New York’s home care workers, overwhelmingly immigrant women, have taken to a hunger strike in protest against marathon 24-hour shifts—a fixture demanded by patient need but less so by their circadian rhythms. The city’s labor debate, pitting the ca…
Grand Army Plaza, that unruly Brooklyn traffic whirl, may finally tip its hat to pedestrians if Zohran Mamdani’s livened-up redesign goes ahead. New Yorkers discussed the proposal—with characteristic volume—at the local farmers’ market, weighing the prospect of extra benches and safer crossings. We’ll see if City Hall can muster the political will to turn hot bagels and civic fervour into actual curb cuts.
Adding a pinch of old-school radicalism to Saturday mornings, the NAACP New York State Conference is launching the NAACP NY Freedom School at Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn, aiming to steep local youth (and their parents) in African American history, critical thinking, and community organizing. Judging by the five-hour sessions, there’ll be no time for napping—unless rigorously studying justice proves surprisingly soporific.
Marking the 17th year of Dr. Dee Bailey’s Watchful Eye, African American clergy and officials—including Hakeem Jeffries and Congresswoman Yvette Clarke—convened in Brooklyn to rally against HIV/AIDS and, more broadly, social ills. Commissioner Jessica Tisch lauded plunging New York crime rates, though the crowd was reminded that progress is best measured not just by numbers, but by how ordinary days remain blissfully uneventful.
Noticing Brooklyn’s teacher attrition problem—many quit within five years—Dr Trina Lynn Yearwood founded TREAT in 2017, cobbling together a lifeline for fledgling educators adrift between theory and the unvarnished realities of city schools. Bridging this gap, the Biden-honoured dean hopes to keep new teachers in classrooms—though even with admirable mentoring, the syllabus for surviving microaggressions and food insecurity is still somewhat unwritten.
Brooklyn throws on its verdant best this week as Earth Day festivities sprout up borough-wide, offering residents myriad ways to dabble in eco-friendly fun. Organisers tout chances to recycle, plant trees, and perhaps even learn to compost without scaring the neighbours. While the planet’s fate hardly hinges on a few earnest afternoons in Prospect Park, we salute any excuse to leave the digital weeds behind.
A Bronx resident was arrested for allegedly assaulting a commuter at Brooklyn’s Lorimer Street subway station, with prosecutors levying a slew of hate crime charges related to anti-LGBTQIA+ bias alongside more traditional accusations of menacing and theft of services. The NYPD touts the case as progress, but trust in New York’s underground justice rarely travels the full length of the line.
The former CEO and CFO of an AI education startup have been indicted in Brooklyn’s federal court, accused of running an ongoing investor fraud racket—no small feat, as this crime carries a life sentence. Prosecutors allege the pair cleverly masked financial misdeeds while hawking the firm's potential, proving once more that for some would-be thought leaders, creative accounting outpaces artificial intelligence.
Four young thieves stole a Toyota Corolla from a Brooklyn Lowe’s parking lot, mowing down a 72-year-old man—complete with walker—and lightly injuring his companion in their rush to escape, New York police report. While neither victim accepted medical help, all four suspects, aged 18 to 20, remain at large. We imagine Mill Basin shoppers might now double-check their car keys—and their insurance.
