Author: Matthew Vann (Matthew Vann)

Volunteers offered a helping hand this weekend as part of an event organized by Cleanup Sheepsheadbay Brooklyn to assist local homeowners and businesses with clearing through the wreckage brought by Hurricane Sandy. [simpleviewer gallery_id=”155″]

[soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/65444027″ params=”show_artwork=true&maxwidth=500&maxheight=600″ width=”500″ height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] Gerritsen Beach in southern Brooklyn was abuzz with the sound of electric generators as residents began pumping their homes of several feet of water the morning after Hurricane Sandy pelted streets with rain and wind. Chris Gambale, 44, who has lived in Gerritsen Beach for 15 years could...

Sparks flew yesterday at a packed New York City Council hearing on the NYPD’s controversial stop, question and frisk policy when an African-American law maker told one of her council colleagues “I’m not one of your boys.” The flare-up came after Harlem Councilman Robert Jackson (D) referred to an audio clip obtained by The Nation revealed officers...

Local boaters are frustrated with the results of a cleanup effort more than a week after a gas explosion filled Paedergat Basin with up to 1,400 gallons of oil. And New York State Department of Environmental Conservation tests from an oil sample in the basin taken after the spill revealed that the water contained a high level of...

Glenn Nocera wants to campaign for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney in Brooklyn. But with fewer than 40 days to the election, Nocera, president of the Brooklyn Young Republican Club, hasn’t received a single piece of literature from the Romney campaign. “It’s like twisting arms,” he says. “I’m a little bit pissed off. The materials...

Andre Holmberg wants to retire. He just can’t afford it. Holmberg, 62, is a city government physician reviewer. A physician who got his degree from the University of the West Indies, Holmberg supervises doctors who make house calls to the elderly and disabled. He has been working for the city for 20 years but as...