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Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez and People’s Coalition to Stop Deed Theft Host Scammed Homeowners

By Mary Alice Miller Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez hosted a community meeting at Restoration in collaboration with People’s Coalition to Stop Deed Theft. Two dozen distressed homeowners attended to discuss the theft of their homes. The event was highly contentious. Homeowners who lost their homes...
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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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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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New Yorkers Encouraged to Support Domestic Violence Survivors by Wearing Purple

By Fern GillespieIt will be a purple day in New York City on October...
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Youth, pain, and crime: Why are so many young people turning to violence as conflict resolution?

By Nayaba ArindeEditor-at-LargeIn a city where a 13-year-old is stabbed and killed on an...
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The Specter of Ghost Guns

By Nayaba ArindeEditor at LargeThe Black media has been writing about the 195 interstate...
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Demand Grows to Make Rikers Island Death Reports Public

Manhattan City Councilmember Carlina Rivera is among those pressing for transparency amid a record...
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Alton Maddox in Poughkeepsie

Reprints of excerpts from OTP’s 44-page Evidence Concealed, Now Revealed award-winning feature published in...
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Senator Zellnor Myrie Leads Clean Slate Act to Seal Criminal Records

By Fern GillespieBrooklyn Senator Zellnor Myrie wants to give many New Yorkers who have...
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Brooklyn Residents Indicted for Making and Selling Fake OSHA and Buildings Department Safety Cards

Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez, together with the New York City Department of Investigation...
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Congresswoman Nydia M. Velázquez Presents $1M Grant to North Brooklyn Violence Disruptor

by Fern GillespieTo assist organizations on initiatives to combat crime in North Brooklyn, Congresswoman...
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One in a Million: What We Owe Aaliyah — and Every little Black Girl

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Free Bus to D.C. Departs Fulton Street for 63rd Anniversary of March on Washington

Brooklyn residents can join a free bus trip to Washington, D.C. on Friday, August...
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Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso and Brooklyn Arts Ambassador Colm Dillane Announce Return of The People’s Runway for New York Fashion Week

Meet the 5 Emerging Designers Who Will Take Over Brooklyn Borough Hall BROOKLYN, NY (August 24,...
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Brooklyn’s New Political Stage

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