Torres-Springer, who has been the Deputy Mayor for Housing, Economic Development and Workforce, assumes her new role today.

A social worker who recently left a job at Rikers Island said correction officers often lock up mentally ill men in their ...

The Brooklyn Children’s Museum (BCM) will be able to host free field trips for children from Title I schools in the borough ...

In 2021, Vogel began receiving odd messages after filing 311 complaints about cars parked on sidewalks near the 77th Precinct ...

A new hotline — 718-935-2889 — is available for students, parents, staff and the community to report incidents of hate, ...

Today, Oct. 7, 2024, marks the one-year anniversary of the start of the Israel-Hamas war. Although most of the protests and gatherings are in Manhattan, there are two vigils scheduled in Brooklyn.

Op-Ed: By passing the Equal Rights Amendment in New York, we send a clear message to the rest of the country: we believe in human rights, and we reject any attempt to criminalize people for expressing ...

Book Prize winners are Kaveh Akbar for "Martyr!" and Blair LM Kelley for "Black Folk: The Roots of the Black Working Class." ...

Mayor Eric Adams said he accepted the resignation of Phil Banks, Deputy Mayor for Public Safety, during an interview on ...

A Brooklyn man's murder conviction was vacated on Thursday after a reinvestigation by the Brooklyn District Attorney's office found that the sole eyewitness was unreliable. Brooklyn District Attorney ...

Brooklyn detectives have cuffed and charged a teenage boy for the shocking rape of a woman over the summer, police said. The ...

A teen was stabbed on a subway platform in Brooklyn while trying to stop a man from stealing his backpack. Police say the ...