Assemblymember Latrice Walker, who grew up in a housing development in Brownsville called Prospect Plaza, said she knows first-hand how changes in government policy can affect the lives of average New Yorkers. … Full Article
A bipartisan delegation of House members, led by U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, is on a mission to get the facts behind the rise in the use of synthetic drugs across the country. … Full Article
Priscilla Consolo has made her big decision.As the Brooklyn Eagle reported earlier this year, Consolo, a Fordham University senior from Gravesend, had her pick of top law schools across the country. … Full Article
That's Amore.Did you know songwriter Harry Warren, who penned that Dean Martin hit and “Chattanooga Choo Choo” too, was a choirboy at Our Lady of Loreto Church?His real name was Salvatore Guaragna, by the way. … Full Article
Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson on Tuesday announced that two East New York men have been convicted of first-degree kidnapping, second-degree murder and related charges for the forced abduction and murder of a Williamsburg man. … Full Article
Do you hear the cheering down in Gravesend?The neighborhood's most famous house was designated as a city landmark on Tuesday — after a wait of a half-century. … Full Article
Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams is not satisfied with the location chosen by CNN for the April 14 Democratic presidential primary debate between Sen. Bernie Sanders and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. … Full Article
Roxanne Persaud was a freshman member of the New York State Assembly in 2015 when, at the urging of Brooklyn Democratic Party Chairman Frank Seddio and members of the Thomas Jefferson Democratic Club, she decided to run for the state Senate seat left vacant when former assemblymember John S … Full Article
Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams had a big surprise in store for state Sen. Jesse Hamilton after the legislator held a press conference to announce the start of a new program aimed at helping kids from low-income families to get a jump on digital technology. … Full Article