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When Brooklyn Projects Go Down, What Will Go Up?
NYCHA's using community input to plan for what to build after three public housing towers are demolished. But the plan means a loss of public housing, and it confronts deep distrust from some tenants.
Hasidic Rapper Promotes Racial Harmony In Crown Heights
DeScribe is not the world's first or most famous Hassidic rapper, but he is looking to obtain a higher level of recognition for his positive sound.
City Begins Gowanus Canal Cleanup
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection reached its first milestone in its efforts to clean up the Gowanus Canal Monday, when it shut down for repairs the 100-year-old tunnel designed to aerate and deodorize the smelly, polluted waterway.
A Score Of Companies Could Share Bill For Gowanus Cleanup
The Brooklyn canal's Superfund designation has triggered a hunt for the corporations responsible for more than a century of pollution.
Bed-Stuy Sounds Off At Town Hall Meeting, Paterson Signs Bill
About 150 residents gathered Wednesday evening to vent their frustrations with the police, in the aftermath of the stop-and-frisk scandal that recently surfaced in their precinct. Gov. Paterson signed into law a bill that would prevent police from retaining some of the information collected during their stops.
Churches On Front Lines Of Immigration Battle
For many immigrants in New York City facing deportation, the closest thing to a lawyer that they can afford is a clergymember.
After The Quake, Rebuilding Haiti From Brooklyn
The donation drives and telethons might be over, but local foundations and Haitian groups are just beginning their work to help the country and its people rebuild.
City Limits News Network
Will The Gowanus Ever Be Cleaned Up
For nearly a year, residents, politicians, businesspeople and others battled over the EPA’s consideration of the 1.8-mile waterway for a Superfund listing.
219 Magazine
219 Magazine
Two Boroughs, One World: Brooklyn and Queens Immigrants Unionize
Knickerbocker Avenue labor campaign unites neighborhoods.
Queens Ledger
Queens Ledger
In a Bronx Basement, Complaints Linger Long After Lease Is Signed
Bronx residents blast troubled Belmont Dept of Motor Vehicles office.
Inner City Press
Inner City Press
Working New Yorkers Struggle to Find Child Care
Sharon Lerner reports on the shortage of affordable child care services in New York.
WNYC
WNYC
Keeping Kids In School
New York City’s high school dropout rate remains alarming.
Gotham Gazette
Gotham Gazette
Budget Options For New York City
IBO presents 60 cost-saving measures for the city budget.
Independent Budget Office
Independent Budget Office
Multimedia
NYCHA's Plan for Prospect Plaza
Residents helped shape this vision for what should rise after three high-rise housing projects go down.
Adminstrative Order for New York Regard Gowanus Canal
Administrative order and settlement agreement for investigation, sampling and evaluation.
The Nation's Top 50 Transit Systems
The National Transit Database compares the largest mass transit systems in the United States.
NYC's Subways And Buses: A breakdown of the MTA's finances
The National Transit Database breaks down where the MTA gets its funding and where it goes.
Asthma In New York: Old News, New Battles
Bushwick and Williamsburg have a higher combined rate of asthma in children and adults than the Bronx or Harlem—the media poster children of New York City's asthma.By Rachel Stern
Upcoming Events
2010 Transportation Alternatives’ New York City Century Bike Tour
Choose your ride from 15, 35, 55, 75 or 100 mile routes and ride at your own pace while exploring NYC and supporting Transportation Alternatives.
Skampa String Quartet
This vibrant young Czech ensemble returns to enchant our audience with its innate musicality and verve. Hailed as one of the finest quartets of its generation, its recordings of Janacek and Smetana are held as bench-marks against which other performances are judged.
Public Speaking Workshop
Become a better communicator and leader at this series of workshops.
2010 Transportation Alternatives’ New York City Century Bike Tour
Choose your ride from 15, 35, 55, 75 or 100 mile routes and ride at your own pace while exploring NYC and supporting Transportation Alternatives.
Public Speaking Workshop
Become a better communicator and leader at this series of workshops.
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Deputy Director, Teen Programs
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Deputy Director, Teen Programs
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Youth & Family Directors
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Executive Director
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Communications Manager
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Announcements
Free Legal Assistance to Patients from Haiti
The New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC) opened a special legal clinic at Kings County Hospital Center run by LegalHealth, a division of the New York Legal Assistance Group, to offer free legal assistance to Haitian patients and families seeking Temporary Protective Status (TPS). Legal professionals and volunteers will be available at the walk-in clinic every Friday from 9:30 am -1:00 pm to assist patients and their families who may qualify for this special status.
NYC Haitian Community Hope & Healing Fund
The NYC Haitian Community Hope & Healing Fund was established by the Brooklyn Community Foundation and the United Way of NYC to address the short and long-term needs of individuals, families and communities in the New York City area affected by the January 12, 2010 earthquake in Haiti. The Fund provides financial support and critical resources to local nonprofit organizations that are attuned to the needs of their neighborhoods; it focuses on strengthening these organizations so that they can most effectively serve the anticipated increased number of people who need assistance with immigration, grief and trauma, job training, housing, English language acquisition and more over the coming months and years.
RFP-Port Richmond BOA-Step 1 Pre-Nomination Study
Northfield Community Local Development Corp. is seeking proposals from organizations that are highly qualified to provide community planning, design, and facilitation services associated with the development of the Port Richmond, Staten Island Step 1-Brownfield Opportunity Area (BOA) Pre-Nomination Study.
International Youth Day 2010!
Directions For Our Youth (DFOY) invites you to take part in the commencement of the 10th Celebration of International Youth Day. It is being held on Thursday August 12th, 2010 at Robert Moses Park. The goal of International Youth Day is to unite and celebrate youth worldwide. Live newsfeeds connect the day’s events in New York with other celebrations in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas.
Master Class - Women Writers' Retreat!
The Woodhull Institute for Ethical Leadership is pleased to announce our first Master Class – Writers’ Retreat. A unique opportunity to obtain the skills necessary to successfully publish both your fiction and nonfiction works!
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Crown Heights Community Mediation Center
The Mediation Center is a unique neighborhood institution that works to improve community problem-solving, collaboration, and inter-group relations in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Operating out of our storefront offices since 1998, the Mediation Center seeks innovative ways to promote community cohesion in our neighborhood, known for fragmentation. This includes providing residents with links to resources on issues like education, parenting, housing, and immigration; providing support to young people navigating the challenges of a community tainted by violence, drugs, and poverty; and galvanizing neighborhood, borough, and city stakeholders in order to improve the quality of life for all residents.
Ditmas Park Blog
A blog about the neighborhood of Ditmas Park.
Hawthorne Street Blog
A blog about the neighborhood of Prospect Lefferts Gardens
Brooklynology
Brooklynology is one of the ways Brooklyn public Library's Brooklyn Collection shares the wealth of its collections with the public. It's a great place to announce new acquisitions and programs, follow up on an enthusiasm, or point out something we think is hilariously funny.
New York Herald
Arts, Culture, Dining, Neighborhood News centering around Williamsburg/Greenpoint.
Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn
The site of DDDB which is a coalition of community organizations fighting for development that unites Brooklyn's neighborhoods.
Brooklyn Ron
A Brooklyn site with news and local politics
Bay Ridge Blog
A Blog about Bay Ridge, Brooklyn
Brownstoner
A Brooklyn real estate and renovation blog, that also cover other topics affecting people in Brooklyn
Atlantic Yards Report
This watchdog blog offers analysis, commentary, and reportage about Forest City Ratner's controversial Atlantic Yards project (arena + 16 towers).
