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Mamdani Says Crime Down, Community Says ‘It Ebbs and Flows.”

BY Nayaba ArindeLast week, Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch announced that 2025 was the “safest year ever for gun violence with the fewest shooting incidents and shooting victims in recorded history.” Mamdani stated, “We need to see genuine public safety across the...

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Brooklyn DA Obtains Sentencing of Disbarred Attorney for Stealing Deeds of 11 Brooklyn Properties, But What About Others

By Mary Alice MillerBrooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced on November 12 that disbarred...
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One-on-One Deed Theft Prevention Workshop at Medgar Evers College

As Officials Make Deed Theft a Crime in NYC, Complaints Rise Brooklyn Borough President Antonio...
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Police Shoot Fare-Evader in Brownsville, cop, Bystander Injured

By Nayaba ArindeEditor-at-LargeNine NYPD bullets were fired. Gregory Delpeche, 49, an innocent bystander sitting...
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Brennan Center Report: No Statistical Evidence that Bail Reform Affects Crime Rates

By Mary Alice MillerThe Brennan Center for Justice recently issued an investigative report that...
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Saving Our Streets Brooklyn

By Nayaba ArindeEditor-at-LargeLast week at City Hall, violence interrupters like East New York’s Man...
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As Summer Approaches, Anti-Violence Initiatives Gear Up

By Mary Alice MillerMemorial Day marks the unofficial start of summer. The warm temperatures...
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DA Eric Gonzalez Cites Link Between Gun Violence and Domestic Violence

By Mary Alice Miller“We have a problem with keeping our women safe,” said Brooklyn...
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Crisis: Teen shootings, stabbings,and summer concerns

By Nayaba ArindeEditor-at-LargeThe recent rash of teenage stabbings and shootings from Brooklyn to the...
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National Guard at NYC Subway Stations – the response

By Nayaba Arinde Editor at Large This is not a drill, the nation’s organized militia -...
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Troy Gill’s Mom: “He Was a Great Boy…”

By Nayaba ArindeEditor-at-Large Somebody shot a 13-year-old.Troy Gill was on his way home from a...
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Roundtable with Survivors of Gun Violence Convened by Brooklyn Borough President Reynoso and Cong. Dan Goldman (NY-10)during National Gun Violence Survivors Week

“Caught in the crossfire” of gun violence are the families and loved ones left...
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Lynelle Maginley-Liddie Appointed New DOC Commissioner

As Battle over Rikers Picks Up, 2nd Black Woman Appointee says she’s “committed to...
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Addressing Teen Violence-Related Mental Health

By Mary Alice Miller A shooting happened at a sweet sixteen party this past December....
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Gun violence takes Targets Youth Community Calls for Investment and Mental Health Help

By Nayaba ArindeEditor-at-Large "She's gone, and I can't ever see her again,” cried Lianna Charles-Moore,...
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Beverly Tillery: Rebuilding Grassroots Activism at Brooklyn Movement Center

Fern Gillespie For Beverly Tillery, Interim Executive Director of Brooklyn Movement Center, the origin of...
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Book Review: The Work of James E. Cherry

Reviewed by Dr. Brenda M. GreeneBetween Chance and Mercy: PoemsEdge of the Wind: A...