By Renee Collymore My family has lived in the 35th Council District since the 1940s and when I was a little girl, my parents always taught me...
One Brooklyn Jazz Festival Returns, December 4 – 13 by Fern Gillespie Improvisation is one of those “wonderful things” in the jazz world, and no one...
Katie SobkoNorthJersey.com Peggy King Jorde has been involved in memorializing and preserving African burial grounds for nearly 30 years. What started as a project during her time working...
BROOKLYN, NY — Majority Leader Cumbo was joined by Mayor de Blasio, the Department of Education (DOE), the School Construction Authority (SCA), CUNY and fellow elected...
By David Mark Greaves David DinkinsMayor David Dinkins was a gentleman. He was courtly avuncular and, like his mentor and compatriot Percy Sutton, always impeccably dressed....
Adams, Aviles-Ramos Celebrate Test Score Data Showing Increased Proficiency New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Public...
It’s been 49 years since a New York City police officer shot and killed 15-year-old Randolph Evans returning from the...
Fern GillespieNoel Pointer burst on the music scene in the 1970s as a young brilliantly talented jazz violinist. The Brooklyn-born...
By Yvette MooreHands-on learning and career exploration is the pedagogic theme at Bed-Stuy’s P.S. 5, the Dr. Ronald E. McNair...
Ronald E McNair Public School 5 principal Lena Gates and students invited U.S. House Leader Hakeem Jeffries to join them...
By Eulene InnissA Swahili proverb states that “education has no end” and this was best exemplified the 47th Annual Scholarship...
By Mary Alice MillerWhen ICE commenced its June sweep of undocumented immigrants in Los Angeles, protesters hit the streets. Trump...
By Mary Alice MillerRemember those pre-Apprentice days when tabloid gossip columnist Liz Smith dished the dirt on Trump, helping to...
By Jeffery Kazembe BattsIG: @kazbatts“Haitians are eating the pets, cats, and dogs,” he claimed while campaigning for a return to...
Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso, NYC Council Brooklyn Delegation, Advocates, and Homeowners Rally to Demand Major Investment Into Fight Against...
by Binta VannLike many Bedford-Stuyvesant natives whose roots run deep in this community, I am the product of District 16...
New York Attorney General Letitia James and Governor Kathy Hochul today announced that New York and a coalition of 11...