Author: Jen Dev (Jennifer Dev)

Various election viewing parties across the boroughs are anxiously awaiting results. Here are some tweets from our reporters:

According to CNN, MSNBC, and FoxNews, Obama is predicted to win the 2012 presidential election. He is projected to have a wide sweep of the electoral vote but a very tight margin in the popular vote. Thanks for following along with us throughout the day. Below you’ll find a recap of the day’s events leading...

As the storm leaves the New York metro area, residents and responders are confronted with the reality of having to clean up what Sandy left behind. Here are the latest tweets from around New York City.

The twittersphere was ablaze last night with commentary from the storm. Here is a curated feed from our reporters of what was going on in Brooklyn in the midst of the hurricane.

  As Hurricane Sandy prepares to make landfall, the conditions in Brooklyn are getting more serious. Downed trees and extensive flooding have been reported, and hundreds of thousands of people are already without power. The Brooklyn Ink will be tweeting updates on the storm, and we encourage you to become part of the conversation by...

It’s a gray, humid afternoon in downtown Brooklyn. The sky is overcast, and all color has been leached from the landscape: muted grays and browns of buildings and streets are offset by sudden pops of color from passing taxis. The pedestrian entrance to the Brooklyn Bridge is deserted, but for the occasional passerby – a...

A highly publicized sex scandal involving two women and a secret six-figure payoff has not deterred longtime assemblyman Vito J. Lopez (D-Brooklyn) from continuing his bid to represent the 53rd district of Bushwick and Williamsburg. But it has left some loyal contributors on the fence as they decide whether to support a tarnished candidate. Lopez...

This young adult's barometer of the state of the economy? How many of her friends are employed - in jobs they want.