De Blasio’s Freight NYC Plan Spurs Optimism, Concerns
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Will building up the city’s barge ports it really get big trucks off the interstates? Will it do so without putting more diesel trucks on Brooklyn streets?
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Video: How Criminal Justice Reform Looks from Brooklyn’s Courtrooms
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Are defendants in Brooklyn getting a fairer shake thanks to the reforms already undertaken?
Brooklyn
Video: Brooklyn’s Role in the ’18 Vote & What the Results Mean for the Boro
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Kings County was center stage on Election Night 2018, helping to flip the State Senate and the U.S. House blue. What drove the electoral shift behind those results, and what will their impact be on the borough? We asked two veteran journalists.
BROOKLYN BUREAU
Be a Part of the Max & Murphy Election Night Show!
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Come hear from journalists, analysts, candidates … and get a chance to share your own views of the 2018 elections on air!
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
CityViews: NY Desperately Needs More Advocates in Office
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‘Too often, as we all know too well, Albany is a world unto itself, closed to outsiders, cut off from the public eye, prone to ugly backroom dealing and corrupted outcomes. ‘
Affordable Housing
Bushwick Plan’s Unveiling Nears Amid Tension Over Possible Rezoning
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Two Councilmembers invited neighborhood stakeholders to draft a rezoning plan. But it could encounter the same misgivings that top-down plans have faced.
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Colored Girls Hustle Marketplace
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The Colored Girls Hustle Marketplace is a curated pop-up shopping experience featuring women of color artists and makers. The marketplace is slated to run monthly throughout the summer and the second installment of the summer series will be Sunday July 15th 2018. A dozen women of color vendors will be selling handmade cards, crystals, candles, jewelry, clothing, accessories, head wraps, skin care products, hair care products, herb infused beverages, and more. This event is free and open to the public. Featured vendors selected to participate in the July 15th CGH Marketplace include:
Cards by De, ZingaZow, Forever Wild Organics, Obeah Woman Brewing Company, Just KEEBS , The Homegirl Box, Hoodoo Hussy, Between Earth and Sky,, IceStorm_Beauties, Colored Girls Hustle, and more.
Brooklyn
Video: Julia Salazar Hopes to Ride Progressive Wave to Primary Win
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The discussion was about her very progressive menu of policy ideas, from rent stabilization for all to single-payer healthcare to non-citizen voting.
BRIC
GimletFest
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GimletFest is the best of Gimlet Media brought to life in a two-day festival. Podcast fans will have the opportunity to connect with one another while checking out live tapings and special events from the teams behind some of Gimlet’s most popular shows. Programming includes: Crimetown (with a special sneak peek at season 2), The Habitat, Heavyweight, The Nod (with special guest Wyatt Cenac), The Pitch, Science Vs, Story Pirates, and the show that started it all, StartUp. In addition, Gimlet’s Alex Blumberg will sit down with special guest Julie Snyder (Serial, S-Town) for an in-depth conversation about storytelling. Gimlet’s Scripted Fiction team (the minds behind Sandra and Homecoming) will also present a live table read of a never-before-heard episode that’s being workshopped to potentially become Gimlet’s next big hit series.
Brooklyn
CityViews: To Fix the Gowanus Expressway, it’s Time to Bury it
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‘The Gowanus expressway, which disrupts the street level experience of so many of our city’s most charming, most quickly-growing residential neighborhoods, is an aging remnant of a bygone era.’