22+ hour, 55+ min ago   (1163+ words) Published Sep 3, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. ET This column originally appeared in The Politics Brief, our weekly newsletter on the people, power and policies that shape New Yorkers' lives. The Brooklyn Democratic Party is in turmoil after its top leaders amended the organization’s…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (565+ words) Published May 22, 2026 at 2:07 p.m. ET A New York City man spent six hours stuck in a small crevice inside a dark, bat-filled cave in upstate New York before a rescue team was able to drill him free earlier this week, according…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (912+ words) Published May 20, 2026 at 3:26 p.m. ET The developer of a major housing project on the Williamsburg waterfront will score a lucrative tax break worth millions of dollars thanks to a measure tucked into the New York state budget on Wednesday. Gov. Kathy…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (741+ words) Published May 20, 2026 at 6:31 a.m. ET Mayor Zohran Mamdani is targeting a wide swath of Brooklyn south of Prospect Park for his first neighborhood-level housing plan, with an eye toward the future Interborough Express light rail, officials told Gothamist Tuesday. The City…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (476+ words) A former Brooklyn judge and a real estate developer scammed would-be investors into giving them millions of dollars on false promises, the U.S. attorney’s office for the Eastern District of New York alleged in a complaint unsealed Wednesday. Prosecutors said Edward…...

4+ mon, 1+ day ago   (595+ words) Published May 1, 2026 at 3:41 p.m. ET Modified May 1, 2026 at 8:23 p.m. ET The busy five-way Williamsburg intersection where a 9-year-old boy was killed by the driver of a school bus Friday morning lacked crosswalk markings at the time of the tragedy, prompting one city…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (601+ words) Published Apr 25, 2026 Modified Apr 25, 2026 Police have arrested a Brooklyn teen they say shot and killed a 15-year-old boy at a Southeast Queens playground earlier this month. Zahir Davis, 18, has been charged with murder in the death of 15-year-old Jaden Pierre…...

4+ mon, 6+ day ago   (599+ words) Published Apr 27, 2026 at 7:56 p.m. ET A Brooklyn man who was beaten by two NYPD officers after they mistook him for a drug suspect in a Brooklyn liquor store has filed a legal claim against the city, the police department and the…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (497+ words) Published Apr 24, 2026 at 1:10 p.m. ET The former leader of a Brooklyn anti-violence nonprofit was sentenced to probation on Friday after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor for endangering the welfare of a child. Judge Donald Leo sentenced Edward Richard Hinds to three…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (535+ words) Published Apr 21, 2026 at 6:00 a.m. ET Mayor Zohran Mamdani plans to overhaul parts of Brooklyn’s Linden Boulevard, which has grown so dangerous that some lawmakers have deemed it the city’s "new Boulevard of Death.” City transportation department officials on Monday night presented…...