There is an entire stable in the horse race this year to replace two-term New York City Councilman Al Vann in the 36th District, which comprises a majority of Bedford-Stuyvesant and northern Crown Heights. “I don’t remember people talking this much about a local election...

The We Outside Tour, led by three-time Grammy winner Tye Tribbett, alongside Transformation Worship and Grammy-nominated artist Kierra Sheard, made its mark last Sunday at the newly restored Brooklyn Paramount—once a movie palace and now a 2,700-seat showpiece in Downtown Brooklyn. Gospel fans packed...