Bushwick’s new city council member is asking the community to submit ideas for physical infrastructure projects in the district.
Construction is expected to start late 2025.
The recently-elected Bushwick city council representative faces a challenge from Paperboy Prince.
Ahead of intense negotiations over the New York state budget, Dilan’s former primary opponent says the assemblyman can’t be found.
“That’s the kind of thing that happens when a community gets split.”
The new Bushwick politician’s signature accomplishment has been landing a program to pay for doula services in marginalized neighborhoods.
Participatory budgeting is back and the results are in for how locals want to dole out $1 million in city funds. Yes dog park, no workout equipment
Or try out ‘a food scrap demo’ to possibly reduce your waste.
Calvin Z. Heyward, a local writer and educator, writes more about some of the struggles Black fathers endure and overcome.
The fight against the fracked gas vaporizers is the latest hurdle in an ongoing battle that local activists and residents have been waging against National Grid for years.
Streets in Bushwick may be subject to dangerous lead exposure. Because of the quiet stripping of 2018 legislation by former governor Andrew Cuomo, the extent of the problem remains largely unknown. A Bushwick Daily investigation.
Discussing housing, healthcare, employment, maternal health and more with Maritza Davila, Erik Dilan, Jennifer Gutiérrez, Sandy Nurse, Antonio Reynoso and Julia Salazar.
In just a few weeks, Governor Hochul and the DEC will decide whether or not to allow National Grid to install fracked gas vaporizers at the apex of the North Brooklyn Pipeline.
As we continue to welcome in the new year, let’s just take one more look back at 2021.
The board is tasked with identifying more sustainable solutions to end street harassment, as policing and criminalization efforts have not worked.
Thirty-six out of 51 councilmembers have sponsored the bill, which would grant more than 800,000 permanent residents and work permit holders the right to vote in city elections.
From party chairs to district leaders to canceled elections.
‘I have not formally endorsed yet, but…’ the former Bushwick councilman says, with a wink.
While not uncommon to see new developments sprouting up on almost every block in Bushwick. Bushwick Historic Corridor has been the subject of several movements to receive historic landmark designation
In a statement given to Bushwick Daily , Sandy Nurse accused Corey Johnson of slashing funding to a number of districts out of “political retribution” for voting against his 2021 budget.
The COVID-19 pandemic has delayed the election for Rafael Espinal’s seat until June but the candidates are still running and “politics is still alive and well in Brooklyn”
Bushwick remains a battleground for rezoning under Mayor de Blasio Proposal and Community Plan.
Salazar raises concerns in Albany regarding pipeline expansion; Brookly Energy Provider, National Grid, likely violated its own procedures in a sudden rush to deny services this year.
A 12-foot deep crater left a car teetering this morning on Evergreen Avenue.
All new buildings are required to have 100 percent sustainable roofs in the form of green roofs, solar panels, or some combination of the two.
“It is a critical step in the struggle to stop the displacement and gentrification of neighborhoods of color.”
Local community group wants more transparency from those operating the shelter.
The proposed legislation has been hailed as one of the most progressive climate change policies.
So far, a dozen candidates have officially announced their campaigns for the position including Bushwick’s District 37 City Councilmember , Rafael Espinal.
Congresswoman Velázquez will host an Immigration Forum this Sunday.