Author: Jonathan Wiener (Jonathan Wiener)

At Visitation Church on 98 Richards St. in Red Hook, people lined up around the block to receive food and supplies on Saturday.   Volunteers from the Red Hook Initiative and from different charities in Brooklyn and Queens worked with police to bring supplies into the church and distribute them fairly to those in need of aid....

Errol Irving, who had spent 20 years in prison for sodomy and incest, was found guilty today in Brooklyn Supreme Court in the 2011 stabbing death of his building’s super. Jurors found Irving, 62, guilty of second degree murder in the death of Shayne Sinclair, 40, after what prosecutors contended was an argument over heat...

Errol Irving, a 62 year-old ex-convict, took the stand at his murder trial today, and managed to complicate his case. Irving, who served 20 years in prison for sexual abuse, sodomy, and incest, is charged with the February 2011 stabbing death of Shayne Sinclair, 41, the superintendent of his building on East 51st Street between...

Sarah Silver is tired of living “hand to mouth.” At age 33, she is stuck in a failing industry. As an undergraduate, Silver majored in motion picture production. In the digital age, her skill set is quickly becoming obsolete, and her frustration is evident. “Every business that I’ve entered into since my college graduation has...