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Brooklyn Org and National Grid Foundation Launch $700,000 Community Energy Initiative

Fern GillespieA major Brooklyn energy collaboration has been created partnering National Grid Foundation, Brooklyn Org and Brooklyn nonprofits that prepares residents for careers in the growing energy sector and supports residents with home heating and efficiency upgrades. It’s the Brooklyn Energy Initiative, a $700,000 boroughwide...

Women Take the Wheel in NYC’s For-Hire Vehicles, Even as Male Drivers Predominate

Women lead several key driving trade groups in the city, and though female operators are still in the single digits, their numbers are growing. by Jose Martinez As Midori Valdivia takes the wheel of the New York City Taxi & Limousine Commission, she is encountering an...

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Resident felt treated as an “Angry Black Lady” after confrontation at Bed Stuy Gym

By Nayaba Arinde Editor-at-Large All MTA worker Tanya Ridley wanted to do was exercise quietly at...

New York State Legislators Propose Change to Law that Allows Predatory Vulture Funds to Target Developing Countries

By Mary Alice MillerWhen Puerto Rico defaulted on its debt a few years ago...

The Paperwork to Prosperity:

Inside NYCs MWBE Process By Simone ValentineNYC Small Business Services reports there are over 180,000...

Stuy Wash N Dry: Brooklyn’s Black Family-Owned Laundromat Chain

Fern GillespieWhile most retirees downsize their lives, Victor and Sharon Holliday decided to clean...

“Mass Blackout” Says Support Black and Local Businesses

By Nayaba ArindeEditor at LargeSomebody shoot off an email to HR. Black money is...

Ben Crump Pledges $50K to the Black Press, Challenges Others to Follow His Lead

By Stacy M. BrownBlack Press USASenior National CorrespondentThe Conrad Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C.,...

Restoration Plaza – “Too big to fail?”

By Nayaba ArindeEditor at LargeWhen some folks rolled up to Bed Stuy’s Restoration Plaza...

Which Superpower is Helping Africa Economically: China or the USA?

By Jeffery Kazembe BattsIG: @kazbattsChina has been the African continent’s largest trading partner for...

ANDREW THOMPSON: Celebrating 25th Anniversary of Brooklyn’s Golden Krust Restaurant on Fulton Street

When Andrew Thompson opened the Golden Krust Caribbean Restaurant at 918 Fulton Street in...

Push Back Against Anti-DEIA From NAACP and Consumers

By Mary Alice MillerWhen Trump fired Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air...

Michael Garner Leads City MWBE Program into Future

By Mary Alice MillerMayor Eric Adams came into office with the intent of making...

A Blueprint for MWBE Success Workshop in Albany

By Jeffery Kazembe BattsIG: @kazbattsElected officials, community leaders, business owners, social agency directors, activists,...

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Brooklyn’s New Political Stage

By Nayaba Arinde“Both disgusted and disappointed is how Central Brooklyn Democrats are feeling,” a...

OBH Maternal & Infant Health Series Part 1: “Giving NICU Babies the Best Start.”

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By Mary Alice MillerThe U.S. Supreme Court’s most high-profile decision, this term, upheld birthright...

Our Time At Home: Central Brooklyn and Beyond-Is the Future of Bedford-Stuyvesant Being Shaped Now?

As Democrats regroup, is the DSA looking to control the narrative… and the neighborhoods? By...