Jun. 20, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
An interim library is set to open in Red Hook next month, in the midst of a two-year closure of the neighborhood’s local branch.
Jun. 20, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
An interim library is set to open in Red Hook next month, in the midst of a two-year closure of the neighborhood’s local branch.
May. 14, 2024 By Sheila Barksdale-Gordon, Dionne Grayman & Morgan Monaco
After 40 years of chronic underfunding, the City is once again cutting the budget for Parks — a move that will have devastating impacts on communities across Brooklyn.
Mar. 6, 2024 By Adam Daly
State Sen. Iwen Chu is calling on Mayor Eric Adams to immediately address the decline in quality of public school lunches due to budget cuts, amid concerns that students are going hungry and the impact a poor diet has on their learning abilities.
Feb. 6, 2024 By Isabel Song Beer
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Jan. 22, 2024 By Megan McGibney
In late December, right before city schools closed for the holiday break, the United Federation of Teachers announced it was filing a lawsuit against Mayor Eric Adams, the city, and the New York State Education Department over nearly $2 billion in budget cuts for New York City public schools.
Sep. 20, 2023 By Jada Camille Nearly three months after the City Council struck a deal to restore millions of dollars in funding for the city’s public libraries as part of the Fiscal Year 2024 budget, Council Member Justin Brannan and New York City Council Speaker Adrienne E. Adams stopped by the Bay Ridge library…
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Sep. 18, 2023 By Megan McGibney
As the new school year approached at Williamsburg Charter High School in East Williamsburg, Academy Leader, Angie Helliger, began thinking of ways to make the school’s second back-to-school giveaway bigger than last year’s.
Jun. 14, 2023 By Megan McGibney
Not many of Brooklyn’s preschools have a familiar name from the 1990s music scene as a teaching artist for its young students.