Administration Negotiates Amendments to Mayoral Control Mayor Mike Bloomberg said people would riot in the streets if Mayoral control was allowed to sunset on June 30....
Our Time AT HOME On Cambridge Place … A Block Party Reunites Families and Friends Traditionally, June to September throughout New York City is the season...
It’s official. Candidates for elected office have submitted their balloting petitions. All central Brooklyn council members are facing challengers. Three are running for a second term....
GREENPRINT for CHANGE Green Works Multi-Year New York City GreenWorks Project Launched Public Conference Event with Exhibitors, Panels, Speakers, to Take Place, Sunday, July 26 The...
Shem Walker Funeral is “The Shame of the City” and a Call For Justice 7/23/09 The funeral for Shem Joseph Walker was an emotionally-charged service, as...
“In 1984, Boys & Girls High School was described as one of the worst high schools in New York City”, says Mickens in the introduction to...
Henry Louis Gates arrested in his own home in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Joseph “Shem” Walker shot in front of his home in Brooklyn, New York. A private...
Like many Brooklynites, I knew the late Frank Mickens mostly by his reputation and good works. He turned Boys & Girls High into a place that,...