At the office of Council Member Mathieu Eugene, it’s business as usual. Flatbush locals are seated inside the waiting area, listening for their name to be called, and hopefully for an issue to be resolved. The Council Member returns from a few meetings, shaking his constituents’ hands and conversing jovially with them in French Creole. ...
On July 2, a fire erupted on 391 11th St. Three months later, another fire hit the neighborhood, this time, at 389.
In New York City’s mostly predictable city council races, one South Brooklyn seat is still up for grabs
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The temporary wall would slow but not stop a major storm. The city is waiting for FEMA to approve a long-term infrastructure solution.
Meet “Barish,” a Dreamer with roots in Pakistan, and the Arab-American group making common cause with Latino migrants