By Chaya Gurkov, KCPIf you are a New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) resident and want to comment on the current state of your housing, now’s the time to submit it! That after NYCHA yesterday began its call for public comment period for its Transformation Plan dubbed Blueprint for Change, a comprehensive set of ideas to transform […]readmore
BROOKLYN, NY — Majority Leader Cumbo was joined by Mayor de Blasio, the Department of Education (DOE), the School Construction Authority (SCA), CUNY and fellow elected officials today to announce that $110 million in funding has been secured, and SCA will begin work on a 681-seat school building for the Medgar Evers College Preparatory School. […]readmore
The New York Urban League Releases “State of Black New York” Report; First Report in over a Decade NEW YORK CITY, November 23, 2020 – The New York Urban League (NYUL) announces the release of its seminal report “The State of Black New York,” the first in over a decade, in conjunction with Robin Hood Columbia University Poverty Tracker with support […]readmore
CivicsBy David Mark Greaves Rev. W. Taharka Robinson is the founder of the Brooklyn Anti-Violence Coalition (BAVC), a community activist, and a political strategist. Taharka Robinson has worked tirelessly for two decades in and around the Bedford Stuyvesant community. He led the ten-year effort to bring to justice to the family of Chanel Petro-Nixon, a […]readmore
Brooklyn Historical Society and Brooklyn Public Library Combine and Unify Resources, Archives to form New Home Brooklyn Public Library’s (BPL) President and CEO, Linda E. Johnson, and Brooklyn Historical Society’s (BHS) former President, Deborah Schwartz, announced today that the institutions have been combined, creating BPL’s Center for Brooklyn History (CBH), which will be home to the most expansive collection […]readmore
On Thursday October 7 at approximately 7:10 P.M., NY State Board of Regents Vice Chancellor Emerita Adelaide Sanford, who turns 95 next month, was shouted down and prevented from speaking by a gang of individuals who invaded a Zoom forum entitled, “Should Black People Vote for Either Presidential Candidate.” As Regent Sanford began to weave […]readmore
UPDATE: Suspect, 20, Arrested in Shooting Death of 11-Year-old Ayshawn Davis Troy, NY, detectives have arrested Jahquay E. Brown, 20, of Cohoes, NY, for 2nd degree murder in the drive-by shooting death of Ayshawn Davis, reported in Our Time Press, this week. Troy PD chiefs thanked the “community and the support the citizens of Troy (showed) to members of the police […]readmore
A Monumental Legacy: Brooklyn is leading the world in celebrating the life of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. As of this printing, the Brooklyn Law School has named a Chair in her honor; Governor Andrew Cuomo has confirmed the future dedication of a statue potentially to be situated in Brooklyn Bridge Park overlooking The Statue of […]readmore
