Some 70 students, teachers, parents and local union members marched Wednesday through Coney Island to protest state and city budget cuts to education.
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November 30, 2011September 30, 2019Live Wire
Jewish Leaders Slam Brooklyn Prosecutors
Jewish leaders have condemned Brooklyn prosecutors who are working to extradite a Crown Heights man wanted in connection with a hate crime back to New York. Rabbis and Jewish community leaders posted letters to freeyitzi.org excoriating attempts to bring Yitzhak Shuchat back from Israel to face charges that he allegedly assaulted the son of a...
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November 30, 2011September 30, 2019Live Wire
Brooklyn Man Pleads Guilty To Killing Spree
A Brooklyn man pleaded guilty to the murders of four people Wednesday after a psychiatrist shot down the possibility of an insanity defense. Maksim Gelman, 24, will face 100 years to life in prison in connection with the violent rampage, which included the stabbing of his stepfather, the murder of two women, and running over...
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November 30, 2011September 30, 2019Brooklyn Life
New Boyland Corruption Case: Bad Apple or Endemic Corruption?
Assemblyman William Boyland, of Brooklyn, was arrested on Tuesday for federal bribery charges.
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November 30, 2011September 30, 2019Brooklyn Life
Soccer Inspires Kids in Crown Heights
Violence erupts randomly on the streets of Crown Heights. What has remained consistent is the need for children to get out and play. The violence has been a subject of recent community board and precinct meetings. Nancie Katz, however, seeks to remind people about the good things that also happen in the neighborhood. One of...
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November 30, 2011September 30, 2019Live Wire
Admiral’s Row Development Project Backed By City Council
A plan to commercially develop Admiral’s Row, a six-acre parcel of land in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, was unanimously approved yesterday by the City Council, the New York Post reported. A 74,000-square-foot supermarket will be built under the proposed project, which also designates land for retail stores and industrial complexes. Two historic buildings will be...
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November 30, 2011September 30, 2019Live Wire
Tensions Run High at Charter School Co-Location Hearing
Advocates and critics of a plan to open a charter school in the same building as three other schools in Cobble Hill clashed Tuesday night in the city’s first charter school co-location hearing of the year, according to GothamSchools.org. Speakers in favor of the establishment of Brooklyn’s third Success Academy school argued that it will...
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November 30, 2011September 30, 2019Brooklyn Life
Local Photographer Captures Red Hook’s Spirit
"I started carrying my camera when I decided I might be able to make some interesting photographs." Andy Vernon-Jones is a local photographer who captured Red Hook's spirit in his new book, Here in Red Hook.
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November 30, 2011September 27, 2019Brooklyn Life
Officials Ax Plan to Renovate Brooklyn Highways
State and federal transportation officials have abandoned plans to repair and modernize two Brooklyn highways, the New York Post reported. The Brooklyn-Queens and Gowanus expressways had been slated for billions of dollars worth of work, which was to include the revamping of dilapidated stretches of road and the construction of tunnels along both motorways. But...
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November 29, 2011September 27, 2019Brooklyn Life
In Fatal Brawl, Was It Murder or Self-Defense?
In the video, Nelson Liu sits behind a wooden table in front of a nondescript white wall, his eyes facing forward. His baggy gray t-shirt has bloodstains on it; his face is bruised, and his lower lip is cut. His eyes are dazed, and he shifts uncomfortably in his chair. The time stamp of the...