El Puente’s “Break for Justice” event returned for its fifth year at Maria Hernandez Park. And the dancers did not disappoint.
A local mutual aid group celebrates its third anniversary
Tension did erupt, briefly.
More than just bisexual lighting and chess looks, a local queer-themed chess club is taking a stand on the Gaza conflict.
A local biking group says bike lines and widened sidewalks are needed to increase accessibility to a local public park.
Bushwick’s city council rep says informed tenants are better tenants.
Voter suppression still happens in New York “in insidious ways”
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.
The Our City, Our Vote law grants an estimated 800,000 NYC legal permanent residents the ability to vote in municipal elections, becoming the largest expansion of voting rights in the nation’s recent history. A lawsuit filed in Staten Island by the RNC puts its legality to the test.
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.
The Department of Transportation is installing several pedestrian improvements at the intersection of Highland Boulevard and Vermont Place.
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.
Resident-led groups can receive cash grants of $5,000 to support their projects.
A recent Brooklyn Democratic Party meeting included “verbal attacks” and the removal of a district leader.
Sandy Nurse, a stalwart community organizer and proud carpenter, has won the election to be the next representative for Brooklyn’s 37th District.
Antonio Reynoso, a North Brooklyn native, has won the election to be Brooklyn’s next borough president.
To attend the day-long event filled with music, presentations, a graduation ceremony and the mural reveal, be sure to RSVP.
Families in Bushwick and around the city, unconvinced by school COVID-19 protocols, want the option to continue remote instruction.
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.
Ecuador’s national sport has made its way to Bushwick, where it thrives on the red-top courts at Maria Hernández Park.
Jennifer Gutierrez, the Democratic nominee for City Council member of District 34, says “affordability” does not line up with the income of Bushwick residents.
From party chairs to district leaders to canceled elections.
“The DSA needs to do a better job of organizing in those life-long Brooklynite communities,” say young Democratic Party organizers.
80 Films by and about Black and Brown people you should know.
Two local city council candidates say how they would change how police operate in local communities.
In a crowded race, candidates promise to do more than Eric Adams.
State Sen. Julia Salazar, Assemblymembers Maritza Davila and Emily Gallagher and District Leader Samy Nemir-Olivares have announced their support for Maya Wiley.
Whoever wins in June will have to decide what to do about the NYCHA deficit
A guide to the candidates running to represent Brooklyn’s District 37
Amid a rental crisis in North Brooklyn, few candidates have presented a plan to deal with rental debt
‘I have not formally endorsed yet, but…’ the former Bushwick councilman says, with a wink.
In a wide-open election, candidates in Brooklyn (and all over NYC) will be running on ranked ballots for the first time
