A guide to the City Council candidates in District 34, 37 and 30 running this general election.
Bushwick’s Sen. Salazar says “This is good” but pushes for more steps to “protect immigrant New Yorkers from ICE.”
In a wide-open election, candidates in Brooklyn (and all over NYC) will be running on ranked ballots for the first time
In this Tenant’s Rights Spotlight we discuss how much your landlord can raise your rent and why.
Nurses at Bushwick’s Wyckoff Heights Medical Center joined 13 other hospitals in demonstrations on Wednesday.
The Council Woman held an immigrants right forum last weekend alongside local police and immigration lawyers.
Bushwick was the center of rumors about checkpoints and arrests over the weekend, making it difficult to separate fact from fiction.
It’s been a real week here in Bushwick already, friends
Twelve highlights of awesome articles published throughout the past year, all in one cozy collection
The club’s non-profit arm wants to create a “grassroots community of advocates” around Bushwick.
“That’s the kind of thing that happens when a community gets split.”
“I do credit the negative campaign and the mailers for the fact that we didn’t win”
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.
This comes at the end of a year that has seen a significant increase in violence toward transgender and gender non-conforming people throughout the United States.
La propuesta de ley para prohibir instalaciones de gas en edificios nuevos posiblemente sea aprobada esta semana, mientras residentes de Bushwick continúan su lucha contra el gasoducto que National Grid está construyendo a través del Norte de Brooklyn.
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.
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.
What exactly are your rights as a tenant in this city, and what are the legal obligations of landlords?
Democratic primary results are in for districts encompassing Bushwick, Ridgewood and East Williamsburg as of late Tuesday night
As the election tightens, big real estate is dumping money into local city council races
A guide to the candidates running to represent New York’s District 34
Despite food shortages, Bushwick food pantries are gearing up to serve Thanksgiving meals to hungry Brooklynites.
Information on the candidate’s you’ll see on your ballot. Be sure to cast your vote by Tuesday June 23, 2020!
The restaurant, open as of November 14, serves mouthwatering traditional Uruguayan classics, and daily Happy Hour specials.
Local residents struggle in fight against loft building landlord.
The ICE Watch map shows that despite NYC being a sanctuary city, a significant number of raids occurred just last year.