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.
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.
Aug. 23, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer & Lloyd Mitchell
Hundreds of Brooklynites joined Guardian Angels founder, radio host, and former Republican mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa to protest against the placement of migrants at Floyd Bennett Field on Tuesday.
Aug. 3, 2023 By Adam Daly
Local residents and stakeholders are rallying against the construction of a nine-story building adjacent to the landmarked Angel Guardian Home on Dyker Heights’ 12th Avenue, demanding developers address the concerns of residents and halt the project.
Jul. 28, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer
Members of the Brooklyn Defender Services union held a lunchtime picket on Wednesday as they remain without a contract nearly two years after they successfully unionized.
Jul. 11, 2023 By Jada Camille
Ditmas Park residents are up in arms regarding an artistic bench that was installed after some locals raised concerns that the bench could attract unhoused people or pose a safety risk to children.
May. 18, 2023 By Kirstyn Brendlen
Hundreds of Brooklynites marched through the streets of Bushwick on Thursday, calling for stronger tenant protections as New Yorkers face ever-climbing rents.
Mar. 23, 2023 By Anna Bradley-Smith
On August 12, 2022, Mercedes Toribio woke up early to feed her elderly mother and was hit by the smell of smoke in her Bushwick apartment. She immediately got her mother out of bed and onto the street and called 911. She then frantically alerted her neighbors to get them out of the building, she said.
Mar. 17, 2023 By Ximena Del Cerro
The city will pay $75,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by a protester who was struck by an NYPD cruiser in Park Slope during the 2020 wave of Black Lives Matter demonstrations.
Mar. 3, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer
Protestors in southern Brooklyn gathered on Thursday to rail against the MTA’s newly proposed bus network redesign, which they say will decimate the public transit in the area that already suffers from limited options.