Author: Alysia Santo (Alysia Santo)

By Alysia Santo Thomas Neve’s storefront is almost always full of people, yet being busy is not enough to keep him open. Neve is the founder of Reaching Out Community Services in Bensonhurst, the only client choice food pantry or “supermarket style” operation in southwest Brooklyn, and one of only four client choice pantries in...

By Alysia Santo Matthew Gaisi said his daughter, Kayla, didn’t want to come to the Ragamuffin Parade in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, this Saturday, “She didn’t want to look too raggedy,” he said. When she heard she could wear what she liked, she changed her mind. “I’m an enchantress,” she said, showing off her black and...