Pressure is mounting on Brooklyn Democratic Party leadership to cancel an executive committee vote planned for Tuesday night that could dramatically reshape the size and composition of that committee.
A recently formed association of ethnic grocery store owners and business groups sued the city Monday to block the implementation of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s city-run grocery store plan.
Amid a citywide drop in crime, NYCHA developments recorded the fewest murders, shootings, and robberies during the first seven months of the year, the lowest on record, according to recent data from the NYPD.
Generously sized, this early 20th century detached house has some curb appeal with its wraparound porch and its interior still has some period details.
Why we think the mayor and speaker are more partners than adversaries—and how John Mangin’s nomination gives them their next best chance to prove it.
“The bar is so low. So many people have come to expect nothing from government, and so many people who have no idea what they should be demanding from government because we’ve pushed civics out of the conversation.
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If you have spent any time staring up at the architecture of Brooklyn you will have spotted the animals, human faces, gargoyles, and other figures peeking out from the borough's edifices.
by Gabriele Holtermann, Brooklyn Paper As summers grow hotter due to the climate emergency, New York City is taking a crucial step toward addressing the devastating impacts of climate change on people and the ecosystem…
The ragged gravel parking lot in Elmhurst, Queens, looked like so many others scattered across the city — a squalid plot of open space cluttered with dozens of busted-up, broken-down cars and trucks.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani officially kicked off a new initiative to make emergency repairs at parks, playgrounds, and rec centers across the city, in three weeks or less.
Debra Ack beamed with pride as she looked at the two-story brown brick warehouse on Jamaica Avenue in East New York.
Border county sheriff’s deputies participating in Operation Stonegarden have facilitated dozens of immigration arrests in recent years.
Mayor Mamdani wants to build a temporary bypass road to allow for a 10-year, $4-billion rebuild of the BQE triple-cantilever.
So much for affordability. Big Tech spent massive sums to back it's state legislative aims this year.
Transportation Alternatives has called for a "die-in" outside City Hall this coming Wednesday amid impatience with the city's slow progress toward eliminating traffic deaths after hit-and-run drivers killed killed three…
Queens City Council Member Phil Wong is furious and calling on Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration to make flood prevention a priority after constituents in his district experienced severe flooding and property damage…
The most popular listings on Brownstoner this week include a Bed Stuy rental, a Bay Ridge row house, and a Park Slope brownstone.
Lend Your Voice to a Marathon Reading of 'The Power Broker' Several hundred readers are needed to reach the goal of a live reading of the entirety of Robert Caro’s weighty work “The Power Broker.” The dense and…
“There’s a quality that all great historians have of being a little prophetic — an ability to identify deep trends in American society and history and then, without claiming to speak for the future, see what might…
The new City Housing Assistance Program, or CHAP, will serve people living in shelters and people in rent stabilized apartments facing eviction, starting as early as March 2027.
Our picks for open houses to check out this weekend are found in Bed Stuy, Bay Ridge, Flatbush, and Old Mill Basin.
"Over 175,000 New Yorkers in eviction proceedings probably did not fully get to experience the joy felt on that day—and it will matter not that for one shining day of victory their eviction was temporarily paused."
For those who like their old houses already polished up, this circa 1869 Hudson, New York Italianate wood frame offers a picturesque exterior and an interior awash in creamy colors and modern amenities.
Advocates called on the mayor to take action after a BMW driver allegedly struck Mamadou Diallo, of Canarsie, head-on before fleeing the scene.
by Olivia Seaman, Brooklyn Paper Bay Ridge’s long-vacant Century 21 site is getting a major retail makeover.
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A raft of last-minute proposed changes to Brooklyn Democratic Party rules, billed as reforms by leadership, is drawing the ire of critics who see an eleventh-hour attempt by party chair Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn to…
Andrés, a Colombian immigrant living in College Point, Queens, had just picked up some Peruvian food on an evening in late June, and was driving his 6-year-old daughter and wife home when they were suddenly boxed in by…
Red Hook and the Columbia Street Waterfront could finally get a working bus as the city plans 6,000 more homes for the area.