By Lenore Cho and Sudip P. Mukherjee The federal Environmental Protection Agency put the Gowanus Canal on its list of Superfund sites on Tuesday. The 1.8-mile canal in the midst of Brooklyn has been contaminated by heavy industry over the last century. Now the feds are stepping in for the big clean-up. The decision is...
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February 22, 2010March 1, 2010Brooklyn Life, Crime, Politics
Zazi pleads guilty to terrorism charges
By Danielle Bengsch, contributed reporting Althea Fung Najibullah Zazi listened attentively to U.S. District Judge Raymond Dearie in Federal District Court in Brooklyn today as he listed the charges: Zazi was alleged to be part of a conspiracy of planning an attack with weapons of mass destruction, being part of a conspiracy to commit murder...
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February 18, 2010February 25, 2010Brooklyn Life, Politics
Student MetroCard Cut Draws Ire
United Federation of Teachers President Michael Milgrew today urged the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to reverse its decision revoking the free student Metrocard program.
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February 18, 2010February 25, 2010Brooklyn Life, Politics
Arab-Americans Waiting for Change
Arab-Americans, gathered in Bay Ridge, pressed President Obama to move forward on immigration reform.
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November 11, 2009February 4, 2010Politics
Brooklynites Unsurprised By Gay Marriage Vote Delay
By Leah Finnegan Had the New York Senate passed a landmark bill to allow same-sex marriage Tuesday, Brooklyn couple Mark Nayden and Richard Kennedy might have finally made plans to legalize their union. Instead, the bill was shelved and the partners, together for 19 years, will have to wait – not that they were surprised...
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November 11, 2009November 16, 2009Politics
Family Court
By Nathania Zevi The fifth floor of the Brooklyn Family Court looks like a soccer field before the game begins. Two teams confront each other. On one side of the room women sit together, chatting and cuddling their tired kids. The opposite side is filled with men lying on their backs and yawning. Their faces...
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November 4, 2009February 4, 2010Politics
The Morning After in Bed-Stuy
The Ink brings you a vox populi report from the streets of Bedford-Stuyvesant on the morning after hometown mayoral candidate Bill Thompson's narrow loss.
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November 3, 2009February 4, 2010Politics
Election Day Dispatches
Ishita Singh, Leah Finnegan and Terry Baynes report from polling places around Brooklyn.
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October 29, 2009February 4, 2010Politics
Bed-Stuy’s Waterless House
Residents in one Bedford-Stuyvesant house went without running water for 2 months - and there are still issues with the building