A new mural promotes the idea of providing citizens with $1,000 a month that can only be spent at local, organic restaurants.
A local activist wants Congress to go beyond the climate change provisions of the recently passed Inflation Reduction Act
Discussing housing, healthcare, employment, maternal health and more with Maritza Davila, Erik Dilan, Jennifer Gutiérrez, Sandy Nurse, Antonio Reynoso and Julia Salazar.
The proposed legislation has been hailed as one of the most progressive climate change policies.
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Confrontational and jarring, the artists at once built up notions of the beauty of the body and tore them down on Friday during the third weekend in Grace Exhibition Space’s month-long “Climate Change” series, featuring performance artists from all over the world as part of the Brooklyn International Performance Art Festival
A local businessman makes the case for making Bushwick more of a pedestrian neighborhood.
Redistricting moves and scatters a heated political race, while Elizabeth Crowley has committed to moving within the borders of wherever it is she ends up representing.
A New York photographer of city life tries to not capture gentrification.
The Ridgewood compost drop-off site is open from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. every Saturday.
The bill banning gas hookups in new buildings is supposed to pass this week, all while local Bushwick residents continue to fight against the National Grid pipeline being built throughout North Brooklyn.
If elected, the current Democratic district leader would unseat incumbent Democrat Erik Dilan.
A guide to the City Council candidates in District 34, 37 and 30 running this general election.
Based on factors like poverty levels, green space and air conditioner ownership, Bushwick and a number of other city neighborhoods are more vulnerable than others to the effects of extreme heat.
Small business owners Andrew Owens and Benny Polanco started selling empanadas to support not only themselves but nonprofits like Hope for Haiti and the Sunrise Movement.
A guide to the candidates running to represent Brooklyn’s District 37
Boris Santos will be challenging incumbent Assembly Member Erik Dilan for seat at New York State’s Assembly District 54.
On June 11, the New York City Council’s Committee on Land Use held a hearing on Council Member Rafael Espinal’s bill calling for the development of an urban agricultural plan.
Lack of health insurance, coupled with harmful chemical products, only serve to create a potentially life-threatening work environment.
Sustainable Brooklyn’s Dominique Drakeford and Whitney McGuire are on a mission to make the environmental movement more inclusive.
Another win for the environment!
London-born, The Other Art Fair hopes to support local and emerging artists.
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The Council Member wants more eco-friendly infrastructure throughout NYC.
Councilman Rafael Espinal wants Gov. Cuomo and MTA to commit — officially.
What are our eco-conscious transit options when the L train goes out of commission?
Rafael Espinal has vowed to act against a national move away from environmental progress. Take a look at his proposed legislation.
The Princess of Atlantis is possessed! The possessor, a greedy sea witch, schemes to manipulate the King into building a lucrative (and environmentally unsustainable) car factory in the lost city
I don’t know about ya’ll, but this winter is KILLING my skin
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By Allison Galgiani & Katarina Hybenova