Feb. 28, 2024 By Isabel Song Beer
Mayor Eric Adams on Wednesday unveiled a new plan aimed at ensuring New York City’s position as a leader in the newly-emerging environmentally-conscious economy.
Mayor Eric Adams reveals new ‘green-collar’ jobs plan
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A show of pride! Arts Gowanus seeking queer creators for annual pride exhibition
Feb. 28, 2024 By Isabel Song Beer
Nonprofit Arts Gowanus is looking for local queer creators to take part in its annual Pride Month community exhibition.
Police seek Brooklyn brute for random assault of senior straphanger aboard F train
Feb. 28, 2024 By Dean Moses
Transit police in Brooklyn are searching for the brute who ruthlessly attacked a senior at random on board an F train earlier this month, authorities said.
Call it what you want: MTA ‘adjustment’ of B82 bus schedule would see fewer buses, longer waits
Feb. 28, 2024 By Jada Camille
MTA is proposing changes to a Coney Island bus line which would bring less frequent service and longer waits to an already transit-starved neighborhood.
Greenpoint woman dies of injuries after being hit by truck in crosswalk
Feb. 27, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
A Greenpoint woman who was hit by a truck driver while crossing the street on Feb. 21 has died of her injuries.
Cyclist run over, killed in Brooklyn in second fatal crash in less than 12 hours
Feb. 27, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
A cyclist was run over and killed in Williamsburg on Tuesday morning, just a block from the scene of another fatal crash less than 12 hours earlier.
Invasive plant species threatens Green-Wood Cemetery’s marine life
Feb. 27, 2024 By Adam Daly
Green-Wood Cemetery has received a $20,000 grant to help eradicate an invasive plant species that is threatening to dominate one of the Sunset Park burial ground’s largest ponds.
Citing Jewish values, local pols call for end to violence in Gaza, urge feds to push for swift end to war
Feb. 27, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
Five Jewish politicians from New York City — including two hailing from Brooklyn — penned an open letter last week calling for an end to the war in Gaza and condemning the actions of the Israeli government.
Manhunt underway for gunman who allegedly killed Brooklyn bodega worker over a cigar
Feb. 27, 2024 By Dean Moses & Lloyd Mitchell
Police in Brooklyn continue to seek the gunman who executed a bodega worker in cold blood on Monday afternoon, apparently during an argument over a cigar.
Brooklyn man killed in hit-and-run with MTA bus: NYPD
Feb. 27, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
One man was killed and two others were injured after a vehicle crashed into an MTA bus in Williamsburg on Monday night, police said.