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As DOT presents refined concepts for BQE, locals question cost, construction

Mar. 2, 2023 By Anna Bradley-Smith

More than 100 people filled a gymnasium in Brooklyn Friends School in Downtown Brooklyn Tuesday night to review the Department of Transportation’s refined concepts for the future of the city-owned section of the beleaguered Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, which includes the crumbling triple cantilever.

Williamsburg injures two civilians, one firefighter

Feb. 28, 2023 By Lloyd Mitchell

FDNY personnel battled a large blaze in a Williamsburg building on Tuesday morning, leaving two civilians and a firefighter injured. 

Op-Ed | Crystal’s Corner: Protecting Black Futures is a Moral Obligation to Expand and Fully Fund Right to Counsel

Feb. 28, 2023 By Councilmember Crystal Hudson From 2010 to 2020, New York City saw a 9% decline in its Black population. In just the last decade, the District I represent – which includes the neighborhoods of Crown Heights, Prospect Heights, Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, and Bed-Stuy – has experienced a 20% loss in its Black…
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