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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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Selling the Community Benefits Agreement  to the Community

The following article regarding the Atlantic Yards Community Benefits Agreement was published by OTP...

Officials pushing new bills, policies, awareness for Victims of City’s Rampant Deed Fraud Abuse

City deed rooms – and policies -- may match the streets as the sites...

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  When Mrs. Eloise Mitchell, a member of Evening Star Baptist Church, saw that her...

Twenty Medford, MA High School students and the NAACP Mystic Valley Branch are the collective face of a powerful message of a 30-second PSA...

The black & white commercial is designed to increase self-confidence in young African-American men...

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When Tomorrow Comes: Young Brooklynites and the New Normal!

The Green-Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems by Van...

Local Construction workers protest outside Assemblyman Mosley’s office

Demands lawmaker withdraw from construction union lawsuit that could cost their jobs at City...

From These Roots: A Dream Realized

Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corp. Celebrates Completion of $20 Million Revitalization Project Part One of Two The...

Downtown Developer’s WMBE contracts top $35 million mark

More than three quarters of workers on site are either people of color, women or Brooklyn residents

Bed-Stuy Gateway Business Improvement District Announces Michael Lambert as New Executive Director

Effective, May 20, 2013, the Board of Directors of the Bed-Stuy Gateway Business Improvement...

Anti-Keystone Pipeline Protest Draws 50,000 to Washington

The proposed Keystone XL Pipeline, carrying a sludgy-like oil from the tar sands of...

Minding Your Business

We live in a capitalist society. It teaches us that “money” is the true...

Animal Spa in Heart of Bed-Stuy

A stalwart in the Bed-Stuy community for over 50 years, Joseph Foster, 84, has...

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Black Voting Rights Today – Unprotected by the Federal Government

Where do we go from here? By Esmeralda Simmons In Spring 2026, the United States Supreme...

New York State Budget Arrives Two Months Late

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Black Brooklyn Fighting for Community Control

By Nayaba ArindeEditor at LargeBrooklynites are known for boldness, definitely always ready for a...

Joy Crichlow: A Trailblazer in Minority Business Development Has Passed

Fern GillespieA pioneer in minority business development has died. For decades, Brooklyn resident Joy...