Jan. 10, 2024 Adam Daly & Lloyd Mitchell
Outraged parents and elected officials held a protest outside James Madison High School Wednesday morning after the city placed some 1,900 migrants there overnight to ride out a storm.
Dec. 27, 2023 By Ximena Del Cerro
In November, a fire caused by a lithium-ion e-bike battery in Crown Heights killed three people and injured 14. Lithium-ion batteries were also to blame for a Bushwick blaze that injured five people in October, and for an inferno that destroyed a Sunset Park storage facility just a few days later.
Dec. 22, 2023 By Gabriele Holtermann & Meaghan McGoldrick O’Neil
A cardboard cutout crossing guard stood guard at a busy Brooklyn intersection Thursday — the very same one where 7-year-old Kamari Hughes was fatally struck by the driver of an NYPD tow truck nearly two months ago.
Dec. 21, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer
An estimated 10,000 members of property services union SEIU local 32BJ marched and rallied outside of Radio City Music Hall and 30 Rockefeller Center on Wednesday after voting to authorize a potential strike and urged the Realty Advisory Board to agree to a new contract.
Dec. 4, 2023 By Oscar Fock
“It was baking. Blazing hip-hop and R&B, that’s how hot it was.”
Nov. 15, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer
New York City has created a new health initiative intended to help young students connect with mental health professionals in an accessible way.
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.
Nov. 7, 2023 By Melissa Fishman
Two new Teen Tech Centers opened this month as a part of the Brooklyn Public Library’s initiative to help today’s youth create the world of tomorrow.
Nov. 3, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer
After record-high Citi Bike ridership numbers across New York City over the past few months, rideshare company Lyft, along with the Department of Transportation and Mayor Eric Adams, announced plans to significantly expand the service by the end of next year.
Oct. 27, 2023 By Jada Camille
The Williamsburg Bridge has reopened to car traffic and subway trains after police shuttered the bridge this morning due to a man in distress on the bridge’s cables, according to the NYPD.