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Rent-stabilized Sunset Park tenants long displaced by fire file suit against landlords, DOB for ‘legal loophole’ • Brooklyn Paper

Tenants of a rent-stabilized Sunset Park apartment building that was ravaged by a fire last fall have filed a lawsuit against their landlords and city and state regulatory agencies, claiming the building’s owners have made illegal changes to their apartments in an attempt to permanently displace residents. Landlords made changes to rent-stabilized units According to […]

City Council won’t object to latest redistricting plan

The City Council is set to give the thumbs up to a batch of new district lines approved by the city Districting Commission earlier this month this Thursday. The impending decision, first reported by Politico New York and confirmed by PoliticsNY, would effectively end the months-long process of redrawing the city’s 51 Council Districts for […]

Barbara Davis Obituary (1939 – 2022) – Brooklyn, OH

Barbara Ann Davis, age 83, passed away Sunday October 24, 2022. Beloved and devoted wife of Stanley Glen Davis (deceased 2016) for 37 years; loving mother of Tina Wasserbauer (Jason); dearest NaNa to Maxwell, Alexander and Samuel; daughter of the late Michael and Jeanette Ruth Alexander (both deceased), sister to John Alexander, Joe Alexander, Jeanette […]

Downtown Brooklynites ask DOT to flip traffic on Bond Street after Schermerhorn redesign • Brooklyn Paper

The newly-redesigned Schermerhorn Street features a long-overdue protected bike lane and other measures designed to make the thoroughfare and its tributaries safer for cyclists, drivers, and pedestrians alike. But some Downtown Brooklyn residents say the conversion of the street to a one-way has led to gridlock in the nabe, and the city’s Department of Transportation […]

🏙 Debate Over Innovation QNS + ♻️ 1 Million Pounds of Waste Collected

Good morning, Queens! ⏰ 🏙 Supporters and opponents of the proposed Innovation QNS development voiced their opinions on the $2 billion project at Wednesday’s City Council hearing. ♻️ The city’s universal curbside compost pilot in Queens has been a major success so far! 🚃 Queens commuters are calling for better transportation options to Brooklyn. ☀️ […]

Citizen bounty hunters for parking infractions will sow discord

Stephen Witt When it comes to sowing discord and pitting New Yorkers against New Yorkers, the progressive bicycle lobby takes the cake. The cherry on top is the latest legislative proposal from City Councilman Lincoln Restler (D-Brooklyn) that would turn regular New Yorkers into car bounty hunters where they can call in complaints about cars […]

One dead, three injured after Brooklyn collision

One person is dead and another three are injured after a Friday afternoon collision with a scooter, and then a light pole in Midwood. Photo by Lloyd Mitchell Sign up for our amNY Sports email newsletter to get insights and game coverage for your favorite teams The operator of an electric scooter […]

What to do this weekend in the Hudson Valley

Looking for something to do this weekend?  Here’s a list of what’s happening in the Hudson Valley. Victory Hill Therapeutic Horsemanship will be holding its second annual “Road Rally” fundraiser Saturday. The money will help veterans – military members – and first responders who participate in their programs. There will be scavenger hunts and prizes happening at […]

Adams slams City Council members for allegedly refusing to house migrants in their districts

Mayor Eric Adams blasted several unnamed “elected officials” and the City Council for criticizing his handling of the migrant crisis currently engulfing the city, while allegedly refusing to house migrants in their own districts and work cooperatively with his administration in tackling the issue. Adams launched the broadside during an unrelated news conference at Yankee […]

84th Precinct: Passing pilferer swipes purse from bike basket

84TH PRECINCT Brooklyn Heights–DUMBO–Boerum Hill–Downtown Passing pilferer swipes purse from bike basket A jerk stole a woman’s purse out of her bike basket on Atlantic Avenue on Sept. 28. Police said the victim was stopped at a red light at the corner of 4th Avenue at about 9:30pm when two men zipped by on a […]

Flea markets in New York City

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Events of Wednesday, October 5, 2022

Drive-Thru Flu and COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic.  1 PM to 4 PM.  Brooklyn Presbyterian Church, 160 N Main Street, Brooklyn.  Enter off of Marshall Street onto West Street.  Anyone 10 years and older.  Call (517) 592-1974 for more details.  Appointments are not required but are recommended. Call Region 2 Area Agency on  Aging at 517-592-1974 to […]

Brooklyn man fatally slashed during fight on L train: cops

Photo via Wikimedia Commons/Joseph Barbaro Sign up for our amNY Sports email newsletter to get insights and game coverage for your favorite teams A Brooklyn man was fatally slashed during a fight with another straphanger on board an L train Friday night, it was reported. Tommy Bailey, 43, of Canarsie Road died […]

Here are Brooklyn Paper’s top stories of the month, feat. union elections, book bans, and sewage • Brooklyn Paper

There was no shortage of news in Kings County this month — school started, employees fought for their rights, thousands of asylum-seekers arrived in New York City, and federal officials announced a tentative flood-protection plan for the city’s shoreline nearly ten years after Superstorm Sandy devastated the city. Here are some of the most-relevant and […]

What’s Going On 9/29 – Our Time Press

POLITICS 2022November 8 is six weeks away, and America is filled with uncertainty about election outcomes. Democrats are running on issues like health, public safety, climate change, education, gun reform, and abortion rights. Republicans are running on complaints about President Biden, Democrats, progressives, post-COVID America lawlessness, and revenge. Political pundits are predicting gloom and doom, […]

33 Hoboken + Jersey City News Stories You Missed This Week

The seasons are changing and crisp, new life is sweeping through Hudson County, which means it’s time for a weekly roundup of all the news you might have missed when it comes to the goings on in Hoboken + Jersey City. Catch up on all there is to know, including the following headlines: Route 440 […]

Citizens Financial Group Enters the New York Market with Living Portraits of NYC with Beth Johnson, Chief Experience Officer Head of Environmental, Social & Governance of Citizens Financial Group, Inc.

Citizens Financial Group is one of the nation’s oldest and largest financial institutions founded in 1828 headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island offering a broad range of retail and commercial banking products and services to individuals, small businesses, middle-market companies, large corporations and institutions with more than 1,200 branches in 14 states including New York, and […]

Person in custody after woman is shot in the head in Brooklyn

Sign up for our amNY Sports email newsletter to get insights and game coverage for your favorite teams A woman was critically injured after she was shot in the head in Brooklyn. According to police, at 3:11 p.m. on Sept. 20 officers from the 61st Precinct responded to a 911 call regarding a woman shot […]

Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Events

Join the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer movement across New York and New Jersey this October. By supporting the American Cancer Society’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer, you are helping to save lives through groundbreaking research discoveries. You are providing patients, family, and caregivers with access to 24/7 helpline for answers and support. When you […]