Brooklyn
Brooklyn’s Iconic Sugarhill Restaurant Bucks Gentrification Pressure as it Celebrates 39 Years
Owner Eddie Thomas Freeman greets guest and who’s also a community icon Joe “Scooter” Willins. Photo-Eulene Inniss Bedford Stuyvesant, like many renowned Black ...
Northside Center Raises Over $1.2 Million at Annual Gala
Former Rep. Rangel with Dr. Dye Northside Center for Child Development – one of the city’s foremost mental health and early childhood education providers ...
BROOKLYN SHOOTING LEAVES 1 DEAD, 1 IN CRITICAL CONDITION
One man was killed Sunday and another left in critical condition during a violent shooting in Brooklyn. Police responded to 962 East 84 Street ...
FPWA’s YOUTH EMPOWERMENT MOVEMENT BUILDING THE NEXT GENERATION OF ADVOCATES WITH BROOKLYN YOUTH
Masiel Rodriquez-Vars, Transitions Coach and FPWA’s YEM Facilitator welcomes students at first Youth Empowerment Movement workshop The Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies (FPWA) ...
SPIKE LEE HONORS PRINCE WITH BIG BASH IN BROOKLYN
Filmmaker Spike Lee partied like it was “1999” Thursday night in honor of legendary recording artist, Prince. The event, dubbed “PRINCE We Love You ...
THAT NIGHT AT SISTAS’ PLACE WAS A “JAZZ NIGHT” TO RECALL
Left to right, foreground: Davis Whitfield, Antoine Roney. Background: Dezron Douglas and Neil Clark. Photo: Shaheed A Muhammad I suppose if there is such ...
NYC: Cheated Workers Recover $350,000 In Wages — Comptroller Stringer Says
Comptroller Scott Stringer An initiative, announced in August, to find over 1,000 workers who have failed to claim more than $3.7 million ...
Severe Crowding Continues To Rise In NYC Housing Comptroller’s Report Shows
Comptroller Scott Stringer Bronx sees biggest jump at 74.2% from 2005 to 2013; Citywide Proportion of Severely Crowded Dwellings Up 44.8% More than one ...
“Breast is the Best” Cheers Heard at Breastfeeding Rally
Dozens of mothers, advocates and politicians rallied on the steps of New York’s City Hall in August to raise awareness about the importance of ...
White House Honors “Champions of Change” Young Women
Asha Abdi Eleven young women who are empowering their communities as “Champions of Change” will be honored at the White House September 15. In ...
