As New York City gears up for the 2024 elections, Bushwick stands at a pivotal point due to its history as a bellwether for progressive voting patterns across the country.

Motivated by personal experience, the expected City Council member plans to lead District 34 toward a more equitable future.

Juan Ardila, the 27-year-old progressive, came up roughly 500 votes shy against incumbent Councilman Robert Holden, with roughly 46 percent of the vote according to early tallies. Ardila hasn’t yet conceded.

Democratic primary results are in for districts encompassing Bushwick, Ridgewood and East Williamsburg as of late Tuesday night

A guide to the candidates running to represent New York’s District 34

“This project is important because it is a reminder of how much is yet to be done in the movement for equal access opportunities and inclusion in all aspects of life for people with disabilities.”

Bushwick’s trash talk: highlights from the public forum.

Rafael Espinal has vowed to act against a national move away from environmental progress. Take a look at his proposed legislation.

Council Member Espinal shares a few words with a few of Bushwick’s local bar owners at the Community Board #4 meeting

Representatives of Read Property made their pitch for the 10-building Rheingold project during a City Council hearing at City Hall Tuesday morning

We almost thought that nobody in this town cared about the potentially illegal excluding of the public from the vote of Community Board 4 on the rezoning of Rheingold Brewery

“That’s the kind of thing that happens when a community gets split.”

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

A mildly contentious lieutenant governor race gives a local career politician a possible comeback.

Or try out ‘a food scrap demo’ to possibly reduce your waste.

Bob Holden gets Eric Adams’ new transportation department head to make an early appearance on a busy intersection in Queens

Calvin Z. Heyward, a local writer and educator, writes more about some of the struggles Black fathers endure and overcome.

As we continue to welcome in the new year, let’s just take one more look back at 2021.

Many community boards, including CB4, have pushed back against making New York’s restaurant sidewalk seating permanent. But the city will likely move forward with the program anyway.

Puerto Rico’s financial oversight board, established by the PROMESA law in 2016, has “exacerbated the structural inequalities and austerity in Puerto Rico,” one local leader said.

Look up and support your local community garden in providing sustenance and critical green space.

Jennifer Gutierrez, the Democratic nominee for City Council member of District 34, says “affordability” does not line up with the income of Bushwick residents.

The neighborhood is called Williamsburg, East Williamsburg or Bushwick, depending on who you ask.

A vision for the future of Queens remains murky.

A local city council candidate makes the case for alternatives to big real estate