Rally to protest high number of suspensions in city schools
Leave your thoughtsRoughly a thousand kids are suspended every week in New York City schools and advocacy groups say these suspensions are…
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Brooklyn group slams high court ruling on Arizona law
Leave your thoughtsRep. Nydia Velazquez (D-Brooklyn) and a well-known, primarily-Latino Brooklyn advocacy organization yesterday voiced disappointment over the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling…
Bushwick Small Business Owners Support Sick-Leave Bill
Leave your thoughtsBUSHWICK — Bushwick members of Small Business United stand in support of workers and community members in asking City Council…
Make the Road NY Praises Quinn on Housing Plans
Leave your thoughtsNEW YORK CITY — Ana Maria Archila, co-executive director of Make the Road New York, praised Council Speaker Christine Quinn’s…
Coalition Begins in Shadow of Housing Court
Leave your thoughtsLIVINGSTON STREET — On Wednesday, a group of seven non-profits will announce the formation of a coalition dedicated to the…
De Blasio Offers Reform Plan to Help Small Businesses Avoid Fines
Leave your thoughtsBROOKLYN — Needless bureaucracy and heavy fines for first-time violations are hurting the city’s small businesses, including those in Brooklyn,…
Downtown Brooklyn Rally Protests Cops Stop-and-Frisks
Leave your thoughtsDOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — Chanting “NYPD, keep your hands off of me!” roughly a thousand Latino and African-American residents rallied Wednesday…
Teachers Here Fear the Worst
Leave your thoughtsNEW YORK One school official warned teachers, Go see your doctor; go to the dentist; go to the gynecologist,…
De Blasio Brings Brooklyn Attitude To Centre Street
Leave your thoughtsONE CENTRE STREET In his first day as the city’s public advocate, Bill de Blasio, former Councilman for…
Bklyn Groups To Rally at Albee Square Today for Use of Vacant Condos by Low-Income New Yorkers
Leave your thoughtsDOWNTOWN BROOKLYN The Families United for Racial and Economic Equality (FUREE), based in Brooklyn, plans to rally…