New York City’s Civilian Complaint Review Board held its public meeting at the the Van Dyke Community Center in Brownsville last week.
“After the housing crash, back in 2008, they didn’t have jobs… And their families, they threw them out.”
Bushwick’s trash talk: highlights from the public forum.
Elected Brooklyn Officials and local advocates fight for racial justice before neighborhood rezoning plans come to life.
Council Member Rafael Espinal has spoken out about immigrant rights several times this year.
The plan will outline rezoning in the neighborhood.
The steering committee will finally present the Bushwick Community Plan, which has been in the works for over four years.
The Council Woman held an immigrants right forum last weekend alongside local police and immigration lawyers.
Bushwick’s own 83rd precinct celebrated the 35th anniversary of National Night Out Against Crime with council members, city officials, and honorees at Maria Hernandez Park on Tuesday, August 7.
The website was launched with the help of Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams.
The Council Member, who represents various Brooklyn neighborhoods including Bushwick, made the proposal last month.
The Department of Sanitation has paused plans to bring curbside collection of organics to Bushwick and other parts of NYC.
This Saturday, the Community Education Council will host a School Fair to showcase the neighborhood’s public school offerings.
When Bushwick residents call their city council members to raise issues, it’s most often about affordable housing.
Summer is coming and with it, picnic season. If you are going to be drinking, it’s important that you know the laws AND where to find the closest Wine Shop.
Council Member Espinal is hosting a town hall to support the future of urban farming in NYC.
Because those things are killer-awesome.
Last night, the new “night mayor” met an eager crowd at Bushwick’s DIY venue, Secret Project Robot.
The space is shutting down due to financial reasons.
Council Member Rafael Espinal, a longtime supporter of local nightlife and DIY venues, sponsored legislation to create an Office of Nightlife. It finally happened.
Findings will help determine what’s eating Bushwick.
Marc Fliedner, who ran for both Brooklyn and Manhattan DA this year, talks about Bushwick of past and present.
A story in the New York Post claimed that hipsters are driving out the Latinx community from Bushwick.
Ridgewood police officers talk about the rising overdose rate due to heroin cut with fentanyl, a powerful opiate lethal in small doses.
Local artists and DIY spaces are joining forces to help protect the cultural and artistic fabric of New York City.
A venerable neighborhood nonprofit gets a new name as it looks to the future.