Author: Theron Mohamed (Theron Mohamed)

A job center has meant fair wages for immigrants, but workers argue that immigration reform is the next step to prosperity.

When Noah Gaynin moved from San Francisco to DUMBO in 2005, he couldn’t have predicted the scale of Brooklyn’s technology boom and the problems it would cause. Gaynin is CEO of Playground Group, a branding and digital services firm located on Bridge Street. It’s one of over 500 tech firms that have located in Brooklyn’s...

Buses, trains, cabs and cars, a 22-mile commute, and six hours in a school supply room. That was a recent Wednesday for Lisa Quinones-Fontanez, who has a 7-year-old with autism and a full-time job. The current school bus strike, now in its third week, has left thousands of the city’s autistic children, like Quinones-Fontanez’s son,...