Jul. 24, 2024 By Lloyd Mitchell
Community members in Clinton Hill and neighboring Fort Greene are seeing red after back-to-back shootings near a crowded migrant shelter on Sunday night.
Jun. 10, 2024 By Matt Tracy
Pounding music blared from loudspeakers along Fifth Avenue, families lined the sidewalks with rainbow flags and decorated dogs, and countless community groups marched through the streets of Park Slope on June 8 in what appeared to be the most well-attended edition of Brooklyn Pride since the pandemic.
May. 8, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
Thousands of migrants are living in shelters in Council Member Crystal Hudson’s district, and they – and the neighborhoods they’re located in – need more help from the city government, Hudson said in a May 6 open letter to Mayor Eric Adams.
Dec. 11, 2023 By Augostina Mallous
Every single New York City Council Member was up for reelection in November — but only a few races attracted more than a few candidates, and many in Brooklyn were uncontested, with just the incumbent on the ballot.
Nov. 10, 2023 Jada Camille & Adam Daly
Family and friends remembered 7-year-old Kamari Hughes as a “kid with a huge heart, stern beliefs and a lot of energy” at his funeral service in Clinton Hill on Thursday, two weeks after he was killed by the driver of an NYPD tow truck while crossing the street.
Oct. 27, 2023 By Adam Daly
An NYPD Traffic Enforcement Agent has been arrested in connection with the death of a 7-year-old boy who was fatally struck by a police tow truck as he crossed the street with his mother in Fort Greene on Thursday morning.
Sep. 26, 2023 By Melissa Fishman
St. Andrew’s Playground in Bed-Stuy is about to receive its first complete renovation in 20 years thanks to the New York City Strategy for Equity and Economic Development Fund and the city’s Community Parks Initiative.
Sep. 6, 2023 By Anna Bradley-Smith A report released last week by Crown Heights Council Member Crystal Hudson and the Department of City Planning details how locals want to see development play out around an industrial corridor of Atlantic Avenue largely in Crown Heights. If adopted, it would lead to a dramatic transformation of the…
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Aug. 18, 2023 By Ximena Del Cerro
Local anti-violence organizations, religious leaders, and community members gathered at the Major Owens Health and Community Wellness Center in Crown Heights on Thursday to speak against gun violence after a 17-year-old boy was shot at the facility on Aug. 15.
Apr. 28, 2023 By Council Member Crystal Hudson
Crystal’s Corner is a monthly column written by New York City Council Member Crystal Hudson (District 35,) Chair of the Committee on Aging.