Dec. 19, 2023 By Jada Camille The Brooklyn Public Library hosted a digital resource fair at the newly-opened Sunset Park Library on Dec. 16, where the team spent the day showing off their digital and technical resources and teaching residents about the affordable connectivity program, a city-wide initiative that connects eligible households with discounted high-speed…
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Op-Ed | Thankful for CUNY
Nov. 21, 2023 By Félix V. Matos Rodríguez The holiday season is a time to express gratitude for the good things in life, and for generations of New Yorkers one of those things has been the access they have to public higher education. With its affordable tuition and support services for students, CUNY helps New…
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East New York’s longest protected bike lanes nearly complete, DOT says
Sep. 22, 2023 By Jada Camille
Work is mostly complete a new protected bike lanes in East New York, the Department of Transportation announced Thursday.
Faced with tight school budgets, Brooklyn parents and educators turn to GoFundMe for support
Sep. 18, 2023 By Megan McGibney
As the new school year approached at Williamsburg Charter High School in East Williamsburg, Academy Leader, Angie Helliger, began thinking of ways to make the school’s second back-to-school giveaway bigger than last year’s.
Local educators, parents in dismay after city slashes crossing guard budget
Jul. 7, 2023 By Megan McGibney
When it was announced just over a month ago, that Mayor Eric Adams and the NYPD would be cutting almost 500 of the city’s school crossing guard positions, the reaction among some of Brooklyn’s school communities was one of dismay and concern.
‘A slap in the face’: Migrant shelters in public schools infuriate parents
May. 16, 2023 By Jada Camille
Students and parents of public school children are fuming over the placement of migrant families in their gymnasiums, marking a new area of strain as the city struggles to house newcomers.