Dec. 4, 2023 By Oscar Fock
“It was baking. Blazing hip-hop and R&B, that’s how hot it was.”
Facing a future shaped by climate change, Brooklyn prepares for hotter summers and more intense storms
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Brooklyn Navy Yard starts off gifting season with 6th annual Wallabout Wonderland holiday market
Dec. 1, 2023 By Jada Camille
The Brooklyn Navy Yard is preparing to host its 6th annual Wallabout Wonderland holiday market on Dec. 2 and Dec. 3 with over 200 vendors, local small businesses, free family activities, custom gift-making, and more.
Council Member Inna Vernikov arrested for bringing gun to pro-Palestine protest near Brooklyn College
Oct. 13, 2023 By Kirstyn Brendlen & Adam Daly
Council Member Inna Vernikov was arrested on Friday morning for bringing a handgun to a pro-Palestine protest near Brooklyn College on Oct. 12, according to the NYPD.
‘Everyone is in shock’: Brooklynites come together after violent attacks in Israel
Oct. 10, 2023 By Kirstyn Brendlen, Jada Camille & Lloyd Mitchell
Brooklynites are coming together to support each other in the wake of violent terrorist attacks in Israel over the weekend.
‘We need help. We need it now’: Pols issue joint call for government assistance with migrant crisis
Aug. 15, 2023 By Jada Camille
Local leaders gathered on the steps of the Brooklyn Borough Hall on Tuesday to admonish the federal government for its lack of assistance in serving the nearly 100,000 asylum seekers who have arrived in the city since last spring.
With cyber crimes rising, Hochul announces ‘nation-leading’ statewide cybersecurity strategy
Aug. 10, 2023 By Jada Camille & Paul Frangipane
Governor Kathy Hochul joined with security leaders at New York University Tandon School of Engineering in Downtown Brooklyn to announce the first statewide cybersecurity plan to protect New York’s digital infrastructure on Aug. 8.
City to relocate migrants from Coney Island public school grounds following borough-wide protests
May. 17, 2023 By Jada Camille
The city will stop housing migrants in a Coney Island school gym after locals opposed sheltering asylum-seekers on the elementary school’s campus.