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. ...
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Celebrations were tainted by violence on the parade’s 50th anniversary.
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After several years abroad, Victoria Cambranes came back to a changed Greenpoint. She has no political experience, but was so dissatisfied with local governance that she decided to take matters into her own hands.
“We have to hope for the best but prepare for the worst”
At the Brooklyn Community Pride Center, members seek solace and support
Between a slow city bureaucracy and a slower legal system, some tenants haven’t been able to cook for months. Are landlords trying to push them out?
Bensonhurst: At the Workers Justice Project, serving immigrant laborers, some members are fearful. And some are not.
The borough is considered deep blue, but there are red zones too. Consider Dyker Heights.