Feb. 26, 2024 By Isabel Song Beer
Lunar New Year celebrations continued in Sunset Park on Saturday at the inaugural Brooklyn Lantern Festival and Parade, the brainchild of the borough’s first Chinese-American council member.
Feb. 20, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld
Fossil fuel-emitting cruise ships would have to walk the plank and abandon New York City ports unless they plug into clean shore power for energy, should a bill in the City Council become law.
Feb. 15, 2024 By Walter T. Mosley In today’s ever expanding digital era where social media is utilized by nearly all of our youth, parents and caregivers are struggling to keep up with the content their children are consuming. This frustration is typically directed at the platforms themselves – New York City even went as…
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Feb. 6, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld
The Biden administration has rejected the city’s applications for $800 million in infrastructure grants to redesign and reconstruct the crumbling triple cantilever section of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, Brooklyn Paper’s sister publication amNewYork Metro first reported.
Feb. 6, 2024 By Rachel Butler
The future of independently owned liquor stores in Brooklyn — and across the state — could be in jeopardy if a senate bill that would permit supermarkets to sell wine were to become law.
Feb. 1, 2024 By Isabel Song Beer
On Tuesday, the New York City council voted to override Mayor Eric Adams’ veto of the “How Many Stops” Act, a piece of legislation aimed at improving NYPD transparency and eliminating unlawful police stops.
Jan. 30, 2024 By Jada Camille
Council Member Justin Brannan celebrated his election to the helm of the newly outlined District 47 at an inauguration party on Sunday, Jan. 28.
Jan. 26, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
Brooklyn and Queens elected officials say they want “the gain must match the pain” if the Metropolitan Transportation Authority is going to proceed with plans to close the G train for improvements this summer.
Jan. 26, 2024 By Gabriele Holtermann
Surrounded by her husband and six children, colleagues and the Brooklyn political elite, the Hon. Linda Wilson was officially sworn in as Judge of the Civil Court on Jan. 24 at the First Unitarian Congregational Society in Brooklyn Heights.
Jan. 25, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
The city will invest $100 million in a new Climate Innovation Hub at the Brooklyn Army Terminal, Mayor Eric Adams announced during his State of the City address on Wednesday.