Tamecca Tillard, the recently-named managing director of the Coalition for the Improvement of Bedford-Stuyvesant (CIBS), sat behind her desk in the community-based organization’s small two-person office in Restoration Plaza and thought for a few seconds of what it means to improve Bed-Stuy – a complex community with deep middleclass African-American roots, residents on fixed incomes, […]readmore
With an array of politicians jockeying for the many open positions in next year’s borough and citywide elections, state Sen. Eric Adams has emerged as the clear front-runner to become the next Brooklyn Borough President. A 22-year veteran of the police department and co-founder of 100 Blacks in Law Enforcement Who Care, Adams represents the […]readmore
The U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) is deployed at Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center, serving medical needs in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy. For the first time ever, two Rapid Deployment Force (RDF) Teams have set up operations in a hospital. Brookdale CEO Mark Toney led the 48 hour transformation of 1½ floors of […]readmore