By Akosua Kathryn Albritton The search for Brooklyn nonprofits that are closing the digital divide through broadband installation uncovered a few things. One, dead zones-areas where...
By Feona Sharhran Huff Crown Heights resident and day care provider Dorice Mata got the scare of her life a little less than two months ago...
By Andrew Woolford When you see young eighth-grade boys and girls, I’m sure you don’t think he/she could be a prostitute. But the reality is that...
State Senator Velmanette Montgomery (D-Brooklyn) and her Senate Democratic colleagues unveiled this week a comprehensive plan that responds to New York’s foreclosure crisis which has victimized...
By Stanley Kinard EGUN IN NEW YORK An African ancestral force called Egun has been awakened in this city. This force is far more powerful than...
Farm-fresh fruit and vegetables are coming to a neighborhood in Brooklyn, NY. Community Vision Council (CVC) will again sponsor the CVC Farmers Market at Heckscher Playground...
World-reknown pianist/composer Randy Weston took time from his world-hopping to christen Magnolia’s new piano, performing with the peerless accompianiment of Alex Blake, Bassist and Neil Clarke,...
For years, there have been complaints about Albany’s “three men in a room” form of governance. Less discussed is the power of NYC’s Council Speaker. According...