearly $600k: DA
Mar. 1, 2023 By Kirstyn Brendlen
A disgraced lawyer has been sentenced to up to three years in prison after he stole money from more than two dozen clients in Kings County and fraudulently claimed pandemic-related relief funding.
In the Zone: Brooklyn’s new city planning director has big plans
Mar. 1, 2023 By Adam Daly
The Department of City Planning’s new Brooklyn director is zoning in on parts of the borough in dire need of planning overhauls in the hopes of increasing the current housing stock.
Advocates voice support for Linden Street as Bushwick’s first historic district
Feb. 28, 2023 By Ximena Del Cerro
Bushwick may soon make history!
‘We must get it right’: Northern Brooklyn examines the Army Corps plan for post-Sandy resiliency
Feb. 28, 2023 By Kirstyn Brendlen
In the ten years since Hurricane Sandy, the question of how to protect New York City’s coastal neighborhoods from future storms has loomed large.
Park Slope steakhouse quickly becoming a neighborhood favorite
Feb. 28, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer
Hungry Park Slopers are in luck, as a new steakhouse is bringing high-quality eats to the neighborhood.
Williamsburg injures two civilians, one firefighter
Feb. 28, 2023 By Lloyd Mitchell
FDNY personnel battled a large blaze in a Williamsburg building on Tuesday morning, leaving two civilians and a firefighter injured.
‘Don’t take no for an answer’: A guide to local Black-owned businesses, and advice from their owners
Feb. 28, 2023 By Ximena Del Cerro
Black History is currently being written in Brooklyn as Black-owned businesses thrive.
Op-Ed | Crystal’s Corner: Protecting Black Futures is a Moral Obligation to Expand and Fully Fund Right to Counsel
Feb. 28, 2023 By Councilmember Crystal Hudson From 2010 to 2020, New York City saw a 9% decline in its Black population. In just the last decade, the District I represent – which includes the neighborhoods of Crown Heights, Prospect Heights, Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, and Bed-Stuy – has experienced a 20% loss in its Black…
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No halt to Council election petitioning for now following suit over Queens district lines, judge rules
Feb. 27, 2023 By Ethan Stark-Miller
A Manhattan Supreme Court judge ruled on Monday that petitioning for the upcoming City Council primaries, set to begin Tuesday, can move forward after a legal defense group filed a suit seeking to delay signature gathering in a bid to alter the council maps approved after last year’s redistricting.