A 13-year-old special needs girl was pushed off a moving school bus today by a fellow student bullying her. Both teenagers are students at New York City Children’s Center, a state run facility for kids with special needs. The girl, who now suffers a shoulder fracture, claims that the same student had bullied her in...
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March 12, 2013September 30, 2019Live Wire
City Panel Votes to Close Eight Struggling Brooklyn Schools
Eight struggling schools in Brooklyn and 14 schools in Manhattan, Queens and the Bronx are scheduled to close after a vote by the city’s Panel for Educational Policy last night at Brooklyn Tech HS. Hundreds of parents and teachers gathered at the meeting to protest against the closure. Read more in the New York Post.
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March 11, 2013September 30, 2019Live Wire
More Than 60 Percent of Voters Support NYS New Gun Law, Poll Says
More than six out of ten voters in the State of New York said they supported Governor Andrew Cuomo’s new gun control law, arguably among the strictest in the nation. According to a new Siena College poll released today, the NY Safe Act is mainly supported by Democrats and downstaters. However, 42 percent of voters...
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March 11, 2013September 30, 2019Live Wire
After Deadly Brooklyn Crash, NYPD Changes Protocol on Crashes Investigations
In a letter to the City Council, New York City’s police commissioner announced a shift of policy at the New York Police Department regarding the investigation of traffic crashes. In the past, the NYPD would conduct robust investigations on crashes only when at least one victim had died. According to the new policy, the NYPD...
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February 18, 2013September 30, 2019Brooklyn Life, Brooklyn Recovers, Multimedia, Video
[VIDEO] Making Meals for Sandy Victims in Bay Ridge
Over three months after Hurricane Sandy hit New York city, hundreds still struggle without heat and electricity. This lack of basic amenities inevitably leads to a shortage of food.
"Occupy Sandy" volunteers have created an elaborate food distribution network that provides more than 1,000 meals on a daily basis to relief centers in Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island. The food is cooked and packaged by volunteers in the "Occupy Sandy" kitchen in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, and is transported to the affected areas by volunteer drivers.