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. 15, 2024 By Isabel Song Beer The Brooklyn Children’s Museum will host a weeklong “Black Future Festival” during the Department of Education’s midwinter school recess to celebrate Black History Month. The institution hopes Brooklynites will attend the festival to learn more about Black history while also envisioning a Black future informed by the past and present. In partnership with Bedford-Stuyvesant based non-profit organization STooPS and guest curator, dancer and community organizer Kendra J. Bostock, museum visitors will be able to participate in a series of programming from Feb. 18 through Feb. 25 — including live performances, art exploration, storytelling,…
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Feb. 13, 2024 By Robert Pozarycki & Brooklyn Paper
Brooklyn was covered in a blanket of white snow Tuesday, thanks to a winter storm that’s expected to deliver the five boroughs’ biggest snowfall in two years.
Jan. 16, 2024 By Barbara Russo
A Brooklyn public school is under fire after one of its teachers displayed a map showing Middle East geography that left out Israel, angering parents and other New Yorkers across the city, according to reports.
Jan. 12, 2024 By Isabel Song Beer
Brooklynites are mourning the loss of Sister Dolores F. Crepeau, the former principal of several private Catholic schools, who died on Dec. 31 at the age of 74.
Jan. 10, 2024 By Adam Daly & Meaghan McGoldrick
At least one local politician plans to organize with parents outside of James Madison High School Wednesday morning after city officials evacuated the mega-migrant shelter at Floyd Bennett Field on Tuesday and hurried asylum-seekers to the Midwood school.
Dec. 28, 2023 By Brooklyn Paper
It’s the end of another big, busy year in Brooklyn! This year, Kings County – like the rest of the city — saw protests against and support for the thousands of asylum-seekers who now call New York City Home; cutthroat elections; labor struggles; tragedy; and more.
Dec. 27, 2023 By Kirstyn Brendlen
There are a lot of ways to take stock of the year as New Year’s Eve draws near and, naturally, the librarians and staff at the Brooklyn Public Library are reflecting on the books Brooklynites borrowed the most over the past 12 months — and assembling a list of their own favorites.
Dec. 14, 2023 By Jada Camille
Members and volunteers of a southern Brooklyn nonprofit that serves the needs of children and adults with special needs celebrated a $226,000 donation from the City Council with area representative Justin Brannan on Dec. 12.
Nov. 28, 2023 By Jada Camille
A Fort Hamilton School teacher is being criticized after allegedly making anti-Palestinian comments like “Let Gaza burn” on social media, as was first reported by the New York Post.