Brooklyn
Posted inDevelopment
Those living next to a construction site in Prospect Lefferts Gardens say the vibrations and noise are “as if a train were running through.”
Posted inHousing
Landlords in Fatal Fire Racked Up More Than 1,000 Violations Across NYC
The city housing department has repeatedly sued the owners of a Manhattan building where three people died in a blaze last week, alleging “immediately hazardous” conditions at properties in Manhattan, Queens and Brooklyn.
Posted inCriminal Justice
How the NYPD Slow-Walked and Shot Down Gang Database Reforms
The number of people in the police gang database has fallen by half in recent years. A lawsuit says it targets Black and Hispanic youth.
Posted inJails and Prisons
Mamdani’s New ‘Rikers Czar’ Helped Design Plan to Close Jail Complex
Dana Kaplan will be the mayor’s point person on opening new jails to replace crumbling facilities on Rikers Island, sources told THE CITY.
Posted inNYPD
Council Member Arrested at Eviction Protest at Disputed Brooklyn Brownstone
Law enforcement pulled Councilmember Chi Ossé to the ground and arrested three others on Wednesday.
Posted inTransit
Up Against Uber and Lyft, Green Cabs Wither to Lowest-Ever Level in New York
The number of daily trips by Boro Taxis has plummeted 98% from their peak.
Posted inBrooklyn
Bushwick Farm Padlocked Amid Migrant Crisis, Fines and Fed-Up Owner
The 15-year-old garden and green space is locked up as volunteers push a longshot bid for a city takeover to save it.
Posted inHealth
Brooklyn Nurses Lose Health Care For Weeks Despite $15M From State
The Brooklyn Hospital Center received a fraction of requested aid — and it’s not enough to reinstate more than 400 nurses’ health benefits.
Posted inCourts
Blizzard Disrupts City’s Criminal Courts Already Seeing Long Delays
The Legal Aid Society told a judge that police and Brooklyn prosecutors were holding people past the 24-hour legal limit — including someone arrested for double-parking.
Posted inICE
ICE Has Doubled Its Presence in Notorious Brooklyn Jail
Rep. Dan Goldman learned of the expansion on Wednesday when he became the first lawmaker to visit the federal facility since it began detaining immigrants last June.

