On Saturday, November 19th manager Lemuel H. Mial and the Von King Cultural Arts Center honored Leroy Thompson, one of their unsung giants and strong supporters with a “roast”. His involvement with all the recreation centers, softball baseball leagues, and drum & bugle corps brought out an array of roasters. St. John’s Recreation Center presented […]Read More
Throughout the month, purchase holiday gifts from local merchants and artisans … Occu-buy!THURSDAY, DEC. 1: 6:00p-9:00p Neighborhood Technical Assistance Clinic’s Champions of Bedford Stuyvesant, hosted by Valerie Oliver-Durrah, convenes neighborhood leaders, representatives, key nonprofit organizations and others to celebrate neighborhood legends and advocates, at its annual CHAMPIONS of BEDFORD STUYVESANT event. Honorees: Seth Edwards, VP, […]Read More
While some look at the world around them and question why, Fort Greene student Malik Williams looked at the oncoming Atlantic Yards project, a stone’s throw from his house, and his imagination moved him into action. The result is that Malik took home the Silver Medal in Architecture at the 2011 NAACP National Act-So Awards. […]Read More
By Amadi Ajamu — NYC Councilman Charles Barron officially announced his candidacy for Congress representing the 10th Congressional District on Sunday. Surrounded by a host of supporters and media in front of Sonny Carson Park in the heart of East New York, Barron vowed to be “the voice of the 99%”. Well wishers included his […]Read More
Brooklyn’s health care system is in crisis. Several local hospitals — Interfaith Medical Center, Wyckoff Heights Medical Center, Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center, Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center and Brooklyn Hospital Center — are in extreme debt. Brookdale, Interfaith and Wyckoff are in eminent danger of financial collapse. Earlier this year, Gov. Cuomo convened the […]Read More