Jul. 9, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen With hate crimes across the city on the rise, some Brooklyn leaders believe that educating the borough’s students about and against hate and antisemitism is a key to fighting violence and bias. An experimental new curriculum designed to do just that rolled out at three local middle schools last…
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District Attorney to offer $400 in exchange for firearms at Flatbush gun buyback
Dec. 15, 2023 By Ximena Del Cerro
On Dec. 16, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez and other community leaders will hold a pre-holiday gun buyback in Flatbush in an effort to make the holidays safer for residents and visitors.
15-year-old boy stabbed at Edward R. Murrow High School in Midwood
Dec. 5, 2023 By Kirstyn Brendlen
A 15-year-old boy was stabbed at Edward R. Murrow High School on Tuesday morning, according to the NYPD.
Members of Gambino crime family arrested in Italy-U.S. takedown, charged in Brooklyn federal court
Nov. 8, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer
In a coordinated effort from both Italian and American authorities, ten members of the infamous Gambino crime family were charged in a 16-count indictment in Brooklyn federal court on Wednesday.
Cops searching for gunmen in Brownsville shooting: NYPD
Oct. 31, 2023 By Kirstyn Brendlen & Lloyd Mitchell
Police are searching for two men who allegedly shot a 35-year-old man in Brownsville on Monday night, according to the NYPD.
United Nations General Assembly comes to Brownsville as Belgian mayor explores alternatives to traditional policing
Sep. 25, 2023 By Jada Camille & Paul Frangipane Alternatives to traditional policing and law enforcement in Brownsville drew international attention last week when Alexander Vandersmissen, mayor of the Belgian city of Mechelen, visited Assembly Member Latrice Walker and violence interrupters from the Brownsville Safety Alliance to discuss their unorthodox, community-based crime prevention tactics. Vandersmissen, who…
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‘Inexcusable act of violence’: Bricks thrown into state Senator’s Dyker Heights office
Jul. 14, 2023 By Adam Daly
The NYPD has launched an investigation after bricks were thrown through the window of a state Senator’s district office in Dyker Heights Friday morning.