Brooklyn
Posted inBrooklyn, Education
A Brooklyn branch of the charter school also repeatedly suspended the special-needs youth and called child services to push him out, lawsuit claims.
Posted inBrooklyn
Brooklyn Pedestrians Say Broken Traffic Signal Has Been Ignored for Months
Since February, a cone has stood where a pedestrian signal once did. The intersection is just blocks from where Mayor de Blasio launched Vision Zero.
Posted inBrooklyn
Brooklyn DA Vows: I Won’t Fight Parole in Most Cases
The new policy – and related changes – represents a major shift for Eric Gonzalez, who lost his brother to gun violence two decades ago.
Posted inBrooklyn, Criminal Justice, Health, Manhattan, Queens
Dialing 911 Daily: How Mental Health Crisis Strains Neighborhoods
Alarmed residents near psychiatric hospitals and shelters for the mentally ill help fuel surge in “emotionally disturbed persons” NYPD calls.
Posted inCriminal Justice
Locked Out: Borough Jails Critics Say They’ve Been Excluded From Post-Rikers Meetings
The city set up advisory committees and vowed transparency. But opponents say there were kept out of invitation-only sessions on life after Rikers.
Posted inBrooklyn
Bye-Bye Bergen: Brooklyn School Sheds Slave-Owner Family Name
Prospect Heights’ P.S. 9 will be renamed after Sarah Smith Garnet, the first African-American woman to become a New York public school principal.
Posted inBrooklyn
No Stamp of Approval for Brooklyn Post Office in IG Audit
Long lines, missed mail, understaffing and other headaches have Bushwick residents, politicians and union officials feeling boxed in.
Posted inBrooklyn
The Price of a Laborer’s Life: A $63,647 Fine
OSHA investigators found that a cave-in warning was ignored shortly before immigrant construction worker Luis Sánchez Almonte died buried in rubble.

